Presidents & Heads of State

Few figures in American history are as compelling and complex as Lyndon Baines Johnson, who established himself as the master of the U.S. Senate in the 1950s and succeeded John F. Kennedy in the White House after Kennedy's assassination on November 22,...

Conrad Black, bestselling author of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom, Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full, and Flight of the Eagle: America's Rise from Colonial Upstart to the World's Superpower, turns his attention to his friend President...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997663310Author Anne MichaudFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ogunquit-NY PressPublisher Ogunquit-NY PressWeight(grams) 426g

Sheikh Mubarak was the founder of the modern state of Kuwait. But the man who actually led Kuwait to modernity was his son Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah, one of the most significant figures of Kuwait from the 1940s to Kuwaiti independence in 1961. Largely...

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George Washington's place in the foundations of the Republic remains unrivalled. His life story--from his beginnings as a surveyor and farmer, to colonial soldier in the Virginia Regiment, leader of the Patriot cause, commander of the Continental Army,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of The National Review Best Book 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780553383294Author Alexander RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div...

Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary. He provided unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders, recording his thoughts, impressions, delights, and frustrations. But this...

In his books-the memoir of the Second World War, the two large volumes on the presidency, the incomplete autobiography written near the end of his life-Eisenhower related the course of events over the years, with descriptive detail and frequently with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805069525Author Charles W. CalhounFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767914123Author Joe KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Patricians and Emperors offers concise comparative biographies of the individuals who wielded power in the final decades of the Western Roman Empire, from the assassination of Aetius in 454 to the death of Julius Nepos in 480. The book is divided into...

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 9781416562337Author Ignacio RamonetFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 739gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe sharply divides opinion and embodies the contradictions of his country's history and political culture. As a symbol of African liberation and a stalwart opponent of white rule, he was respected and revered by many. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438455136Author Edward P. KohnFormat HardbackPage Count 322Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams)...

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Discover how the Oval Office's occupants have made and make history Which one was the tallest? Which one fought a duel? Which had liquor smuggled into the White House during Prohibition? And why is the president even called the president in the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250092328Author Tim WeinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

In Priest, Politician, Collaborator, James Mace Ward offers the first comprehensive and scholarly English-language biography of the Catholic priest and Slovak nationalist Jozef Tiso (1887-1947). The first president of an independent Slovakia, established...

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Ruthless revolutionary; passionate womaniser; activist; hothead. Meet the young Mandela.Nelson Mandela has been mythologised as a flawless hero of the liberation struggle. But how exactly did his early life shape the triumphs to come? This book goes...

"Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God." - Matthew 5:9"I don't think any president has been more wrongly persecuted than Nixon, ever. I just think he was a saint." - Ben SteinFrom Ben Stein, New York Times bestselling...

Britain's Greatest Prime Minister: Lord Liverpool unpicks two centuries of Whig history to redeem Lord Liverpool (1770-1828) from 'arch-mediocrity' and establish him as the greatest political leader the country has ever seen. In the past, biographers...

An engaging and original account of 1921, a pivotal year for Churchill that had a lasting impact on his political and personal legacy"Important . . . Its power lies in a vivid re-creation not only of Churchill's public roles but also his private life-of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062384294Author John H SununuFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

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Jeffrey Frank, author of the bestselling Ike and Dick, returns with the "beguiling" (The New York Times) first full account of the Truman presidency in nearly thirty years, recounting how a seemingly ordinary man met the extraordinary challenge of...

John Ferling has nearly forty years of experience as a historian of early America. The author of acclaimed histories such as A Leap into the Dark and Almost a Miracle, he has appeared on many TV and film documentaries on this pivotal period of our...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385525190Author Peter BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 832Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 924gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805082388Author Associate Professor of History Gary MayFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Times BooksPublisher Times BooksWeight(grams)...

On 20th August 1940 Trotsky's life was brutally ended when a Stalinist agent brought an ice pick crashing down on his head. Among the works left unfinished was the second part of his biography of Stalin. Trotsky's Stalin is unique in Marxist literature...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401324254Author Caroline KennedyFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 1020gDimensions(mm) 252mm * 166mm * 46mm

As a writer at Vanity Fair covering the Trump family, Emily Jane Fox has spent the last year doing a deep dive into the lives of the President's children. Born Trump is the explosive narrative of her findings as an insider within the most...

The oddly named president whose shortsightedness and stubbornness fractured the nation and sowed the seeds of civil war In the summer of 1850, America was at a terrible crossroads. Congress was in an uproar over slavery, and it was not clear if a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493261679Author United LibraryFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint United LibraryPublisher United LibraryWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...