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JFK: Volume 1: 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall
RRP: $35.68$26.63'The most compelling biography I have read in years . . . There has been a host of JFK biographies, but this one excels for its narrative drive, fine judgments and meticulous research . . . makes the story seem a cliffhanger even though we know what is... -
Revolution Francaise: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation Sophie Pedder 9781472966308
RRP: $35.68$25.79The extraordinary story of how an outsider candidate - an unknown technocrat and economics minister on the fringes of French politics - made his way to the Elysee palace, with new material and expert analysis of recent events including the gilets jaunes... -
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham 9780553393989
RRP: $44.10$31.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553393989Author Jon MeachamFormat PaperbackPage Count 720Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus by Lindsay Powell 9781399024808
RRP: $31.48$25.79Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher
RRP: $39.88$27.53This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs, which encompasses the entirety of her career as Prime Minister. Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. This is the story of her remarkable life in... -
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by ,Kate Larson
$25.49The revelatory, poignant story of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest and eventually secreted-away Kennedy daughter, and how her life transformed her family, its women especially, and an entire nation."[Larson] succeeds in providing a well-rounded portrait of a... -
The Last Highlander: Scotland's Most Notorious Clan Chief, Rebel & Double Agent by Sarah Fraser
RRP: $27.28$19.61THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PERFECT FOR FANS OF OUTLANDER The true story of one of Scotland's most notorious and romantic heroes. He was a spy, a clan-chief, a traitor. A polyglot, a deserter and a man of philosophy. ... -
The Life of Alexander the Great Plutarch 9780812971330
RRP: $20.98$13.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812971330Author PlutarchFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 96gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Nelson Mandela: pocket GIANTS by Colin Bundy
RRP: $14.68$11.87'Colin Bundy has given us an incredible insight into the person of Mandela. What a man and what a gift Madiba was to the world.' - Desmond TutuNelson Mandela's place in history is secure: he was one of the best known prisoners in the world even before... -
The Lion House by Christopher de Bellaigue
RRP: $42.00$37.00**A SUNDAY TIMES, SPECTATOR and iNEWS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph'The most daring history book of the year. Unforgettable' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times___Venice, 1522... -
First Person: An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President Vladimir Putin by Andrei Kolesnikov
RRP: $23.08$20.22Who is this Vladimir Putin? Who is this man who suddenly- overnight and without warning- was handed the reigns of power to one of the most complex, formidable, and volatile countries in the world? How can we trust him if we don't know him? First Person ... -
The Portable Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln 9780143105640
RRP: $27.28$27.09Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that has all but disappeared from today's public rhetoric. Lincoln's writings are testaments of our history, windows into his enigmatic personality, and resonant examples of the... -
Napoleon: A Brilliant Leader Who Helped Shape the Modern World - or a Brutal Tyrant? by Adam Zamoyski
RRP: $20.98$15.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912568017Author Adam ZamoyskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CONNELL PUBLISHING LTDPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD -
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume One: Not For Turning by Charles Moore 9780241573570
RRP: $84.00$62.98Not For Turning is the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the most influential political figures of the postwar era.Charles Moore's biography... -
Harold Wilson by Ben Pimlott
RRP: $39.88$26.69Reissued with a new foreword to mark the centenary of Harold Wilson's birth, Ben Pimlott's classic biography combines scholarship and observation to illuminate the life and career of one of Britain's most controversial post-war statesmen. ... -
King Richard: an American tragedy by Michael Dobbs
RRP: $39.88$26.94From an acclaimed British author, a sharply focused, riveting account - told from inside the White House - of the crucial days, hours, and moments when the Watergate conspiracy consumed, and ultimately toppled, a president. In January 1973, Richard... -
My Life by Fidel Castro
RRP: $39.88$28.58The acclaimed autobiography of Fidel Castro, one of the towering political figures of our age, who dominated both Cuba and the world stage for over half a century.Here Castro tells his story in full for the first time, speaking openly about ... -
Peter the Great: A Biography by Lindsey Hughes 9780300103007
RRP: $31.48$27.36The definitive short biography of the enigmatic Peter the Great Peter the Great (1672-1725), tsar of Russia for forty-three years, was a dramatic, appealing, and unconventional character. This book provides a vivid sense of the dynamics of his life-both... -
THE GREATEST SPEECHES OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP: 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with an Introduction by Presidential Historian Craig Shirly by Donald J. Trump
RRP: $75.58$51.79"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... -
Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 by Rick Perlstein 9781476793061
RRP: $31.48$21.97A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020 From the bestselling author of Nixonland and The Invisible Bridge comes the dramatic conclusion of how conservatism took control of American political power.Over two decades, Rick Perlstein has published three... -
The Complete Book of Us Presidents: Fourth Edition by Bill Yenne
$38.56Discover the history and personal stories of 46 US Presidents in this beautifully illustrated volume.From the first president, George Washington, to the forty-sixth, Joe Biden, the United States has seen a host of extraordinary men take office. Their... -
The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding by Ryan S. Walters
RRP: $46.20$29.51"Presidents are ranked wrong. In The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding, Ryan Walters mounts a case that Harding deserves to move up-and supplies the evidence to make that case strong. -Amity Shlaes, bestselling author of CoolidgeHe's the... -
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
RRP: $37.80$24.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780767929714Author Candice MillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House... -
The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty by Neal Thompson 9780063268593
RRP: $31.48$26.88"Here is that rare thing: an untold chapter in the Kennedy saga. . .Compelling and illuminating."-Jon MeachamBased on genealogical breakthroughs and previously unreleased records, this is the first book to explore the inspiring story of the poor Irish... -
Julius Nyerere by Paul Bjerk
RRP: $27.28$25.10With vision, hard-nosed judgment, and biting humor, Julius Nyerere confronted the challenges of nation building in modern Africa. Constructing Tanzania out of a controversial Cold War union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Nyerere emerged as one of... -
Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency by Michael Wolff
RRP: $20.98$14.70'First there was Fire and Fury, then there was Siege, now there is Landslide. The third is the best of the three' Guardian 'Cruel, unforgiving, muckracking, scandalous . . . Michael Wolff concludes his Trump trilogy - with the best book' Telegraph 'Wolff... -
Five Days in November: In Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of JFK's Assassination by Clint Hill 9781668035757
RRP: $42.00$27.01Secret Service agent Clint Hill reveals the stories behind the iconic images of the five tragic days surrounding President John F. Kennedy's assassination in this 60th anniversary edition of the New York Times bestseller.On November 22, 1963, three shots... -
In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny by Daisy Dunn
RRP: $27.28$18.29'Never less than compelling ... She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life' Tom Holland, Literary Review 'Starts with an erupting volcano - and then... -
Supreme Commander: The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower by Stephen E. Ambrose 9780307946621
$33.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307946621Author Stephen E. AmbroseFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press -
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Three: Herself Alone by Charles Moore 9780241324745
RRP: $73.50$54.37Shortlisted for the 2020 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGThe final part of Charles Moore's bestselling and definitive biography of Britain's first female Prime Minister, 'One of the great biographical achievements of our times' (Sunday Times)A TIMES,... -
The Churchills: A Family at the Heart of History - from the Duke of Marlborough to Winston Churchill by Mary S. Lovell
RRP: $31.48$21.11There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down who had either morals or principles', so said Gladstone. From the First Duke of Marlborough - soldier of genius, restless empire-builder and cuckolder of Charles II - onwards, the Churchills have... -
Gimson's Presidents: Brief Lives from Washington to Trump by Andrew Gimson
RRP: $23.08$16.53'Crisp and witty' Charles Moore, Spectator'A brilliant survey of the occupants of the Oval Office' Daniel Johnson, Article'Witty and succinct with splendid caricatures' Tibor Fischer, CriticA spirited and entertaining aide-memoire offering 44 short,... -
Stalin's Library: A Dictator and his Books by Geoffrey Roberts
RRP: $52.50$44.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300179040Author Geoffrey RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale University PressWeight(grams) 156g -
Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes by Tariq Ali
RRP: $52.50$43.47The subject of numerous biographies and history books, Winston Churchill has been repeatedly voted as one of the greatest of Englishmen. Even today, Boris Johnson in his failing attempts to be magisterial, has adopted many of his hero's mannerism! And,... -
Disraeli: The Novel Politician by David Cesarani
RRP: $39.88$33.98From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a fresh, vivid look at Disraeli's life, achievements, and temperament that casts doubts on his much-touted commitment to Jewish rights Lauded as a "great Jew," excoriated by antisemites, and one of... -
Means of Ascent by Robert A. Caro 9780394528359
RRP: $126.00$100.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Critics Circle Awards.Book InformationISBN 9780394528359Author Robert A. CaroFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher... -
Churchill's Bodyguard Tom Hickman 9780755314492
RRP: $23.08$15.98For fans of Darkest Hour and Dunkirk, discover the story of Walter H. Thompson, the man who saved Winston Churchill's life more than once.Walter H. Thompson was Churchill's bodyguard from 1921 until 1945, brought back from retirement at the outbreak of... -
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Jon Meacham 9780812979480
RRP: $44.10$31.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812979480Author Jon MeachamFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Margaret Thatcher: The Autobiography by Lady Margaret Thatcher 9780062012340
RRP: $48.28$40.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062012340Author Lady Margaret ThatcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 788Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Promise Me, Dad: The Heartbreaking Story of Joe Biden's Most Difficult Year Joe Biden 9781509890088
RRP: $18.88$13.97The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller.From President-Elect Joe Biden, winner of the 2020 United States presidential election, Promise Me Dad is his deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country.'Biden...