Presidents & Heads of State

Stalinism, that particularly brutal phase of communism, came to an end in most of Eastern Europe with the death of Josef Stalin in 1953 or at least with the Khrushchev reforms that began in the Soviet Union in 1956. However, in one country - Albania -...

Matthew Dennison's elegant and magisterial biography of Her late Majesty, updated following the death of Elizabeth II and the accession of King Charles III. 'A worthy and balanced overview of the Queen's life. Dennison is especially good on her...

'Important, compelling, and detailed . . . a superb analysis of the West's policy missteps and the tragic consequences of them.' - General David PetraeusIn Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny, Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781080296385Author The Earl AttleeFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

Matthew Dennison's elegant and magisterial biography of Her late Majesty, updated following the death of Elizabeth II and the accession of King Charles III. 'A worthy and balanced overview of the Queen's life. Dennison is especially good on her...

Featuring unreported details and stunning revelations, the long-awaited follow-up to the "fabulous, addictive" (Chicago Sun-Times) New York Times bestseller Diana's Boys explores the last twenty years in the lives of Princes William and Harry and the...

"Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War."-Ron Chernow, author of Grant"Provides leadership lessons that can be obtained nowhere else... Ulysses Grant in his Memoirs gives us a...

The International Bestseller The inspiration for Impeachment: American Crime Story The definitive account of the Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandals, A Vast Conspiracy casts an insightful eye over the extraordinary ordeal...

Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, Barcelona Dreaming is made up of three stories that are linked by time and place, and also by the moving, unexpected interactions of a rich cast of characters.The stories are narrated, in turn, by an English...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569808177Author William DeGregorioFormat PaperbackPage Count 900Imprint Barricade Books IncPublisher Barricade Books Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction 2003 and Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2002. Nominated for Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction...

Robert Dallek's masterful John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life was a number one national bestseller, and it remains the most widely read one-volume biography of the 35th President. Now, in this marvelous short biography of John F. Kennedy, Dallek achieves...

Robert Dallek's masterful John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life was a number one national bestseller, and it remains the most widely read one-volume biography of the 35th President. Now, in this marvelous short biography of John F. Kennedy, Dallek achieves...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica is suffering from PTSD. The Reckoning diagnoses its core causes and helps begin the healing process.For four years, Donald J Trump inflicted an onslaught of overlapping and interconnected traumas upon the American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623545499Author Shelley Fraser MickleFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Imagine Publishing, IncPublisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812982886Author Jean Edward SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 976Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470120156Author Stephen KinzerFormat HardbackPage Count 349Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing Company

May, 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one Western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away. Just days after becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill...

Zelensky is the first major biography of Ukraine's leader written for a Western audience. Told with flair and authority, it is the gripping story of one of the most admired and inspirational leaders in the world. Action-packed biography of Ukraine's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805069594Author Roy JenkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 186Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

A short and vivid biography, which deconstructs the Napoleonic myth and reveals the reality of his rule.'Written with his customary verve and certainty' Andrew Roberts, SUNDAY TELEGRAPHWritten with great wit and panache, this biography also has a serious...

Ronald Reagan's "The Notes" is a fascinating window into the mind of the fortieth U.S. President and the writers and thinkers to whom he turned for advice, inspiration, humor, and hope. Collected by the Ronald Reagan Foundation, the book includes both...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451495242Author Kai BirdFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

One of the most controversial of all works to survive from ancient Rome, the Augustan History is our main source of information about the Roman emperors from 117 to 284 AD. Written in the late fourth century by an anonymous author, it is an enigmatic...

General Francisco Franco ruled Spain for nearly forty years, as one of the most powerful and controversial leaders in that nation's long history. He has been the subject of many biographies, several of them more than a thousand pages in length, but all...

Not 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390652457Author Neerja ChowdhuryFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.Publisher Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd...

In this long-awaited follow-up to his critically acclaimed 1967 classic, Six Seconds in Dallas, Josiah Thompson reveals major new forensic discoveries since the year 2000 that overturn previously accepted 'facts' about the Kennedy assassination. Together...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Awards and Pulitzer Prize.Book InformationISBN 9780394720951Author Robert A. CaroFormat PaperbackPage Count 1232Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher...

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 9780143117995Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 157g

The 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...

Working towards the Fuhrer brings together leading historians writing on the Third Reich, in honour of Sir Ian Kershaw, whose own work, along with that of the contributors to this volume has done much to challenge and change our understanding of the way...

The sensational second volume of Charles Moore's bestselling authorized biography of the Iron LadyIn June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government's Parliamentary majority in British electoral history. Over the next four years, as...

A celebration of President Obama's presidency, featuring stunning images by photographers from the White House and beyond. Looking back at Barack Obama's journey, from his remarkable victory to his final days in office, this book includes iconic shots -...

The autobiography of former Vice President Mike Pence.Loyalty is a Vice President's first duty; but there is a greater one-to God and the Constitution. Mike Pence spent more hours in the Oval Office than any of his predecessors. On the surface, the...

In 1945, disguised in German greatcoat and helmet, Mussolini attempted to escape from the advancing Allied armies. Unfortunately for him, the convoy of which he was part was stopped by partisans and his features, made so familiar by Fascist propaganda,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2003.Book InformationISBN 9780812966008Author Edmund MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 792Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2003.Book InformationISBN 9780812966008Author Edmund MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 792Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random...

Apologies 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)...