Presidents & Heads of State

These writings have been drawn from Obama's speeches, interviews, essays, books, social media posts, and other writings over the past 20 years. Arranged thematically, the quotations reveal his thoughts and feelings, and even the occasional joke, about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510760035Author Madeleine ChapmanFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143132158Author Stephen KotkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 1184Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1100gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

When Woodrow Wilson was elected as a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1897, his preacher father allegedly remarked, "I would rather that he held that position than be president of the United States." Fifteen years later he was both. Easily one...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439160411Author David MaranissFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

In All the Powers of Earth, Lincoln's incredible ascent to power in a world of chaos is newly revealed through the great biographer's extraordinary research and literary style. After a period of depression that he would ever find his way to greatness,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425223482Author Thomas M. DeFrankFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947660182Author Philip LeighFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Shotwell Publishing LLCPublisher Shotwell Publishing LLCWeight(grams)...

In the 1960s transitioning from acting to politics was rare. Ronald Reagan was not the first to do it, but he was the first to jump from the screen to the stump and on to credibility as a presidential contender. Reagan's transformation from struggling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743265164Author James TobinFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 153mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982131739Author Bob WoodwardFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 157mm...

The No.1 New York Times Bestseller In January 1961, as the cold war escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of communism while he learns the hardships, solitude and temptations of what it means to be president of the United States. At...

Team of Rivals is a brilliant, multi-million selling biography, now the inspiration for a major Stephen Spielberg film starring Daniel Day-Lewis 'A wonderful book . . . a remarkable study in leadership' Barack Obama 'The most uplifting book that I have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060858209Author David MendellFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 700gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982191047Author Melissa EddyFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 154g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780008599218Author Simon ShusterFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint William CollinsPublisher HarperCollins PublishersWeight(grams) 270g

There have been many books on Theodore Roosevelt, but there are none that solely focus on the last years of his life. Racked by rheumatism, a ticking embolism, pathogens in his blood, a bad leg from an accident, and a bullet in his chest from an...

Liz Truss's disastrous premiership was the shortest and most chaotic in British history. In the space of just 49 days, Truss witnessed the death of the longest-reigning monarch, attempted to remould the economy, triggered a collapse in the value of...

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER | NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE ECONOMIST, THE GUARDIAN The riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—a record-breaking, critically-acclaimed no.1 bestseller, now out in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809339617Author John C. WaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Southern Illinois University PressPublisher Southern Illinois University...

"For me, Yukio was quite special. Prime Ministers sought his counsel, valued his advice, and were often guided by his views and suggestions." —Richard L. ArmitageAs one of the most distinguished and gifted Japanese diplomats of his generation, Yukio...

Ireland, under both the Irish Free State and after full independence, has now had just over 100 years of autonomous national political leadership. This book, based on Iain Dale’s blockbuster podcast, tells the story of Irish politics over the past...

All roads begin somewhere and today’s U. S. highway system began with an unforgettable, exploratory, cross-country ride, led by a 28-year-old Army lieutenant colonel, Dwight Eisenhower. This is the story of his coast-to-coast journey and how the dream of...

This memoir of the first president of an independent Belarus (1991-1994) tells about the revival of independent Belarus, the difficulties in establishing a democracy and a market economy, a hardened Soviet mentality, and the political immaturity of the...

This in-depth history of our nation's 46 presidents is now fully revised and updated to include Donald Trump's eventful term in office, Joe Biden's presidency, and the results of the 2024 presidential election. The Presidents Fact Book is the complete...

A portrait of the life and legacy of Britain's most influential leader. Drawing on a wealth of archive material from The Times and Imperial War Museums, this superbly illustrated edition offers a unique and nuanced perspective on the tireless statesman...

The first person of color to serve as vice president, Charles Curtis was once a household name but has become a footnote in American history. As a mixed-race person who became a public figure in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, his story is...

A new biography of the 8th president of the United States, the first chief executive not born a British citizen and the first to use the party system to chart his way from tavern-keeper's son to the pinnacle of power. Martin Van Buren was one of the most...

Liz Truss's disastrous premiership was the shortest and most chaotic in British history. In the space of just 49 days, Truss witnessed the death of the longest-reigning monarch, attempted to remould the economy, triggered a collapse in the value of...

Thomas R. Martin recounts the unmatched political and military career of Phocion of Athens, and his tragic downfall Phocion (402–318 BCE) won Athens’s highest public office by direct democratic election an unmatched forty-five times and was officially...

From best-selling biographer Max Boot comes this revelatory portrait, a decade in the making, of Ronald Reagan, the actor-turned-politician whose telegenic leadership ushered in a transformative conservative era in American politics. Despite his fame as...

A compelling insider’s account by the trusted adviser and confidante to America’s presidential giants and political legends as he draws the curtains back on his most private moments with Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon during revolutionary changes in our...

In the vein of Notorious RBG, a fun and inspiring biography filled with lessons from the most powerful woman in the world, based on more than a decade’s worth of coverage of German Chancellor Angela Merkel from New York Times Berlin correspondent Melissa...

'Ground-breaking' – Daily Mail‘In explaining the rise to power of Kim Yo Jong, Lee displays his deep knowledge and understanding of North Korea’s extreme, ruthless and self-obsessed dynastic autocracy, the creators and rulers of a de-facto nuclear weapon...