Presidents & Heads of State

Beneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamentals of democracy. Now, in Lincoln: A Very Short...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143127390Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 134g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812972825Author Jon MeachamFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

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...

This is the story of the friendships that defined one of America's most beloved Presidents. Chris Matthews, who has been following and studying the Kennedys most of his life, has interviewed President Kennedy's closest confidants - family, friends, and...

This is the story of the friendships that defined one of America's most beloved Presidents. Chris Matthews, who has been following and studying the Kennedys most of his life, has interviewed President Kennedy's closest confidants - family, friends, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812958638Author Edmund MorrisFormat HardbackImprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 3856gDimensions(mm) 260mm * 184mm * 191mm

A feminist biography of the only woman to become prime minister of IsraelIn this authoritative and empathetic biography, Pnina Lahav reexamines the life of Golda Meir (1898-1978) through a feminist lens, focusing on her recurring role as a woman standing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743259934Author Martin GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 704gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

'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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618773442Author MR Joshua Wolf ShenkFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperOneWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm *...

John Major succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister, but his initial popularity soon faded with the devaluation of the sterling, his achievement at Maastricht which brought division to his party and he oversaw the longest recession since WW2.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805069228Author Ted WidmerFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company Inc

As part of the series The 20 PM of the 20th Century this biography concentrates on Tony Blair's first three years in office.Book InformationISBN 9781904950738Author Mick TempleFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Haus PublishingPublisher Haus...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781742586120Author Kevin ShillingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint University of Western Australia PressPublisher University of Western Australia...

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 9780060565312Author Professor Douglas BrinkleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 960Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers...

Ibn Saud grew to manhood first through living the harsh traditional life of the desert nomad, a life that had changed little since the days of Abraham, and then, through a careful study during his adolescence in Kuwait, of the ways of the great imperial...

1 July 1997 marked the end of British rule of Hong Kong, whereby this territory was passed into the hands of the People's Republic of China. In 1992, Chris Patten, former chairman of the Conservative Party, was appointed Hong Kong's last governor, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451648461Author Clint HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint GalleryPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 392gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806538631Author John R. BarlettaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307951144Author H. W. BrandsFormat PaperbackPage Count 832Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 879gDimensions(mm) 233mm * 154mm...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989555903Author John FraserFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451477279Author Tim McgrathFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316301992Author Alan FriedmanFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 145mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471468851Author Harlow Giles UngerFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

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...

The New York Times bestseller that offers all the evidence on the biggest conspiracy in American history-the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.It's been more than fifty years since John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and it's time we all fully...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501106675Author George H W BushFormat PaperbackPage Count 720Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 757gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize 2009.Book InformationISBN 9781400063253Author Jon MeachamFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

Despite his promising start as a young man, by his early fifties Chester A. Arthur was known as the crooked crony of New York machine boss Roscoe Conkling. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and the vast majority...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618134328Author Garry WillsFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805069259Author WilentzFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Andersen comes a vivid and unsparing yet sympathetic portrait of one of the most complex and enigmatic figures of our time: Charles, who has taken his place on the throne after being the oldest and...

When Churchill died, one might have thought that it was not a man who was being borne to his grave, but British history itself - a resplendent, fortunate history whose last illustrious chapter Churchill himself had written almost a quarter of a century...

On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump won the American presidential election, to the surprise of many across the globe. Now that Trump is Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful country on earth, Americans and non-Americans alike have been left wondering...

In this New York Times bestseller, the White House chief usher for nearly three decades offers a behind-the-scenes look at America's first families. J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania...