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The first biography of Nelson Mandela written by an African scholar, this groundbreaking book offers a radically de-mythologized take on a global icon of anticolonial liberation struggles. Leading sociologist Xolela Mangcu draws on original interviews and archival research – as well as on his...

A thrilling history of Florence's most famous family, the Medicis, from thrilling heights to the end of an astonishing era. At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. This enthralling book charts the family's huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence.

A gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century’s first great arms race, from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie With the biographer’s rare genius for expressing the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to life a crowd of glittery...

From historian Hayley Nolan comes the explosive narrative of an audacious young girl who conned her way to the center of King Henry VIII’s divorce scandal and went head-to-head with Anne Boleyn. This gripping new analysis tells of how Elizabeth Barton, a poverty-stricken housemaid-turned-nun...

The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang and her husband, historian Jon Halliday. Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before, and with virtually everyone...

As general of the Union army and president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant faced problems as grave and demanding as any in the life of the nation: civil war, an ultimately thwarted project of Reconstruction, the early years of the sordid Gilded Age, and the battle for African American...

The story of President Joe Biden's groundbreaking four years in the White House: his campaign, his presidency, his decision to run again - and to withdraw In his candid and revealing memoir, Joe Biden reflects on his time as president: the challenges, triumphs, sorrows, and accomplishments that...

The story of President Joe Biden’s groundbreaking four years in the White House: his campaign, his presidency, his decision to run again—and to withdraw In his candid and revealing memoir, Joe Biden reflects on his time as president: the challenges, triumphs, sorrows, and accomplishments...

From the creators of the hit podcast of the same name, Who Killed JFK? unravels a tangled web of evidence—including recently declassified documents, rare interview transcripts, and existing expert research—and presents the definitive analysis of the Kennedy assassination. Since the fateful...

A surprising, richly told memoir that seamlessly weaves the personal with the political to tell a riveting story: of love, of family, and of an endlessly fascinating country, India. How did a girl from a small village in Italy rise as a politician in India and become known around the world?...

A surprising memoir that tells a riveting personal and political story of love, family, and an endlessly fascinating country: India. How did a girl from a small village in Italy rise as a politician in India and become known around the world? Belonging begins in Cambridge, England, where in 1965...

The untold story of how Henry Kissinger spent five decades shaping his legacy—and the institutions that helped him do it. In the nearly fifty years after he left public office, Henry Kissinger remained one of the most admired—and controversial—figures in American public life. Super K...

America’s biggest political prisoner writes his own story explaining all details on how it looks like to be living both on top and on the bottom of the world. By having the strength to endure hell he got the opportunity to be heard and examined once again where all his innocence came to sight. Framed, F*cked, and Freed, a once-in-a-century-story about human endurance, patience, grace, and sacrifice.

From Arkansas Governor and New York Times bestselling author Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a candid, no-nonsense account of fighting for conservative values, taking on the status quo, and laying out her bold vision for the future. In Unapologetic: Clarity and Conviction in a World Gone Crazy, Sarah...

From an acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer comes a remarkable new look at the only man to serve as both president and chief justice of the United States. The conventional wisdom is that William Howard Taft was a mediocre president, a man almost without political skills. Yet Taft’s...

A transformative guide featuring unique practices to harness creativity as a tool for healing, justice, and liberation from visionary artist, activist, and New York Times bestselling author Patrisse Cullors. How do we imagine our way toward a better world? From the clothes we wear to the...

After half a century in the best job in the world, I have covered two hundred royal tours in more than a hundred and twenty countries, photographed seven royal weddings, five funerals, seven births, three Jubilees and a coronation. For more than fifty years, Arthur Edwards has been the...

Worried? Bewildered? Had enough of the chaos? Laura Kuenssberg's unmissable first book is what you need to make sense of a confusing world. The UK used to pride itself on being sensible, its politics, a little bit dull. But with yet another Prime Minister booted out of Number 10, that reputation...

A powerful and personal memoir that tells the real story behind the headlines of how two people got caught up in a struggle against Putin’s regime – one that continues today. The photo of Alexander Litvinenko lying on his deathbed in November 2006, poisoned by polonium, caused shockwaves...

Gandhi for a new century: his major legacies and why they still matter, from his foremost biographer. Any shortlist of the most impactful political leaders of the twentieth century must include Gandhi, and once we eliminate the tyrants—Mao, Stalin, and Hitler—Gandhi stands virtually alone...