Presidents & Heads of State

The new biography of President Joe Biden by National Book Award winner and New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos - A Financial Times, Guardian and Daily Express Book of the Year 'A thoroughly readable primer' Guardian 'Biden has overcome unimaginable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812982886Author Jean Edward SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 976Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910497364Author Brough ScottFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Racing Post BooksPublisher Racing Post Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735224117Author Alexis CoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143117995Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 157g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493311213Author United LibraryFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint United LibraryPublisher United LibraryWeight(grams) 64g

Robert Dallek's masterful John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life was a number one national bestseller, and it remains the most widely read one-volume biography of the 35th President. Now, in this marvelous short biography of John F. Kennedy, Dallek achieves...

*20th anniversary edition featuring a new afterword*Glamour. Duty. Tragedy: The Woman Behind the Princess. Sarah Bradford delivers an authoritative and explosive study of the greatest icon of the twentieth century: Diana.After more than a decade...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390652457Author Neerja ChowdhuryFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.Publisher Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd...

Constantius is an important, but almost forgotten, figure. He came to the fore in or around 410 when he was appointed Magister Militum (Master of Troops) to Honorius, the young Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. His predecessor, Stilicho, had been...

"This fine volume leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War. The book is deeply researched, but it introduces its scholarship with a light touch that never interferes with the...

Since leaving office in 2007, the empire of Tony Blair has grown exponentially. As a businessman he has been unprecedentedly successful for a former public servant, with a large property portfolio and an estimated GBP80 million of earnings accrued in...

After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin's motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618219278Author Arthur M. SchlesingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 1120Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm)...

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For many years historians of the Cuban missile crisis have concentrated on those thirteen days in October 1962 when the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war. Mark White's study adds an equally intense scrutiny of the causes and consequences of the...

General Francisco Franco (1892-1975), ruler of Spain for nearly forty years, was one of the most powerful and controversial leaders in that nation's long history. This deeply researched biography treats the three major aspects of his life-personal,...

A vibrant celebration of President Obama, this stunning commemorative book provides a valuable record of his historical presidency and the years since he left office. It has now been more than two years since he concluded his historic two-term presidency...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805069075Author Tom WickerFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Times BooksPublisher Times BooksWeight(grams) 277g

Featuring unreported details and stunning revelations, the long-awaited follow-up to the "fabulous, addictive" (Chicago Sun-Times) New York Times bestseller Diana's Boys explores the last twenty years in the lives of Princes William and Harry and the...

The vivid, behind-the-scenes story of perhaps the most consequential political moment in American history-Abraham Lincoln's history-changing nomination to lead the Republican Party in the 1860 presidential electionIllinois lawyer Abraham Lincoln had a...

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Leading historians provide perspective on Trump's four turbulent years in the White HouseThe Presidency of Donald J. Trump presents a first draft of history by offering needed perspective on one of the nation's most divisive presidencies. Acclaimed...

Roy Hattersley brings the politician's to this concise history of the life of Henry Campbell-Bannerman, widely considered to be an ineffective Prime Minister; he was in fact the liberal of the 20th century to occupy the post.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805069594Author Roy JenkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 186Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671447540Author David McCulloughFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 612g

This is a biography of the Liberal British Prime Minister, 'Who Won the War'.Book InformationISBN 9781904950585Author Hugh PurcellFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Haus PublishingPublisher Haus PublishingWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 195mm * 128mm...

Since she succeeded to the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II has become respected, celebrated, and beloved around the world. This stunning collection of powerful images illustrates her storied reign in all its glory. More than 300 extraordinary...

"It may be cold comfort in this chaotic era, but Americans should know that there are adults in the room. . . . And we are trying to do what's right even when Donald Trump won't."--An anonymous senior administrative official in an op-ed published in a...

The precipitous rise and controversial fall of a formidable African leader. Samora Machel (1933-1986), the son of small-town farmers, led his people through a war against their Portuguese colonists and became the first president of the People's Republic...

Women of the White House looks at the work, lives and times of the 47 women officially recognized as America's first lady. Through portraits, photographs, accounts and profiles, the book examines their contributions to the presidencies they supported and...

From the former Prime Minister and most decorated solder in Israel's history, this is essential reading to understand today's Israel-Palestine conflict and the precarious path to a two-state solution.'There is scarcely one of Israel's security or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101902868Author Patrick J. BuchananFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805082371Author MR John S D EisenhowerImprint Times BooksPublisher Times Books

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America's beloved and distinguished historian.The life of...

David Herbert Donald's "Lincoln" is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812975703Author Ronald C. White, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 816Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 754gDimensions(mm)...

Attila the Hun is a household name. Rising to the Hunnic kingship around 434, he dominated European history for the next two decades. Attila bullied and manipulated both halves of the Roman empire, forcing successive emperors to make tribute payments or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142437117Author John AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams) 397g

"The extraordinary untold story of how a disillusioned American diplomat named William C. Bullitt came to Freud's couch in 1926, and how Freud and his patient collaborated on a psychobiography of President Woodrow Wilson."-Wall Street JournalThe...