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His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill

By Christopher Catherwood

The Lion House: Discover the life of Suleyman the Magnificent, the most feared man of the sixteenth century

By Christopher de Bellaigue

The Clinton Scandals and the Politics of Image Restoration

By Joseph R. Blaney, William L. Benoit

Prezza

By John Prescott

The Pike

By Hughes-Hallett, Lucy

The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire: Political Leaders From Lenin to Gorbachev

By Volkogonov, Dmitri, Dmitri Volkogonov

The Prime Minister: The Office And Its Holders Since 1945

By Peter Hennessy

The Institutional Presidency: Organizing and Managing the White House from FDR to Clinton

By John P. Burke (University of Vermont)

The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson

By Harry Mount

The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith

By Ian Douglas Smith

The Ashdown Diaries: v.1: 1988-1997

By Paddy Ashdown

I Have a Dream: The Speeches That Changed History

By Ferdie Addis

Lincoln

By D. Herbert

The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age

By Archie Brown

The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

By Lan Yan, Sam Taylor

You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody)

By Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen

First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents

By Bonnie Angelo

How to Think Like Obama

By Daniel Smith

Private Life Of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician

By Zhisui Li

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

By Mary L. Trump, Ph.D.

No longer whispering to power: The story of Thuli Madonsela

By Thandeka Gqubule

Jackie: Public, Private, Secret

By J. Randy Taraborrelli

Born Trump: Inside America's First Family

By Emily Jane Fox

Barack Obama in his Own Words

By Lisa Rogak

A Daunting Journey

By Jeremiah Gitau Kiereini, Mutu Wa Gethoi

Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams

By Louisa Thomas

Jefferson's America

By Julie M. Fenster

The Age of The Strongman: How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World

By Gideon Rachman

The Devil's Disciples

By Read, Anthony

Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain's Battle with Coronavirus

By Jonathan Calvert, George Arbuthnott