Biography & Memoirs

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...

This is a story of two Cohens, the famous singer and his not-so-famous lifelong New Zealand fan. It spans several generations and locations, from t...

His meteoric rise continued post-war. Switching to Fighter Command he saw service in India, Pakistan, and the UK before becoming Commandant of the ...

One man's memoir of World War II which took him from the Blitz to the jungles of Burma, to the devastation of Hiroshima.'I consider myself lucky to...

Tenzing Norgay was the son of poor Tibetan immigrants living in Nepal. He longed to see the world but was told he could aspire to be little more th...

In writing this book (her first was The Unsung Profession) Caroline Miller again demonstrates her passion and commitment to the profession of Plann...

This is the remarkable story of the Swiss born Nazi spy, Annette Wagner. Her two years in Australia immersed in intrigue and shielded by a skilfull...

This is a graphic account of one soldiers service in the First World War an account that is based on a diary he maintained whilst on active service...

JAMES TAYLOR was born in Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire, in 1990. A sporting phenomenon from an early age, he chose to forge a life in cricke...

General Fields ISBN : 9780007213672 Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Limited Imprint : Harper Element Weight (g) : 0....

Peter Moroney was a member of the NSW Police force for 17 years whoretired as Detective Sergeant with predominant experience in the field ofCrimina...

As the Nine Network's Entertainment Editor and more than 17 years on the Today show, Richard Wilkins has interviewed the cream of the international...