Presidents & Heads of State

"This particular phase in my life is the most dangerous. My husband is planning 'an accident' in my car, brake failure and serious head injury in order to make the path clear for him to marry." -Letter written by Princess Diana, late 1996It is a moment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805069235Author Henry F. GraffFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 276g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684849270Author SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 880g

Deng Xiaoping joined the Chinese Communist movement as a youth and rose in its ranks to become an important lieutenant of Mao's from the 1930s onward. Two years after Mao's death in 1976, Deng became the de facto leader of the Chinese Communist Party and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608190065Author Russ BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PlcPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

This title deals with Britain's first woman prime minister, friend of Ronald Reagan and the longest serving head of government in the 20th century (1979-90), but also the only one to be removed from office in peacetime by pressure from within her own...

"When at last we were approaching the Harem, the Sultan, surely quite alarmed, said to me in a low voice (was that so the eunuch walking in front of us wouldn't hear, or because in this lonely and dark passageway he was frightened of his own voice?), Ne...

This book is not a biography of Margaret Thatcher. It is a study of how her reputation in both the domestic and international sphere was constructed by Thatcher and others over the course of her career. Notably, this is the first scholarly treatment to...

The rise of Barack Obama is one of the great stories of this century: a defining moment for America, and one with truly global resonance. This is the book of his phenomenal journey to election, updated in paperback to cover his first two extraordinary...

The rise of Barack Obama is one of the great stories of this century: a defining moment for America, and one with truly global resonance. This is the book of his phenomenal journey to election, updated in paperback to cover his first two extraordinary...

The extraordinary partnership of Barack Obama and Joe Biden is unique in American history. The two men, their characters and styles sharply contrasting, formed a dynamic working relationship that evolved into a profound friendship. Their affinity was not...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061967597Author Amity ShlaesFormat PaperbackPage Count 565Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375701733Author William Lee MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 437g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Pulitzer Prize 2009.Book InformationISBN 9780307277947Author H. W. BrandsFormat PaperbackPage Count 912Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA...

'I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come...

Patrice Lumumba was a leader of the independence struggle in what is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the country's first democratically elected prime minister. After a meteoric rise in the colonial civil service and the African...

During the Second World War, Winston Churchill won two resounding victories. The first was a victory over Nazi Germany, the second a victory over the legion of sceptics who had derided his judgement, denied his claims to greatness, and excluded him from...

Lone Star Rising, the first volume in Robert Dallek's biography of LBJ, was hailed as "a triumphant portrait of Lyndon Johnson as rich and oversized and complex as the nation that shaped him." Now, in the final volume, Dallek takes us through...

"We will make America strong again. We will make America safe again. And we will make America great again. Greater than ever before!" - President Donald J. TrumpThe ultimate collection of President Donald J. Trump's most important speeches and words to...

A passionate European, Edward Heath succeeded in taking Britain into the European Community. He was latter challenged for the leadership of the party by Margaret Thatcher who sidelined him during her period in office.Book InformationISBN...

Originally published in 1885 by Mark Twain, Ulysses S. Grant's landmark memoir has been annotated by Elizabeth Samet in this lavish edition. No previous edition combines such a sweep of historical and cultural contexts with the literary authority that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316227780Author Paul ReidFormat HardbackPage Count 3008Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 4286gDimensions(mm)...

At a time when the identity of Israel is more uncertain than at any moment since its modern founding, Be Strong and of Good Courage celebrates the defining generation of leaders who took on the task of safeguarding the country's future. David Ben-Gurion,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140178944Author Blanche Wiesen CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 660gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805069082Author TrefousseFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Times BooksPublisher Times Books

Joseph Stalin was one of the most ruthless and authoritarian dictators in world history, who plunged Russia into a barbarous nightmare, leaving behind a damaged nation and a legacy of grief.This concise biography presents Lenin's heir from his humble and...

"A personal look behind the scenes" (Publishers Weekly) of the presidency of Gerald Ford as seen through the eyes of Donald Rumsfeld-New York Times bestselling author and Ford's former Secretary of Defense, Chief of Staff, and longtime personal confidant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307238634Author Martin AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 386g

'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...

Joe Biden: Quotes to Live By is an inspiring and hilarious collection of over 170 quotes from one of America's most beloved politicians.Homespun, caring and empathetic, Joe is the nation's uncle, but his sometimes bizarre and baffling remarks can seem...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439187685Author Rosemarie TerenzioFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Hindenburg reveals how a previously little-known general, whose career to normal retirement age had provided no real foretaste of his heroic status, became a national icon and living myth in Germany after the First World War, capturing the imagination of...

The Inevitability of Tragedy is a fascinating intellectual biography that examines Henry Kissinger's role in American government through his ideas. It analyses the continuing controversies surrounding Kissinger's policies in such places as Vietnam and...

Of the original Gilded Age, historian Richard Hofstadter wrote: "There is no other period in the nation's history when politics seems so completely dwarfed by economic changes, none in which the life of the country rests so completely in the hands...

Before Winston Churchill made history, he made news. To a great extent, the news made him too. If it was his own efforts that made him a hero, it was the media that made him a celebrity - and it has been considerably responsible for perpetuating his...

The former senator and presidential candidate offers a provocative new assessment of the first "national security president" James Monroe is remembered today primarily for two things: for being the last of the "Virginia...

It is an often-forgotten fact that horses played an important part in Winston Churchill's life. They were his escape in childhood, his challenge in youth, his transport in war, his triumph in sport and his diversion in old age. Renowned author,...

'When the Nazi power was broken, I asked myself what was the best advice I could give to my fellow citizens here in this island and across the channel in our ravaged continent. There was no difficulty in answering the question. My counsel to Europe can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538756232Author James PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...