Biography: Historical, Political & Military

While many books have looked at Michelle Obama from a fashion perspective, no book has fully explored what Michelle Obama means to our culture. The...

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Alejandro Lerroux (18641949) was one of the most polemical figures of early twentieth century Spanish politics. As leader of the Radical Republican...

Growing up in Germany, Freddy Mayer witnessed the Nazis rise to power. When he was sixteen, his family made the decision to flee to the United Stat...

This is the book I have been waiting for. -Rachel MaddowWITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHORINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | From the FBI agent ...

Growing Up Biden details Valerie's decades-long professional career in politics, and the central role she played in her brother's life as an insigh...

Shakespeare's enduring image of Richard III's queen is one of bitterness and sorrow. Anne curses the killer of her husband and father, before succu...

Bessie Blount was the longest-lasting mistress of Henry VIII, and one of the earliest known. She was the king's first love. More beautiful than Ann...

Anna was the last woman standing of Henry VIIIs wives and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it? Anna, Duchess of Cleve...

Depicted by the man himself, The Journals of James Cook is an intimate first-hand account, providing an uncensored and reliable narrative of adven...

Shortlisted for International Affairs Book of the Year in the Paddy Power Political Book Awards 2014 Angela Merkel was already unique when she beca...

In the history of Soviet espionage in America, few people figure more crucially than Harry Gold. A Russian Jewish immigrant who spied for the Sovie...

The dramatic story of a man who stood at the center of British intelligence operations, the ultimate spymaster of World War II: Thomas Kendrick Tho...

Hannah Arendt is one of the most renowned political thinkers of the twentieth century and her work has never been more relevant than it is today. B...