The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government
By: David Torrance
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The incredible story of the first Labour administration and the 'wild men' who shook up the British…
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1. Poverty Safari
By: Darren McGarvey
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey… read more
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2. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
3. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
By: James Holland
4.33
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more
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4. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't
By: Ian Dunt
4.45
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more
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5. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
By: Michael Palin
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more
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6. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
By: James Holland
4.45
Format: 650 pages, Hardcover
D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Alli… read more
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7. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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8. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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9. The Trading Game: A Confession
By: Gary Stevenson
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more
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10. The Rest is History: The Official Book from the Makers of the Hit Podcast
By: Tom Holland
3.85
Format: 522 pages, Kindle Edition
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys... there's a new history book in town. Fro… read more
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11. Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain
By: Andy Burnham
4.37
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
Picked as one of Waterstones' Non-Fiction 'Books You Need to Read in 2024' Gordon 'A path-bre… read more
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12. The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life
By: Theresa May
3.47
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
As Prime Minister for three years and Home Secretary for six years, Theresa May confronted a series… read more
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13. Johnson at 10: The Inside Story
By: Anthony Seldon
4.22
Format: 662 pages, Hardcover
***Chosen as a non-fiction highlight of 2023 in The Times and the Observer *** After his dramatic … read more
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14. Keir Starmer: The Biography
By: Tom Baldwin
4.06
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW… read more
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15. Held
By: Anne Michaels
3.66
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more
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"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."-Anne Michaels, Held
16. The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail
By: Nick Wallis
4.64
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
This “factual thriller” from the journalist Nick Wallis details a scandal which has been described … read more
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17. Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn
By: Gabriel Pogrund
4.01
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
The 2017 parliament began with Labour on the precipice of power, and its left-most fringe - for so … read more
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18. No Way Out: Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris
By: Tim Shipman
4.03
Format: 711 pages, Kindle Edition
The unmissable next instalment of Tim Shipman’s #1 bestselling Brexit quartet. To follow his bestse… read more
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19. The Prime Ministers We Never Had: Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn
By: Steve Richards
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and ProspectWas Harold Wilson a bigger figure than Denis Heal… read more
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20. The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone
By: Alex McCarthy
3.91
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
'Small Things Like These meets Under Milk Wood - this slim but devastating novel captures an entire… read more
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21. The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government
By: David Torrance
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The incredible story of the first Labour administration and the 'wild men' who shook up the British… read more
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22. Age of Hope: Labour, 1945, and the Birth of Modern Britain
By: Richard Toye
4.05
Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition
A comprehensive history of the Labour party from one of the brightest young historians of 20th cent… read more
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23. Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland
By: Henry Hemming
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Four Shots in the Night is the story of the killing of Frank Hegarty, an IRA member turned British … read more
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24. Precipice
By: Robert Harris
4.23
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more
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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"-Robert Harris, Precipice
25. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power
By: Sasha Swire
3.47
Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition
What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the l… read more
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26. Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island
By: Ian Cobain
4.21
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a… read more
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27. Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister
By: Anthony Seldon
4.36
Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition
Liz Truss's disastrous premiership was the shortest and most chaotic in British history. In the spa… read more
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28. British General Election Campaigns 1830–2019: The 50 General Election Campaigns That Shaped Our Modern Politics
By: Iain Dale
4.21
Format: 720 pages, Kindle Edition
This remarkable book, edited by one of the UK's leading political commentators, takes us on a deep … read more
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29. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more
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30. The Full English: The bestselling state-of-the-nation travel book of the year
By: Stuart Maconie
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
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