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Biography: historical, political & military
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
'A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing' Caitlin Moran'Newman is a brilliant writer' ObserverA fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in school but didn't.For hundreds of years we have..
13.84£
Brand: Ebury Publishing
Guardian 'literary highlights of 2020'Sunday Times 'books to watch out for in 2020'New Statesman 'books to read in 2020'Evening Standard 'thirteen titles to look for in 2020'As divisive as he is beguiling, as misunderstood as he is scrutinised, Bori..
21.13£
Brand: Simon & Schuster
Andrew Gimson, whose previous book Boris is the essential read on Johnson's earlier career, returns with a penetrating and entertaining new account of Boris Johnson's turbulent time as prime minister, from the highs of a landslide election victory t..
22.18£ 28.43£
This fierce memoir is both an elegy and an indictment. Marcel Liebman's account of his childhood in Brussels under the Nazi occupation explores the emergence of his class consciousness against a background of resistance and collaboration. He documen..
23.70£
Brand: Charles Scribner's Sons
A New York Times bestseller, this extraordinary memoir from Huma Abedin--Hillary Clinton's famously private top aide and longtime advisor--offers "a gripping testament to the power of a woman finding her voice, owning her ambition, and sharing her t..
25.38£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
Boudicca (Boadicea), Leader of the Iceni, is synonymous with rebellion and feminine strength, yet what we know of her is often far removed from the time in which she lived and the early authors who first wrote about her. In this new study, Marguerit..
30.03£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER#1 PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER #1 AMAZON BESTSELLERJared Kushner was one of the most consequential presidential advisers in modern history. For the first time, he recounts what happened ..
28.59£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
"Schattenberg has done a service in rescuing the Brezhnev period from obscurity." The Morning Star "[Offers an] unparalleled examination of the Brezhnev papers." Literary Review Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union for eighteen years, a t..
37.82£
Brand: Yale University Press
The story of the notorious Jewish gangster who ascended from impoverished beginnings to the glittering Las Vegas strip "[A] brisk-reading chronicle of Siegel's life and crimes."-Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal"Fast-paced and absorbing. . . . With a k..
22.81£
Brand: St. Martins Publishing Group
Butterfly is the inspiring story of how one woman saved fellow refugees from drowning--and how she went on to become an Olympic swimmer. When young Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini realized her boat's engine shut down as she was traveling from Syria to ..
23.95£
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
'Because of his baldness and hairiness, he announced it was a capital offence for anyone either to look down on him as he passed or to mention goats in any context.'The biography of the brutal, crazed and incestuous Roman Emperor Caligula, who tried..
6.67£
What does it take to go from growing up in a Mississippi housing project to becoming a master sergeant and a celebrity chef serving in the White House under four United States presidents?Call Me Chef, Dammit! is the inspiring story of Andre Rush, wh..
22.26£
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
"One of the country's greatest post-war statesmen" Sir John MajorLord Carrington was Margaret Thatcher's Foreign Secretary when the Argentinians invaded the Falklands in 1982. Absent in Israel on the eve of the invasion, he promptly resigned since i..
31.00£
In the darkest days of World War II, Rachel MacRobert's very personal challenge to the Nazis inspired the British public to battle on. Alone, without a husband by her side and mourning the loss of her three aviator sons, she travelled the country to..
19.05£
Brand: Random House
When Gillian Tindall discovered a cache of tightly folded letters in a deserted house in central France, recently emptied of 150 years of a family's possessions, she uncovered the obscure and moving life of one woman, Celestine Chaumette. This is Ti..
15.39£
The most important study of Charlemagne in a generation, this biography by distinguished medievalist Alessandro Barbero illuminates both the man and the world in which he lived. Charles the Great-Charlemagne-reigned from a.d. 768 to a.d. 814. At the..
27.20£
When Charles Frederick Ball was killed at Gallipoli in 1915 The Irish Times called him 'one of the best known botanists and horticulturists in Ireland'. Fred Ball (to friends and family) trained in horticulture at Kew Gardens in the UK, moved to Dub..
22.24£
"A short biography of Charles Lindbergh that traces his varying interests in faith and spirituality and explores how this aspect of his life influenced both his famous achievements and his infamous sympathies for white supremacy and eugenics"--. ISB..
30.80£
Since his murder 50 years ago in Bolivia, Ernesto "Che" Guevara has become a universally known revolutionary icon and political figure whose image is among the most recognizable in the world. This dramatic and extensively researched book breathes ne..
14.55£
Brand: Seven Stories Press
Widely revered as a true revolutionary, this collection of writings from Ernesto 'Che' Guevara highlight his principled politics and praxis in the fight against capitalism and US imperialism. Incisive speeches, critical essays, and personal letters ..
23.88£
Brand: Whittles Publishing
Autobiography of a shipmaster during the 19th century ISBN: 9781904445333Publisher: Whittles PublishingImprint: Whittles PublishingPublished date: 01 Dec 2007DEWEY: 387.5092DEWEY edition: 22Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 192Weight: 634gHeight: 24..
35.47£
Brand: John Murray Press
'In this fascinating account of the turbulent Churchill father-and-son relationship, Josh Ireland shows how central Winston and Randolph were to each other's lives' Andrew RobertsFew fathers and sons can ever have been so close as Winston Churchill ..
16.90£
Brand: Duckworth Books
Today, as liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, an..
18.14£
Brand: The History Press
Sir Winston Churchill's paternal grandmother and the mother of Randolph Churchill, the 7th Duchess of Marlborough, has been a slight figure in many other people's biographies yet her own story as a member of a remarkable family has never been fully ..
18.18£