28 Best nonfiction books like Unmasking Our Leaders: Confessions of a Political Documentary-Maker by Michael Cockerell

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Unmasking Our Leaders: Confessions of a Political Documentary-Maker

By: Michael Cockerell

4.20

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

A Daily Mail Political Book of the Year "Michael Cockerell is the master" – Laura Kuenssberg "A t…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Unmasking Our Leaders: Confessions of a Political Documentary-Maker by Michael Cockerell , here is a list of 28 books like this:

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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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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2. The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It

By: Owen Jones

3.32

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

In The EstablishmentOwen Jones, author of the international bestseller Chavs, offers a biting criti… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction

3. Power Trip: A Decade of Policy, Plots and Spin

By: None

4.31

Format: 1056 pages, Hardcover

From 1999 to 2009, Damian McBride worked at the heart of the Treasury and No10, becoming one of the… read more

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4. William Pitt the Younger

By: William Hague

3.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Sunday Times bestselling biography of one of the towering figures in British history who became… read more

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5. 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

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6. Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell

By: John Preston

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A dramatic, gripping account of the rise and fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell f… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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8. The God Desire

By: David Baddiel

3.69

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Jews Don’t Count ‘ A hugely heartfelt, funny, kind, fascinating, hum… read more

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  • nonfiction
"But also, the cynic may have to accept something else. That he, as a human, is not exceptional. He might have to accept that perhaps, when you look at how animals, certainly mammals, behave – how the…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Martin Amis once said, of death, that ‘after forty, it’s a full-time job looking the other way’. I sometimes wonder if, at any adult age, it’s also a full-time job – although a less conscious one – l…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Some religious ideas may be on the decline, but not, I would say, human exceptionalism. Fewer people might believe in God than they used to, yet, although veganism is on the rise, most of us are stil…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Because another thing we look away from, in the killing of animals, is just how much they are like us. One of the things the internet has done is circulate, on a vast scale, short films of animals be…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

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9. Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Serhii Plokhy

4.22

Format: 444 pages, Hardcover

Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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10. Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England

By: Sebastian Payne

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Broken Heartlands is a political road trip through ten constituencies that tell the story of Labour… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV

By: Rob Burley

4.23

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

A deliciously irreverent and humorous insider account of 25 years working at the very top of Britis… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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12. 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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  • nonfiction
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13. Out of the Blue: The Inside Story of Liz Truss and Her Astonishing Rise to Power

By: Harry Cole

3.74

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Liz Truss’s journey from schoolgirl revolutionary to Britain’s new prime minister. She is the lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
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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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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15. Chief of Staff: Notes from Downing Street 'Fascinating' The Times

By: Gavin Barwell

3.94

Format: 520 pages, Kindle Edition

BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and Prospect'Fascinating and instructive... his decency and p… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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16. Haven’t You Heard?: Gossip, Power, and How Politics Really Works

By: Marie Le Conte

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In Haven't You Heard...? , Marie Le Conte looks at the role gossip plays in all areas of politics -… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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17. Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews

By: Sam McAlister

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The secrets of a former Newsnight producer who found her way to Buckingham Palace 'A cracking re… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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18. 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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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Prime Ministers We Never Had: Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn by Steve Richards

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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  • nonfiction
Cover of Blue Murder: The Rise and Fall of the Conservative Government, 2010–2024 by Ben Riley-Smith

20. Blue Murder: The Rise and Fall of the Conservative Government, 2010–2024

By: Ben Riley-Smith

4.01

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The explosive full story of the past dozen years of Tory rule, from coalition to self-destruction. … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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21. How to Win the World Cup: Secrets and Insights from International Football’s Top Managers

By: Chris Evans

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

'Superbly insightful . A brilliant new perspective on World Cup management' – Jamie Carragher 'Sup… read more

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22. Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing

By: John Boughton

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Municipal Dreams presents an alternative history of the United Kingdom. This history begins in the… read more

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23. Unmasking Our Leaders: Confessions of a Political Documentary-Maker

By: Michael Cockerell

4.20

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

A Daily Mail Political Book of the Year "Michael Cockerell is the master" – Laura Kuenssberg "A t… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Who Are We Now? Stories of Modern England by Jason Cowley

24. Who Are We Now? Stories of Modern England

By: Jason Cowley

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling and essential book, Jason Cowley, editor-in-chief of the New Statesman, examines… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Good Chaps: How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions - And What We Can Do About It

By: Simon Kuper

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

The 'Good Chaps' theory holds that those who rise to power in the UK can be trusted to follow the r… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Failed State: Why Nothing Works and How We Fix It

By: Sam Freedman

4.50

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

NOTHING WORKS IN BRITAIN.It’s harder than ever to get a GP appointment. Burglaries go unpunished. W… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Having sharper, more thoughtful and emotionally intelligent people with integrity in high office will always make things better."

-Sam Freedman, Failed State: Why Nothing Works and How We Fix It

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27. Rural: The Lives of the Working-Class Countryside

By: Rebecca Smith

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Work in the countryside ties you, soul and salary, to the land, but often those who labour in natur… read more

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28. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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29. In the Thick of It

By: Alan Duncan

3.61

Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition

As Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Alan Duncan was once described as Boris Johnson’s ‘poop… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. The Fall

By: Michael Wolff

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ―Leo Tolstoy, Anna … read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. American Mother: A Life Reclaimed

By: Colum McCann

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In late 2021 Diane Foley sat at a table across from Alexanda Kotey. A member of the ISIS group know… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Listening is the quiet soul of storytelling"

-Colum McCann, American Mother: A Life Reclaimed

"Even the worst of humans demand a portion of love."

-Colum McCann, American Mother: A Life Reclaimed

"Turning your back will not change the direction of the knife."

-Colum McCann, American Mother: A Life Reclaimed

"He didn’t just want to be at the edge, he wanted to become the edge."

-Colum McCann, American Mother: A Life Reclaimed

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Transform Your Habits

Poverty Safari

Darren McGarvey

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It

Owen Jones

3.32

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell

John Preston

4.23

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

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How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

Ian Dunt

4.45

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