Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan
By: D. Richard Thorpe
4.43
Format: 880 pages, Hardcover
Packed with new revelations about Macmillan's private life as well as key events including the Tols…
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1. Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 2: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow
By: None , Charles Moore
4.39
Format: 880 pages, Hardcover
Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the mo… read more
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"And she also enjoyed a conversation on public questions which tended to take place in the parlour of the shop"-None, Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 2: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow
"Father taught me to like wht he called 'discussion', she recalled. Margaret Thatcher never repudiated the Methodism of her childhood, with its reverence for truth-telling, hard work and puting into p…"-None, Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 2: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow
"It seems to have been meeting Methodist missionaries from India that inspired Margaret with her ambition, curious in someone little more than a child, to join the Indian Civil Service After listening…"-None, Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 2: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow
2. Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)
By: Brian Jacques
4.16
Format: 376 pages, Mass Market Paperback
On the shore of the Eastern Sea, in a cold stone fortress, a stoat named Badrang holds dozens of in… read more
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"Don't think about what you could have done, concentrate on what you plan to do; it is more useful."-Brian Jacques, Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)
3. The Past Masters: Politics and Politicians, 1906-1939
By: Harold Macmillan
4.71
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Here are Mr Macmillan's recollections and assessments of the giants of the generation before his ow… read more
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5. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more
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6. The Story of the Malakand Field Force
By: Winston S. Churchill
4.02
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
An Episode of Frontier War first published in 1897.This edition does not contain maps. read more
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7. Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)
By: Robert A. Caro
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, … read more
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8. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
By: Vernor Vinge
4.32
Format: 775 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstell… read more
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"So even in hell, there are clowns."-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
"So High, So Low, So Many Things to Know"-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
"So high, so low, so many things to know."-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
"The light shining through was a rainbow from hell."-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
9. Min kamp 2 (Min kamp #2)
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads a solita… read more
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10. The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)
By: Alexandre Dumas , Francine du Plessix Gray , Joachim Neugroschel
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
A swashbuckling novel of political intrigue. In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's cel… read more
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11. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
By: Serhii Plokhy
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more
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12. All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class
By: Tim Shipman
3.00
Format: 146 pages,
'Tim Shipman's dispatches from the political front line are a must read' NICK ROBINSON Politics was… read more
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13. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
By: Niall Ferguson
3.69
Format: 47 pages,
"Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it… read more
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14. George V: Never a Dull Moment
By: Jane Ridley
4.23
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most beloved and distinguished historians of the British monarchy, here is a lively… read more
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15. Elon Musk
By: Walter Isaacson
4.40
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more
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"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk
16. 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
17. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.00
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more
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- british literature
"Here my last love had died."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"No one is ever holy without suffering."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"I had been there before; I knew all about it."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
18. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
By: Tom Holland
4.26
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more
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"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
19. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
By: Katja Hoyer
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more
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20. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
21. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
By: Maggie Haberman
4.09
Format: 597 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidenc… read more
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"Trump is to business what professional wrestling is to sports: part of it, certainly, but also a cartoonish parody of it."-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
"[White House Chief of Staff and Four-Star General John] Kelly shared with [Mick} Mulvaney {who was appointed when Kelly resigned] his view that Trump was the most flawed person he had ever met."-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
22. Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe
By: James Holland
4.33
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Nor… read more
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23. 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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24. 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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25. The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris
By: Colin Jones
4.19
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the h… read more
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26. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
By: Jonathan Healey
4.20
Format: 492 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more
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27. The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Full Story
By: Sebastian Payne
3.72
Format: 282 pages, ebook
Boris Johnson was touted as the saviour of the country and the Conservative Party, obtaining a huge… read more
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28. Salisbury: Victorian Titan (Phoenix Press)
By: Andrew Roberts
4.44
Format: 960 pages, Paperback
At six years of age, Robert Cecil, the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, was sent to a brutal boarding sch… read more
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29. Camilla: From Outcast to Queen Consort
By: Angela Levin
3.82
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
A compelling new biography of Camilla, Queen Consort, that reveals how she transformed her role and… read more
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30. Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan
By: D. Richard Thorpe
4.43
Format: 880 pages, Hardcover
Packed with new revelations about Macmillan's private life as well as key events including the Tols… read more
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31. The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy
By: Stein Ringen
3.71
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
In The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of dra… read more
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