Biography & Memoirs

Author description Andrew Marr was born in Glasgow in 1959. He studied English at the University of Cambridge and has since enjoyed a long career...

Returning home for the first time in 10 years, Sequoia Schmidt sets out to complete a 28 day solo cycle of New Zealand. This will be her first time...

A vibrant and unique collection of full colour photographs with complementary text. General Fields ISBN : 9781908849021 Publisher : At...

Double-edged Sword is a survival story like no other. In 2003 Simonne Butler's violent partner, high on methamphetamine, cut off both her hands wit...

A new series of illustrated books specifically designed for children in elementary education, narrating the stories of those great historical figur...

A stunning, fully illustrated guide to the country and times that shaped our greatest short story writer -- a feast of images and relevant excerpts...

He was also one of the last people to speak to highly renowned mountaineering guide Marty Schmidt, and his son Denali, who tragically died on K2 in...

General Fields ISBN : 9780947493738 Publisher : Steele Roberts Aotearoa Ltd Imprint : Steele Roberts Aotearoa Ltd Product Typ...

General Fields ISBN : 9781526751768 Publisher : Pen & Sword Books Limited Imprint : Pen & Sword Books Limited Publica...

From her secret hiding place in wartime Amsterdam, the Jewish teenager Anne Frank wrote heart-wrenchingly about the terrors of a captivity that wou...

Carl Jung was the founder of analytical psychology who revolutionised the way we approached the human psyche. Drawing on Eastern mysticism, mytholo...

After being seriously wounded in the 1939 Polish campaign, Rochus Misch was invited to join Hitler's SS-bodyguard. There he served until the wars e...

The Real Beatrix Potter is a fascinating and revealing biography of one of the world's most cherished children's authors.Beatrix Potter's famous li...

Everything She Touched recounts the incredible life of the American sculptor Ruth Asawa. This is the story of a woman who wielded imagination and ...

General Fields ISBN : 9781526776495 Publisher : Pen & Sword Books Limited Imprint : Pen & Sword Military Publication ...

Between 1967 and 1997 Keith Spragg progressed from the greenest new co-pilot on a piston-engined Vickers Viking to a fully qualified jet captain....

An inspiring and kid-accessible biography of one of the world's most famous poets. Emily Dickinson, who famously wrote "Hope is the thing with fea...

General Fields ISBN : 9781526784865 Publisher : Pen & Sword Books Limited Imprint : Air World Publication date : June...

A pioneering feminist’s candid memoir. Reviews ‘Candid, tenacious and illuminating, Elizabeth Orr’s memoir is a rich account of a 50-year dedicati...

_Commando_ is the real and exciting story of one of the most important units of World War II. The Commando unit played an important role in Britain...

Having worked as a dairy farmer in the UK for 30 years, and achieved the top job in his profession, Philip longed to put a lifetime of experience i...

The first in a series of books, _I Somehow Survived_ is an extraordinary collection of true stories giving testimony to those who survived World Wa...

Lloyd’s wife Shirley, having so often heard him say, “I went there on me bike”, insisted he record the intrepid cycling journeys he made around New...

Lauris Edmond (1924-2000) is described by the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature as "one of the most significant, assured and accessible of...