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One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 by Rosemary Ashton
RRP: £12.99£11.46A unique, colorful view of Victorian London when residents both famous and now-forgotten endured "the Great Stink" across one hot summer While 1858 in London may have been noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the... -
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Professor of History H W Brands 9780307277947
RRP: £24.00£20.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Pulitzer Prize 2009.Book InformationISBN 9780307277947Author H. W. BrandsFormat PaperbackPage Count 912Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA... -
Palmerston: A Biography by David Brown
RRP: £19.99£17.37A grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics, the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) served as foreign secretary for fifteen years and prime minister for nine, engaged in struggles with everyone from the Duke of Wellington to Lord John... -
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro 9780394480763
RRP: £70.00£45.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Francis Parkman Prize 1975 and Pulitzer Prize 1975.Book InformationISBN 9780394480763Author Robert A. CaroFormat HardbackPage Count 1296Imprint Alfred A... -
My Life with Boris by Naina Yeltsin
RRP: £25.00£18.07In this poignant memoir, Naina Yeltsina, the wife of the first president of Russia, recounts the compelling story of her life, from her earliest childhood memories and the time when she met and became engaged to Boris Yeltsin, her companion of over fifty... -
Not for Turning: The Complete Life of Margaret Thatcher by Robin Harris
RRP: £16.99£12.28Margaret Thatcher is one of the most iconic politicians of the twentieth century. With the possible exception of Winston Churchill, no other Prime Minister has had such an impact on modern British history. Like it or not, her radical social and economic... -
An American Life by Ronald Reagan 9781451628395
RRP: £23.99£16.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451628395Author Ronald ReaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Threshold EditionsPublisher Threshold EditionsWeight(grams) 848gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
All-American Dogs: A History of Presidential Pets from Every Era by Andrew Hager
RRP: £18.99£14.14From historian-in-residence at the Presidential Pet Museum, Andrew Hager, comes a fond, fascinating, and often surprising look at the dogs who were the best friends of the presidents, featuring unforgettable photographs.President Biden's German... -
Napoleon Paul Johnson 9781842126509
RRP: £9.99£6.15A 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... -
Kissinger: A Biography by Walter Isaacson 9780743286978
RRP: £25.00£17.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743286978Author Walter IsaacsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 1089gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
Mao: The Man Who Made China by Philip Short 9781350376724
RRP: £18.99£14.81One of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of a revolution, a communist who lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, an aggressive and distrustful... -
Autobiography and Other Writings by Benjamin Franklin
RRP: £8.99£6.65Benjamin Franklin's writings represent a long career of literary, scientific, and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. Franklin's achievements range from inventing the lightning rod to publishing Poor... -
Kwame Nkrumah: Visions of Liberation by Jeffrey S. Ahlman
£13.66A new biography of Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, one of the most influential political figures in twentieth-century African history. As the first prime minister and president ofthe West African state of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah helped shape the global narrative of... -
Eamon de Valera: A Will to Power Ronan Fanning 9780571312061
RRP: £12.99£8.80Eamon de Valera is the most remarkable man in the history of modern Ireland. Much as Churchill personified British resistance to Hitler and de Gaulle personified the freedom of France, de Valera personified Irish independence. From his emergence in the... -
Jackie: Public, Private, Secret by J Randy Taraborrelli
RRP: £30.00£19.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250276216Author J. Randy TaraborrelliFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm)... -
Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny by Con Coughlin
RRP: £25.00£16.13'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... -
The Path to Power by Margaret Thatcher
RRP: £19.99£14.28The extraordinary account of Margaret Thatcher's life up to her dramatic election as the first woman Prime Minister of England in 1979. Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. This is the story of... -
A Basket of Deplorables: What I Saw Inside the Clinton White House by Linda Tripp
RRP: £20.00£12.86As seen on Newsmax TV! Featured in the New York Post and FoxNews.com! A compelling insider's look at a political marriage that tore apart the nation and almost destroyed a presidency-from the woman who saw it all happen.In this brilliantly written... -
Lenin the Dictator Victor Sebestyen 9781474601054
RRP: £14.99£10.05'A fresh, powerful portrait of Lenin' Anne Applebaum, author of Red Famine'Richly readable ... An enthralling but appalling story' Francis Wheen, author of Karl MarxThe cold, one-dimensional figure of Lenin the political fanatic is only a partial truth... -
An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford by Richard Norton Smith 9780062684172
RRP: £18.99£12.71Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Books of 2023“Richard Norton Smith had brought a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and storytelling verve to the life of a consequential president—Gerald R. Ford. Ford’s is a very American life, and Smith has charted its... -
Darkest Hour: Official Tie-In for the Oscar-Winning Film Starring Gary Oldman Anthony McCarten 9780241340936
RRP: £10.99£7.99THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER AND OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE STARRING GARY OLDMAN, WHO TOOK HOME BEST ACTOR AT THE OSCARS FOR HIS SUBLIME TURN AS WINSTON CHURCHILL.From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of... -
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt - The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin
£17.08A chronicle of the US and its leaders during the period when modern America was created. It narrates the interrelationships between the inner workings of the Roosevelt White House and the destiny of the US, painting a portrait that fills in a historical... -
Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times by David S Reynolds
RRP: £23.00£21.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143110767Author David S. ReynoldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 1088Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 958gDimensions(mm) 231mm *... -
Abraham Lincoln: A Life: 2-vol. set by Michael Burlingame 9781421410586
RRP: £29.00£26.04In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America's greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along... -
Thomas Jefferson by Christopher Hitchens
RRP: £15.99£9.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060837068Author Christopher HitchensFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady Stephanie Winston Wolkoff 9781398501218
RRP: £20.00£14.51What Melania wants, Melania gets. The former director of special events at Vogue and producer of nine legendary Met Galas, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff met Melania Knauss in 2003 and had a front row seat to the transformation of Donald Trump's then... -
Attlee by David Howell 9781904950646
£9.23Famously beating Churchill in the 1945 election, Attlee's post-war government enacted a broad programme of socialist legislation in spite of conditions of austerity in which rationing was actually extended. He also gave independence to India, Pakistan,... -
Thomas Jefferson: The Art Of Power by Jon Meacham 9781400067664
RRP: £33.00£22.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Indies Choice Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2013.Book InformationISBN 9781400067664Author Jon MeachamFormat HardbackPage Count 800Imprint Random House... -
They Call It Diplomacy by Peter Westmacott 9781800240971
RRP: £9.99£7.32The memoirs of senior UK diplomat Sir Peter Westmacott, former ambassador in Turkey, France and the United States during Barack Obama's presidency. 'A highly readable account of a glittering diplomatic career' Tony Blair 'One of the most brilliant... -
Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years by David Talbot 9780743269193
RRP: £21.00£13.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743269193Author David TalbotFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 228mm *... -
They Killed Our President: 63 Reasons to Believe There Was a Conspiracy to As by Jesse Ventura
RRP: £18.99£15.30Unless you've been living under a rock for the past fifty years, you're aware of the many hypotheses that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was not done by one man. Whether you've read one or a dozen of the books on this topic, there's no... -
The Final Days by Bob Woodward
RRP: £20.00£13.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743274067Author Bob WoodwardFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 214mm *... -
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
RRP: £10.99£7.46In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-Africa's "Iron Lady" - was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history of the West... -
Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint Hill
RRP: £12.99£8.41The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November reflects on his seventeen years in the Secret Service for presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. The assassination of one president, the... -
Letters to Trump by Donald J Trump 9781735503752
RRP: £99.00£78.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735503752Author Donald J TrumpFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Winning Team PublishingPublisher Winning Team PublishingWeight(grams)... -
A Bigger Picture by Malcolm Turnbull 9781743795637
RRP: £25.00£18.90Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's 29th Prime Minister, tells the remarkable story of his life in this lively political page-turner. When Malcolm Turnbull took over the nation's top job there was a sense of excitement in Australia. Sky-high opinion polls... -
The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s by William I. Hitchcock
RRP: £21.99£14.73A New York Times bestseller, this is the "outstanding" (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency.Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of pages of unpublished material, The Age of Eisenhower... -
Mussolini and Hitler: The Forging of the Fascist Alliance by Christian Goeschel
RRP: £12.99£11.46A fresh treatment of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, revealing the close ties between Mussolini and Hitler and their regimes From 1934 until 1944 Mussolini met Hitler numerous times, and the two developed a relationship that deeply affected both... -
Woodrow Wilson by John Milton Cooper
RRP: £18.99£13.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Pulitzer Prize 2010.Book InformationISBN 9780307277909Author John Milton CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House... -
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2: The Defining Years, 1933-1938 by Blanche Wiesen Cook 9780140178944
RRP: £34.00£24.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140178944Author Blanche Wiesen CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 660gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...