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Burnley "rocky" Jones Revolutionary: An Autobiography by Burnley "rocky" Jones by James St G Walker
RRP: £19.95£16.39"The life, work and activism of Rocky Jones are central to African-Canadian history and the civil rights movement in Canada. Canadians lost a great soul, with the recent death of Rocky Jones, but his autobiography - co-written by James Walker, a... -
In That Number: One Woman's March From the Streets of Protest to the Halls of Power (And Beyond) by Regan Burke
RRP: £12.99£9.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year 2021 (United States).Book InformationISBN 9781948954129Author Regan BurkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint... -
Mario Cuomo – The Myth and the Man by George J. Marlin
RRP: £28.00£23.67Among all the fifty-six men who have served as New York's governor, none was more complicated, self-righteous, pugilistic, and exasperating than Mario Cuomo. As governor, Mario Cuomo is remembered most for his advocacy of the "personally-opposed-but"... -
Unlikely Insider: A West Coast Advocate in Ottawa by Jack Austin
RRP: £31.00£27.36At a time when too many of the world's political leaders are consolidating power by playing on divisions and stoking fear, Unlikely Insider, a memoir by former federal cabinet minister and senator Jack Austin, comes as a welcome reminder of the value of... -
Richard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago by Roger Biles
RRP: £108.00£93.80From his first election in 1955 to 1976, Mayor Richard J. Daley dominated Chicago's political landscape. A product of the Irish Catholic working class, Daley never lost touch with his roots as he rose through the Democratic Party machine-whose workings... -
The Call of the World: A Political Memoir by Bill Graham
RRP: £31.00£27.76The Call of the World is essential reading for anyone interested in international affairs and contemporary Canadian politics.Book InformationISBN 9780774890007Author Bill GrahamFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint University of British Columbia... -
On My Country and the World by Mikhail Gorbachev
RRP: £50.00£39.12Here is the whole sweep of the Soviet experiment and experience as told by its last steward. Drawing on his own experience, rich archival material, and a keen sense of history and politics, Mikhail Gorbachev speaks his mind on a range of subjects... -
Trailblazers: In the Footsteps of Eleven Human Right Defenders by Peter Braaksma
RRP: £21.99£14.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789460221866Author Peter BraaksmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint KIT PublishersPublisher KIT PublishersWeight(grams) 468g -
Comrade Jack: The Political Lectures and Diary of Jack Simons, Nova Catengue by Marion Sparg
£13.32What is an intellectual? The term conjures, perhaps, images of armchairs in university studies and shelves packed with dusty tomes; of meticulous research and stringent, challenging argument. The late Jack Simons lived that life - and many more besides... -
Autumn of the Matriarch: Indira Gandhi's Final Term in Office by Diego Maiorano
RRP: £25.00£22.03Indira Gandhi's last years in office as India's prime minister ran from January 1980 to her assassination in October 1984 but until now no book has been devoted to her final term. Among the principal themes discussed in this innovative volume are how... -
In the dark with my dress on fire: My life in Cape Town, London, Havana and home again by Blanche La Guma
RRP: £16.95£14.10In the Dark with My Dress on Fire is the remarkable life story of Blanche La Guma, a South African woman who dedicated her life to ending apartheid through her various roles as professional nurse, wife and mother, and underground Communist activist. Born... -
Making Government Work by Ernest F. Hollings
RRP: £28.95£21.61This book describes a career politician's pragmatic remedies for broken government, drawn from a half-century of political leadership experience.""Performance is better than promise"" has long been the motto of Ernest F... -
From the Hood to the Holler: A Story of Separate Worlds, Shared Dreams, and the Fight for America's Future Charles Booker 9780593240342
RRP: £23.00£13.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593240342Author Charles BookerFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Trotsky by Ian D. Thatcher
RRP: £135.00£117.28This new biography provides a full account of Leon Trotsky's political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material. Ian D. Thatcher paints a new picture of Trotsky's standing in Russian and world history. Key... -
With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics by Dale Van Atta
RRP: £34.95£28.07In 1968, at the peak of the Vietnam War, centrist Congressman Melvin Laird (R-WI) agreed to serve as Richard Nixon's secretary of defense. It was not, Laird knew, a move likely to endear him to the American public - but as he later said, ""Nixon couldn't... -
Resisting Brazil's Military Regime: An Account of the Battles of Sobral Pinto by John W. F. Dulles
RRP: £25.99£22.49Praised by his many admirers as a "courageous and fearless" defender of human rights, Heraclito Fontoura Sobral Pinto (1893-1991) was the most consistently forceful opponent of the regime of Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas. John W. F. Dulles... -
Raising Hell for Justice: The Washington Battles of a Wisconsin Progressive by David R. Obey
RRP: £34.95£26.03David Obey has in his nearly forty years in the U.S. House of Representatives worked to bring economic and social justice to America's working families. In 2007 he assumed the chair of the Appropriations Committee and is positioned to pursue his priority... -
Arthur Vandenberg: The Man in the Middle of the American Century by Hendrik Meijer
RRP: £31.00£30.59The idea that a Senator Republican or Democrat would put the greater good of the country ahead of party seems nearly impossible to imagine in our current climate of gridlock and divisiveness. But this hasn't always been the case. Arthur H. Vandenberg... -
American Cicero: Mario Cuomo and the Defense of American Liberalism by Saladin Ambar
RRP: £28.49£27.93Mario Cuomo is in many respects one of the most significant liberal politicians in the postwar era: a three-term governor of one the nation's largest states and an eloquent defender of the Democratic Party's progressive legacy during a period of... -
Tan Siak Kew: Going Against The Grain Fiona Lu Pin Tan (-) 9789814623605
RRP: £15.00£13.46With Foreword by S R Nathan'A scholar by inclination, a businessman by necessity, a diplomat by duty' - those were the apt words chosen by a reporter in 1966 to describe Tan Siak Kew and his multi-dimensional public life. He was a fervent supporter of... -
Serving Singapore: My Journey Veluthevar Kanaga Rajan (Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom Of Bahrain) 9789811205576
RRP: £55.00£48.43This book by a pioneer generation civil servant is a fascinating and an engaging account of Singapore's spectacular development from a sleepy backwater village to a first world State within a single generation and defying, in the process, all odds... -
Pence: The Path to Power by Andrea Neal
RRP: £16.99£15.07What does it take to become the second-in-command of one of the most powerful countries in the world? Mike Pence's rise to the vice presidency of the United States wasn't always easy. To some, he is the personification of American conservative values,... -
Working for the Common Good: Canadian Women Politicians by Madelyn Holmes
RRP: £19.95£16.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781552669525Author Madelyn HolmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Fernwood PublishingPublisher Fernwood PublishingWeight(grams) 249g -
No Ordinary Joe: The Life and Career of Joe Biden by David Hagan
RRP: £19.90£12.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789518771428Author David HaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint OppianPublisher OppianWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 8mm -
Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy by Andrew Yang
RRP: £16.99£11.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593238677Author Andrew YangFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA... -
The Forerunner: A Memoir by Cori Bush
RRP: £23.00£16.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593320587Author Cori BushFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 159g -
How Good is Scott Morrison? Peter van Onselen 9780733645747
RRP: £14.99£10.05Without fear or favour, How Good is Scott Morrison? examines the trials and tribulations of our 30th prime minister. Investigating Morrison's unlikely rise to the liberal leadership and his miracle electoral win, van Onselen and Errington put his... -
Romanticism, Lyricism, and History Sarah M. Zimmerman 9780791441107
RRP: £25.51£22.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791441107Author Sarah M. ZimmermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 233Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Silvio Berlusconi: A Study in Failure by James L. Newell
RRP: £85.00£74.51This book is about one of the most remarkable European politicians of recent decades, Silvio Berlusconi, and about his contribution to the dramatic changes that have overtaken Italian politics since the early 1990s. From the vantage point of 2017, would... -
Karl Marx: His Life and Work by Otto Ruhle
RRP: £37.99£33.78First published in English in 1929, this is a reissue of Otto Ruhle's comprehensive biography of Karl Marx. Written by a leading Marxist and key figure within the German Labour movement, this is an exceptionally detailed and well-researched study which... -
Karl Marx: The Story of His Life Franz Mehring 9780415607261
RRP: £53.99£47.27Containing footnotes and an extensive bibliography, this edition of Franz Mehring's classic biography is designed to assist the English-speaking reader towards a better understanding of Marx, his work and a history of Marxism. The book is divided into... -
Orwell Reconsidered Stephen Ingle 9780367344795
RRP: £37.99£33.38George Orwell has had a profound influence on modern politics and culture. He is regularly invoked as an authority by journalists, commentators and politicians, and his works speak with increasing relevance to our polarised and media-saturated society... -
Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards by Jan Reid
RRP: £12.99£12.17Winner, Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize, Texas State Historical Association, 2012 Liz Carpenter Award for Research in the History of Women, Texas State Historical Association, 2012When Ann Richards delivered the keynote of the 1988 Democratic National... -
The Unlikely Secret Agent by Ronnie Kasrils
RRP: £14.95£14.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583672778Author Ronnie KasrilsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Window on Congress - A Congressional Biography of Barber B. Conable, Jr. by James S. Fleming
RRP: £45.00£38.03Barber B. Conable Jr. served as a Republican congressman from western New York from 1965 to 1985. He is recognized as one of the most respected members of the House of Representatives in recent years. This biography explores his twenty-year congressional... -
Everyday matters by M. J. Daymond
RRP: £15.95£13.32This important book brings together the previously unpublished letters of three women, Lilian Ngoyi, Bessie Head, and Dora Taylor. While Ngoyi, Head, and the lesser-known Taylor each made vital and perhaps underappreciated contributions to the southern... -
Susan B. Anthony: A Biography by Kathleen Barry
RRP: £23.99£21.24Brings to life one of the most significant figures in the crusade for women's rights in America This comprehensive biography of Susan B. Anthony traces the life of a feminist icon, bringing new depth to our understanding of her influence on the course... -
The first president: A life of John L. Dube, Founding president of the ANC by Heather Hughes
RRP: £24.50£19.89A full biography of the founding president of the African National Council (ANC), this account uncovers the inspirations for John L. Dube's many public achievements. Tracing the history of his forbearers in the Zulu kingdom, this volume chronicles the... -
Every Day Is a Gift: A Memoir by Senator Tammy Duckworth
RRP: £14.99£10.36In EVERY DAY IS A GIFT, Tammy Duckworth takes readers through the amazing-and amazingly true-stories from her incomparable life. In November of 2004, an Iraqi RPG blew through the cockpit of Tammy Duckworth's U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. The... -
Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values by Ronny Jackson
RRP: £28.00£16.86A behind-the-scenes political memoir written by a prominent White House physician. I would talk to the president before the chief of staff even saw the president in the morning. I walked into work, and I was already in the Oval Office talking to...