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Life Support: The state of the NHS in an age of pandemics: 2022 by Michael Ashcroft
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $16.55How 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: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.86In 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: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.62Aged 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: $24.50Booksplease Price: $18.38The 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: $12.90Booksplease Price: $10.45In 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: $12.89Booksplease Price: $10.45Forged 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... -
When Footballers Were Skint: A Journey in Search of the Soul of Football by Jon Henderson 9781785904660
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $10.45Long before perma-tanned football agents and TV mega-rights ushered in the age of the multimillionaire player, footballers' wages were capped - even the game's biggest names earned barely more than a... -
Double Cross in Cairo: The True Story of the Spy Who Turned the Tide of War in the Middle East by Nigel West 9781785905186
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.97As part of the infamous Double Cross operation, Jewish double agent Renato Levi proved to be one of the Allies' most devastating weapons in the Second World War. ln 1941, with the help of Ml6,... -
The New Snobbery: Taking on modern elitism and empowering the working class by David Skelton 9781785908262
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.97An 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... -
Forewarned: A Sceptic's Guide to Prediction by Paul Goodwin 9781785902222
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $13.12Whether it's an unforeseen financial crash, a shock election result or a washout summer that threatens to ruin a holiday in the sun, forecasts are part and parcel of our everyday lives. We rely... -
Hearts and Minds: The Battle for the Conservative Party from Thatcher to the Present by Oliver Letwin 9781785903113
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $20.54An important new book by one of the Britain's great liberal thinkers, Hearts and Minds is part memoir, part political history and part history of ideas. In it, former Cabinet minister Oliver... -
The New Serfdom by Angela Eagle 9781785903137
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $8.45Great Britain is one of the wealthiest, most successful nations in the world. Why, then, do so many people feel short-changed? The old assumption that `if you work hard and play by the rules, you... -
Not Quite A Diplomat: A Memoir by Robin Renwick 9781785904592
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $20.15Described as Mrs Thatcher's favourite diplomat, Robin Renwick was at the centre of events in the negotiations to end the Rhodesian War. As Ambassador in South Africa, he played a bridging role... -
The Weak are a Long Time in Politics: Sketches from the Brexit Neverendum by Patrick Kidd 9781785905339
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $10.38Politics looked straightforward when Patrick Kidd took over the reins of the daily political sketch in The Times in 2015. David Cameron had just won a general election and would clearly be Prime... -
Ad and Wal: A Story of Values, Duty, Sacrifice by Peter Hain 9781849546430
RRP: $24.50Booksplease Price: $19.25What would you do if you lived under the ugliest of regimes, a byword for repression and injustice? What would you do if you knew that you could stay safe only if you stayed quiet? Most of us like... -
The Mighty and The Almighty: How Political Leaders Do God Nick Spencer 9781785901911
RRP: $24.50Booksplease Price: $19.25For a secular age, we have a lot of religious politicians.Theresa May, Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, even Donald Trump all profess Christianity, as did Obama, Brown, Sarkozy, Bush and Blair before... -
How to Lose a Referendum: The Definitive Story of Why the UK Voted for Brexit by Jason Farrell 9781785901959
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $19.66In this definitive account of the momentous In/Out referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union, Sky News Senior Political Correspondent Jason Farrell teams up with blogger and Economics... -
Michael Gove: A Man in a Hurry by Owen Bennett 9781785904400
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $19.66Michael Gove is one of the most recognisable faces in British politics - and one of the most divisive. Whether it's taking on the education `blob', acting as a frontman for the Brexit campaign or... -
The Secret Art of Lobbying: The Essential Business Guide for Winning in the Political Jungle by Darcy Nicolle 9781785905056
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $10.62Lobbying is vital to any business's success, yet politics can seem a dangerous world to navigate. How do you outmanoeuvre a professional negotiator on their home turf? How do you ensure you're in the... -
Behold the Dark Gray Man by Katherine Campbell 9781785905971
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $20.15Katharine Campbell's father Sholto Douglas was the hero of her childhood, an unconventional senior commander in the Royal Air Force, described as 'a gloriously contentious character'. Following... -
Tango, Juliet, Foxtrot: How did British policing go wrong? by Iain Donnelly 9781785907166
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $20.05In thirty years on the front line of British policing, there is very little that Iain Donnelly didn't do: from being a uniformed constable on the beat in London to running counter-terrorism and... -
How to Break Into the White House: An irrepressible small-town girl's up-close and personal tale of presidents, gangsters and spies Ann Bracken 9781785906480
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $10.38'I was determined to break into the White House and, with the confidence of youth, I didn't see how anyone was going to be able to stop me.' So how did a small-town girl from Muncie, Indiana, end up... -
Trump: The Hidden Halo by Simon Dolan 9781785906756
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $19.66According to most of the media, the left and the political establishment, Donald Trump was a racist, sexist, dangerous man who debased the office of US President, embarrassed his country and brought... -
The Power of the Paddle: One man's mission to inspire hope through the spirit of adventure by Jordan Wylie 9781785907258
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.97'His name was Ibrahim. He was about five years old and the thing he wanted most in the world was to go to school.' In a tiny country on the Horn of Africa, extreme adventurer, former soldier and... -
The Last Queen: How Queen Elizabeth II Saved the Monarchy by Clive Irving 9781785905551
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $19.66Unseen behind the throne, two sides of the royal bloodline competed for influence, and egregious family secrets had to be protected. Meanwhile, in public, a succession of family ruptures put the... -
Margaret Thatcher's Last Election by David Young 9781785906831
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $19.66The year is 1987. Having made history by becoming the UK's first female Prime Minister and then driving out the most left-wing manifesto the country has ever seen, Margaret Thatcher faces a climactic... -
The Good, the Bad and the Greedy: Why We've Lost Faith in Capitalism by Martin Vander Weyer 9781785905940
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $19.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785905940Author Martin Vander WeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Impr -
The Trial of Vladimir Putin by Geoffrey Robertson 9781785908675
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $15.20Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and is fundamentally an attack on democracy. Under international law, the invasion of a United Nations member state which... -
Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh by Toby Harnden 9781785908415
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.62Branded as 'Bandit Country' by the British government, South Armagh was the heartland of the Provisional IRA. It was the rebel Irish stronghold where Thomas 'Slab' Murphy reigned supreme, bomb... -
Broke by Tom Clark 9781785908293
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.97A dozen years into austerity, statistical warning lights are flashing to suggest a return to types of deprivation that we once imagined we had consigned to the history books. The official count of... -
King's Gambit Anders Hansen 9781785909078
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785909078Author Anders HansenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint -
STUPID WOMAN: 12 ways NOT to do politics by To be confirmed 9781785907005 [USED COPY]
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $7.06In the high-stakes world of politics, there are superb highs and terrible lows - and never more so than in the period since 2010, during which so much has changed. Few are better placed to give an... -
A Duel of Bulls by Pete Carvill 9781785908965
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $19.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785908965Author Pete CarvillFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint -
Guilty Men by Cato the Younger 9781785902413
RRP: $12.90Booksplease Price: $9.98Britain's 2016 vote to leave the EU was the most momentous democratic decision ever made in British history. No development since the Second World War is likely to have more far-reaching consequences... -
The Triangle of Power: Rebalancing the New World Order 9781837360307
RRP: $24.50Booksplease Price: $18.76In The Triangle of Power, Finnish President Alexander Stubb argues that we are living through a hinge moment in history, akin to 1918, 1945 or 1989. A new international system is taking shape,... -
Yes, Ma'am Tom Quinn 9781785909856
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.86In this lively and colourful history, royal expert Tom Quinn goes behind palace doors to give a compelling glimpse of Britain's royals, ancient and modern. From medieval times, when the Groom of... -
The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide to Football Glory: The Story of Bela Guttman by David Bolchover 9781785903717
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $10.45Before Pep Guardiola and before Jose Mourinho, there was Bela Guttmann: the first superstar football coach, and the man who paved the way for the celebrated coaches of the modern age. He was also... -
Words of Defiance: Wartime Speeches by Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba by Bjorn Berge 9781837360529
RRP: $32.25Booksplease Price: $19.66From Brussels and New York to Rabat, Lusaka, Beijing and New Delhi, Kuleba criss-crossed the globe to rally political, military and economic support for Ukraine, his dynamic presence shaping... -
Class War: A Teacher's Diary by Anonymous 9781785906879 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $4.01'Twenty-five years a teacher. I could have committed a double murder and been out by now.' Ever wondered what life is really like for today's teachers? Reasoning that it's either laugh or cry,... -
Nearly Reach the Sky: A Farwell to Upton Park by Brian Williams 9781849548052 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $3.10Success, failure, heroism, stupidity, talent, skulduggery - Upton Park has seen it all. If supporting his club for fifty years has taught Brian Williams one thing it's that football fans defi nitely...