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Diagnosis of Defeat: Labour's turn to smell the coffee Michael Ashcroft 9781785906190
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $10.852019 saw the Labour Party meet its fourth consecutive general election defeat, and its worst since 1935. Arguing that it is vital for Labour to regroup if it is to offer a serious alternative... -
Clean Brexit: Why leaving the EU still makes sense - Building a Post-Brexit for all by Liam Halligan
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.78FULLY UPDATED PAPERBACK EDITION On 23 June 2016, in the biggest ever vote in British history, 17.4 million people chose to leave the EU. So what does the future now hold after this momentous... -
How to Win a Marginal Seat by Gavin Barwell
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.63During the 2015 general election, the contest in Gavin Barwell's constituency of Croydon Central was by any measure - the amount of money spent, the frequency of visits by ministers, the volume of... -
The Good Friday Agreement by Siobhan Fenton
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11In April 1998, the Good Friday Agreement brought an end to the bloodshed that had engulfed Northern Ireland for thirty years. It was lauded worldwide as an example of an iconic peace process to which... -
How to Survive a Select Committee by Scott Colvin 9781785904516
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.63Select committees are generally faced by those at the very top of their game: high-flying CEOs, powerful executives and industry experts. Why, then, do the very words send shivers down the spines of... -
Jacob's Ladder by Michael Ashcroft 9781785904875
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.82Jacob Rees-Mogg is one of the most prominent and controversial figures in contemporary British politics. He is a man who divides opinion in his own party, in Parliament and across the country. An... -
F**k Business: The Business of Brexit Iain Anderson 9781785905322
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $10.79When a senior Cabinet minister dismissed corporate fears over a hard Brexit with a curt `F**k business,' it seemed emblematic of a growing distance between the country's politicians and its wealth... -
Project Fear: How an Unlikely Alliance Kept a Kingdom United, But a Country Divided by Joe Pike 9781785900518
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.85When Scotland voted no to independence, it was hailed as a victory for the unique Better Together alliance, a triumph of cross-party collaboration, a coup for Westminster.But the unionist relief... -
The Brexit Club: The Inside Story of the Leave Campaign's Shock Victory by Owen Bennett 9781785900983
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.63From Boris Johnson to Nigel Farage, George Galloway to Michael Gove, the campaign to get Britain out of the EU brought together some of the most colourful characters in British politics. This... -
Music, Sense and Nonsense: Collected Essays and Lectures by Alfred Brendel 9781785902673
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79Alfred Brendel, one of the greatest pianists of our time, is renowned for his masterly interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt, and has been credited with rescuing from... -
The End of British Party Politics? by Roger Scully 9781785903151
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.63Elections ask voters to choose between political parties. But voters across the UK are increasingly being presented with fundamentally different, and largely disconnected, sets of political choices... -
Leo: Leo Varadkar - A Very Modern Taoiseach: 2018 Philip Ryan 9781785903700
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79The emergence of Leo Varadkar in Irish politics and his election to the post of Taoiseach is a remarkable tale from any perspective. Journalists Philip Ryan and Niall O'Connor tell the inside story... -
The Briefing by Sean Spicer 9781785903809
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.93As a key player during the election campaign and transition, and Donald Trump's press secretary for the first seven months in the White House, Sean Spicer found himself on the front line between... -
The Left's Jewish Problem - Updated Edition: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Anti-Semitism by Dave Rich 9781785904271
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11New, updated edition of an important and timely critique of Anti-Jewish sentiment on the left. A great deal has happened since the first edition of The Left's Jewish Problem came out in 2016. The... -
The Frog with Self-Cleaning Feet: And Other Extraordinary Tales from the Animal World by Michael Bright 9781785905230
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.85Wild animals do the most extraordinary things. Some are exceptionally bright, use tools and solve complex problems. Others are devious: they cheat, steal and run protection rackets. There are animals... -
Nobody's Child: A Tragedy, a Trial, and a History of the Insanity Defense: 2020 by Susan Vinocour 9781785905629
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63A three-year-old boy dies, having apparently fallen while trying to reach a bag of sugar on a high shelf. His grandmother stands accused of second-degree murder. Psychologist Susan Nordin Vinocour... -
Ed by Mehdi Hasan 9781849543774
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.63What makes a man put politics and ambition before family? Ed Miliband is perhaps the least understood political leader of modern times. This book reveals where he has come from and where he is going... -
Comrade Corbyn - Updated New Edition: 2018 by Rosa Prince 9781785903830
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.63He is a most unlikely revolutionary: a middle-aged, middle-class former grammar schoolboy who honed his radicalism on the mean streets of rural Shropshire. Last summer, this little-known outsider... -
The Treacherous Path: An Insider's Account of Modern Russia by Vladimir I. Yakunin 9781785903014
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.93In 1991, Vladimir Yakunin, a Soviet diplomat and KGB officer, returned from his posting in New York to a country that no longer existed. The state that he had served for all his adult life had... -
No Tradesmen and No Women: The Origins of the British Civil Service Michael Coolican 9781785904523
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.93Is our civil service fit for purpose? Michael Coolican takes John Reid's damning statement about the Home Office as his point of departure for a comprehensive overview and evaluation of the machinery... -
Pets by Royal Appointment: The Royal Family and Their Animals by Brian Hoey 9781785905100
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36The royal family say they can do without many things, but not their animals. For countless monarchs and their consorts, dogs, cats, horses and even the occasional parrot have acted as constant,... -
Inside Trump's White House: The Authorized Inside Story of His First White House Years: 2019 by Doug Wead 9781785905568
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $18.44After dozens of books and articles by anonymous sources, here, finally, is a history of the Trump White House, with the President and his staff talking openly and on the record. In Inside Trump's... -
Authenticity is a Con by Peter York 9781849547871
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $11.81The idea of authenticity - deliciously vague and as ubiquitous as Starbucks - has hit the spot in almost every sector of 21st-century life. But can we trust the authentic image of Nigel... -
Following Farage: On the March with the People's Army by Owen Bennett 9781849548694
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.63Fox hunting with Godfrey Bloom; lunching on expenses with Janice Atkinson;talking 'shock and awful' campaign tactics with Douglas Carswell - nothingis off the table when you're on the trail of UKlP's... -
Beyond A Fringe by Andrew Mitchell 9781785907616
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11A Times Political Book of the Year A Daily Mail Political Book of the Year A Guardian Political Book of the Year An Independent Political Book of the Year Veering from the hilarious to... -
The Not-So-Secret Head Teacher: Turning around one of Britain's toughest schools by Alison Colwell 9781785907388
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63An unputdownable true account of how a tenacious head teacher led one of the most challenging schools in the country to excellence. No Excuses charts an extraordinary principal's journey in diary... -
Prime Minister Priti: And Other Things That Never Happened by Iain Dale 9781785906763
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $18.14"She woke with a start. Could it really have happened, or was it just a cruel dream? One way to find out. She reached for the remote control ... 'You're watching GB News, the fair and balanced way to... -
The New Snobbery: Taking on modern elitism and empowering the working class David Skelton 9781785906572
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $15.97An insidious snobbery has taken root in parts of progressive Britain. Working-class voters have flexed their political muscles and helped to change the direction of the country, but in doing so they... -
First Lady: Intrigue at the Court of Carrie and Boris Johnson by Michael Ashcroft 9781785907500
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.42Carrie Johnson is not only the consort of the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson; she is also considered by some to be the second most powerful unelected woman in Britain after the Queen. Since she moved... -
In Defence of Elitism by Eliane Glaser 9781785906077
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $10.37Anti-elitism has become a common staple of media commentary and political rhetoric. But we are taking aim at the wrong enemy. The populist right have diverted public anger away from the real... -
El Jefe: The Stalking of Chapo Guzman Alan Fuer 9781785906053
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.48Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is the most legendary of Mexican narcos. As leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, he was one of the most dangerous men in the world. His fearless climb to power, his brutality,... -
Bad People: And How to Be Rid of Them: A Plan B for Human Rights by Geoffrey Robertson 9781785906640
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.48From the Nuremberg trials to the arrest of General Pinochet to the prosecution of barbarians of the Balkans, we have crafted a global human rights law to punish crimes against humanity. And yet today... -
LANDSLIDE by Tim Ross 9781785909474
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785909474Author Tim RossFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint -
Under Every Leaf: How Britain Played the Greater Game from Afghanistan to Africa by William Beaver 9781785905025
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36Delving into an encyclopaedic array of little-known primary sources, William Beaver uncovers a vigorous intelligence function at the heart of Victoria's Empire. A cadre of exceptionally able and... -
Life Support: The state of the NHS in an age of pandemics: 2022 by Michael Ashcroft
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $17.19How good is the NHS, really? That is the question this book seeks to answer, as the health service emerges from the gravest crisis in its history with more money - but greater challenges - than... -
Snakes and Ladders: Navigating the ups and downs of politics by Andrea Leadsom
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.28In the high-stakes world of politics, there are superb highs and terrible lows - and never more so than in the period since 2010. Few are better placed to give an insider's view of the turmoil than... -
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden by Jonny Oates
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11Aged fifteen, armed with a credit card stolen from his father, Jonny Oates ran away from home and boarded a plane to Addis Ababa. His plan? To save the Ethiopian people from the devastating 1985... -
No Lawyers in Heaven: A Life Defending Serious Crime by Henry Milner
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.10The life of a criminal defence lawyer is shrouded in mystery. Outsiders might wonder about how to deal with potentially dangerous clients; what happens behind the scenes when building a defence; and,... -
Charity Sucks by Iqbal Wahhab
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $10.85In the wake of recent scandals concerning charities such as Kids Company and BeatBullying, as well as the wave of suspicion they have generated about the third sector as a whole, celebrated... -
Ian Fleming: A Personal Memoir by Robert Harling
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.85Forged during the Second World War, the close and abiding friendship of Robert Harling and Ian Fleming, one of the twentieth century's most iconic authors, would go on to define the lives and...