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Political biography
Margaret Thatcher
By Charles Moore
Hardback
Published 23-Apr-2013
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Not For Turning is the first volume of Charles Moore's authorised biography of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the most influential political figures of the postwar era. Charles Moore's biography of Margaret Thatcher, published after her death on 8 April 2013, immediately supercedes all earlier books written about her.
At the moment when she becomes a historical figure, this book also makes her into a three dimensional one for the first time. It gives unparalleled insight into her early life and formation, especially through her extensive correspondence with her sister, which Moore is the first author to draw on.
It recreates brilliantly the atmosphere of British politics as she was making her way, and takes her up to what was arguably the zenith of her power, victory in the Falklands. (This volume ends with the Falklands Dinner in Downing Street in November 1982.)
Moore is clearly an admirer of his subject, but he does not shy away from criticising her or identifying weaknesses and mistakes where he feels it is justified.
Based on unrestricted access to all Lady Thatcher's papers, unpublished interviews with her and all her major colleagues, this is the indispensable, fully rounded portrait of a towering figure of our times.
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Mr. Putin
By Fiona Hill
Hardback
Published 18-Dec-2012
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Who is Vladimir Putin? Drawing on a range of sources, including their own personal encounters, the authors describe six that are most essential: the Statist, the History Man, the Survivalist, the Outsider, the Free Marketeer, and the Case Officer. They argues that Putin is in fact a man of many and complex identities.
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Diary of a Man in Despair
By Friedrich Reck
Paperback
Published 07-Mar-2013
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Flappers
By Judith Mackrell
Hardback
Published 23-May-2013
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A gripping biography of six extraordinary women who, in their very different ways, epitomise the decade they came of age - the 1920s
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
By Lady Almina
Hardback
Published 29-Sep-2011
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The remarkable story behind the real Downton Abbey
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Walk-on Part
By Chris Mullin
Paperback
Published 07-Jun-2012
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Offering an account of the New Labour era, this title covers the rise and fall of New Labour from start to finish.
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English Affair
By Richard Davenport-Hines
Hardback
Published 03-Jan-2013
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Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution.
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Into The Silence
By Wade Davis
Paperback
Published 04-Oct-2012
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For George Mallory as for all of his generation, death was but 'a frail barrier that men crossed, smiling and gallant, every day'. As climbers they accepted a degree of risk unimaginable before the war. What mattered now was how one lived, and the moments of being alive.
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General
By Ahmed Errachidi
Paperback
Published 28-Mar-2013
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On 11 September 2001, in a cafe in London, Ahmed Errachidi watched as the twin towers collapsed. He was appalled by the loss of innocent life. But he couldn't possibly have predicted how much of his own life he too would lose because of that day. This title tells the Ahmed's story.
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View from the Foothills
By Chris Mullin
Paperback
Published 14-Jan-2010
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The author has been a Labour MP for 20 years, and despite his refusal to toe the party line, he has held several prominent posts. This book offers humorous and incisive takes on various aspects of political life: from the build-up to Iraq, to the scandalous sums of tax-payers' money spent on ministerial cars he didn't want to use.
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