Presidents & Heads of State

From one of the funniest writers of our time, the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of One Two Three Four and Ma'am Darling turns his attention to Queen Elizabeth II in an unforgettable and fascinating biography. Virginia Woolf compared...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Francis Parkman Prize 1975 and Pulitzer Prize 1975.Book InformationISBN 9780394720241Author Robert A. CaroFormat PaperbackPage Count 1344Imprint Random House USA...

The acclaimed book Oliver Stone called "the best account I have read of this tragedy and its significance," JFK and the Unspeakable details not just how the conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy was carried out, but WHY it was done...and...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people ... Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished .....

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Plutarch Award 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780805211931Author Francine KlagsbrunFormat PaperbackPage Count 864Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143110637Author Ron ChernowFormat PaperbackPage Count 1104Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1196gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 154mm...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An outstanding expose of Putin and his criminal pals ... [A] long-awaited, must read book' SUNDAY TIMES 'Books about modern Russia abound ... Belton has surpassed them all. Her much-awaited book is the...

______________________________THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES'I like thinking big. I always have. To me it's very simple: If you're going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.' - Donald J. TrumpHere is...

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.'Gorgeously written, humorous, compelling, life affirming' Justin Webb, Mail on SundayIn...

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.'Gorgeously written, humorous, compelling, life affirming' Justin Webb, Mail on SundayIn...

You've seen the show, you've sung the songs, now read the full story of America's most misunderstood founding father. 'I was swept up by the story. I thought it 'out-Dickens' Dickens in the unlikeliness of this man's rise from his humble beginnings in...

The bestselling and prize-winning study of one of the most legendary American Presidents in history, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin is the book that inspired Barack Obama in his presidency.When Barack Obama was asked which book he could not live...

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'The wickedest political diaries since Alan Clark's' Daily Mail'Riotously candid' Decca Aitkenhead, Sunday Times'An acute political intelligence at work' Guardian'Glorious, compelling, jaw-dropping'...

Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys - there's a new history book in town. From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past - from Alexander the Great to Tolkien, the Wars of the Roses to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631683053Author Barbara a ResFormat PaperbackPage Count 16Imprint Graymalkin MediaPublisher Graymalkin MediaWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Hailed as 'the greatest biography of our era' (The Times) this is the fourth part of Robert Caro's multi-award-winning best-selling work on American President Lyndon Johnson.The Passage of Power, 'the series' crowning volume' (Economist), spans the years...

The explosive behind-the-scenes account of the plot to bring down Boris Johnson YOU THINK YOU LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE ELECTED ARE CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE. THINK AGAIN. When Boris Johnson came to power in 2019, he did so with the largest Conservative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781655128950Author David T IrvineFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

The intimate, multi-generational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod-the iconic place where they've celebrated, mourned, and forged the closest of bonds-based on more than a hundred in-depth interviews by a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621579601Author Geoff ShepardFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Regnery HistoryPublisher Regnery HistoryWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm...

In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen years of Conservative government. He remains the only living Labour leader to have won a general election.He has been one of the most dynamic...

The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life, he carries the reader through Washington's troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and...

Now available in a single, abridged paperback, Ian Kershaw's Hitler is the definitive biography of the Nazi leader. Ian Kershaw's two volume biography, Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris and Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis, was greeted with universal acclaim as the...

From the very first mouthful, 'Lunch with the FT' was destined to become a permanent fixture in the Financial Times.One thousand lunches later, the FT's weekly interview has become an institution. From film stars to politicians, tycoons to writers,...

'First there was Fire and Fury, then there was Siege, now there is Landslide. The third is the best of the three' Guardian 'Cruel, unforgiving, muckracking, scandalous . . . Michael Wolff concludes his Trump trilogy - with the best book' Telegraph 'Wolff...

'Kissinger's absorbing book tackles head-on some of the toughest questions of our time ...Its pages sparkle with insight' Simon Schama in the NEW YORKER Spanning more than three centuries, from Cardinal Richelieu to the fragility of the 'New World...

**Winner of the 2020 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS for Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian**A Times Political Book of the Year'An entertaining, thorough and informative canter through the characters and stories of prime ministers past.' - New...

**A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**'Anyone wanting to learn more about Putin's personality, ideas, power...should read this outstanding biography' Ian Kershaw, author of Personality and PowerThis book is essential reading for anyone who wants to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780380808885Author Tad SzulcFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Avon BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 476g

The acclaimed autobiography of Fidel Castro, one of the towering political figures of our age, who dominated both Cuba and the world stage for over half a century.Here Castro tells his story in full for the first time, speaking openly about ...

The acclaimed autobiography of Fidel Castro, one of the towering political figures of our age, who dominated both Cuba and the world stage for over half a century.Here Castro tells his story in full for the first time, speaking openly about ...

Not For Turning is the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the most influential political figures of the postwar era. Charles Moore's biography...

Not For Turning is the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the most influential political figures of the postwar era. Charles Moore's biography...

**WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING****WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY***Book of the year: The Times, Sunday Times, New Statesman, Spectator, Evening Standard*'Outstanding . . . We still live in the society...

As we prepare to wave the President out of the White House, commemorate the past four years with this charming introduction to his very important life and his many, many friends - the perfect stocking filler this Christmas._________'When Donald won the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300179040Author Geoffrey RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale University PressWeight(grams) 156g

A Welshman among the English, a nonconformist among Anglicans and a self-made man in the patrician corridors of power, David Lloyd George, the last Liberal Prime Minister of Great Britain, was the founding father of the Welfare State and was as great a...

*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Financial Times Book of the Year* *Economist Book of the Year* 'A political epic' - Guardian ...

'This book offers a front row seat to history as it is being made' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTON 'An elegant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570757556Author James W. DouglassFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA)