On This Day in Politics
Iain DaleRRP: £12.99
Who became Britain’s first Prime Minister on 3 April 1721?When was Karl Marx born?Where and when was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses?When did Big Ben first bong?When did the first British wo …
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The Prime Ministers We Never Had
Steve RichardsRRP: £12.99
BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and ProspectWas Harold Wilson a bigger figure than Denis Healey? Was John Major more ‘prime ministerial’ than Michael Heseltine? Would David Miliband have become …
Why We Get the Wrong Politicians
Isabel HardmanRRP: £12.99
REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE EXPLOSIVE EVENTS OF 2021 and 2022Winner at the Parliamentary Book AwardsShortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the YearLonglisted for the Orwell Prize____________Da …
Money and Power
Vince CableRRP: £10.99
Through economics, our politicians have the power to transform people’s lives for better or worse. Think Deng Xiaoping who lifted millions out of poverty by opening up China; Franklin D Roosevelt whos …
Chief of Staff
Gavin BarwellRRP: £10.99
BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and Prospect’Fascinating and instructive… his decency and pragmatism shine through.’ The Times’Candid, valuable and insightful.’ ObserverSince the EU referendum …
Hard Choices
Peter RickettsRRP: £9.99
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS’Thought-provoking and well worth reading’ Times Literary SupplementAfter decades of peace and prosperity, the international order put in place after World …
How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
Elizabeth F. ThompsonRRP: £16.99
When Europe’s Great War engulfed the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalists rose in revolt against their Turkish rulers and allied with the British on the promise of an independent Arab state. In October 1 …
Love, Poverty and War
Christopher HitchensRRP: £14.99
Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays showcases the Hitchens’ rejection of consensus and cliché, whether he’s reporting from abroad in Indonesia, Kurdistan, Iraq, North Korea, or Cuba, or when hi …
No One Left to Lie To
Christopher HitchensRRP: £10.99
In No One Left to Lie To, Christopher Hitchens portrays President Bill Clinton as one of the most ideologically skewed and morally negligent politicians of recent times. In a blistering polemic which …
The Trial of Henry Kissinger
Christopher HitchensRRP: £12.99
Christopher Hitchens goes straight for the jugular in The Trial of Henry Kissinger. Under his fearsome gaze, the former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor is accused of being a war crimi …
A Cry From the Far Middle
P. J. O'RourkeRRP: £8.99
P.J. O’Rourke says we’ve worked ourselves into a state of anger and perplexity, and it’s no surprise because perplexed and angry is what America has always been all about. This uproarious look at the …
She Speaks
Yvette CooperRRP: £9.99
Fully updated with new preface and five new speeches for paperback edition.A Guardian Book of the Year.Looking at lists of the greatest speeches of all time, you might think that powerful oratory is t …
The Prime Ministers
Steve RichardsRRP: £12.99
‘Fascinating, revealing and entertaining.’ John Humphrys’A pure pleasure to read.’ Polly Toynbee’Extraordinary.’ Kirsty WarkA landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK’s role in th …
Apocalypse How?
Oliver LetwinRRP: £9.99
‘Entertaining and insightful’ — Evening Standard’One of the most important books of the year… Compelling’ Jamie Bartlett, Literary Review’Timely’ — New StatesmanAs the world becomes better connect …
The New Class War
Michael LindRRP: £8.99
An Evening Standard’s Book of the Year’A tour de force.’ David GoodhartAll over the West, party systems have shattered and governments have been thrown into turmoil. The embattled establishment claims …
A Bit of a Stretch
Chris AtkinsRRP: £10.99
‘Shocking, scathing, entertaining.’ Guardian ‘Incredibly compelling.’ The Times’Heart-breaking.’ Sunday TimesWhere can a tin of tuna buy you clean clothes? Where is it easier to get ‘spice’ than parac …
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