Biographies

1973. 1st edition. By Lady Louise Hillary, wife of Sir Edmund Hillary, and tells the story of the family's travels in Nepal including visits to various Hillary aid projects in the Everest region of th

1959. 1st edition. An autobiography by Captain Wilfred Scott-Shawe and Alan Wykes.

1981. An autobiographical record of F.O. 'Pat' Brewster early days.

2005. Photographed by Manuel Bauer and published on the occasion of the Dalai Lama's 70th birthday, this work includes essays by photographer Matthieu Ricard.

2008. Biography and an authoritative account of the novelist, journalist, nationalist, feminist and larrikin Stella Miles Franklin, author of My Brilliant Career and a great literary figure.

2006. A celebration of the achievements of women, this book honors 50 amazing women and the incredible impact they have had an our world.

1953. Biography of Chief Test Pilot and Wartime Fighter Pilot Neville Duke.

1962. 1st edition. The biography of Sir William Stephenson, the director of Britain’s secret intelligence organisation in America during the Second World War.

2005. An erudite, lively search for the real Helen of Troy-–a chronicle combining historical inquiry & storytelling élan.

1988. Pictorial history of the Blue Funnel Line started by Alfred & Philip Holt who named their ships after the heroes of the Trojan War.

2004. This second superb collected work of one of Britain's best-loved comedians.

1954. 1st edition. Douglas Bader was a successful fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during the WWII.

1978. 1st edition. Christopher Foxley-Norris's story of his very full life.

1955. 1st edition. This is the story of a man who had been inspired by, and finally devoted his life to the mountains of the Great Himalaya.

1954. 1st edition. A biography of the life of Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton, GCB, DSO, who joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1898.

1957. 1st edition. SOFTCOVER. In 1921 Arthur Grimble, leaving his wife and children, returned to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands of the Pacific, as commissioner with the colonial service.

1988. Portrays the hitherto only briefly recorded life of John Stringfellow of Chard, the first man in the world to demonstrate that engine-powered winged flight was practicable.

1989. 1st edition. SIGNED. A portrait of William Leefe Robinson, awarded the Victoria Cross for shooting down the first airship over London on September 2, 1916, paving the way for the eventual defeat

1942. Robert St. John tells for the first time the story of an epic adventure in the history of journalism.

1954. 1st edition. Biography of Frederick Warren Merriam who was one of the earliest and most important of Britain’s aviation pioneers.

1960. 1st edition. A full biography of Claude Grahame-White, who could be regarded as Britain's foremost aeronaut and pioneer of aviation.

1967. 1st edition. The fascinating biography of a New England blueblood who became a millionaire before he was thirty and went into the railroad business so he could be an engineer.

1988. This is the true story of Waldo Waterman, pioneer aviator, aircraft manufacturer, engineer, barnstormer, inventor and test pilot.

1958. A biography of the French aviator-writer by a man who once knew and flew with him.

1957. 1st edition. Biography of Air Chief Marshall Sir Basil Embry.

2013. 1st edition. This is the story of a young couple (Carol's parents), who fell in love in Hill End, New South Wales, Australia in 1932.

1960. 1st edition. A collection of 24 short stories and sketches about Cape York in Australia's Far North and the islands beyond.

1982. Comprises unforgettable episodes from the remarkable series of memoirs that began with All Creatures Great and Small.

1967. Francis Chichester's name is synonymous with the spirit of adventure and courage at its highest level.

1964. Biography of Lord Birkett of Ulverston.

1932. The story of one of Australia's greatest pioneers, John Flynn who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

1961. 1st edition. Biography of Geoffrey de Havilland who was one of the world's true pioneers of powered flight.

1954. A bright, large illustrated tribute to the eightieth birthday of Sir Winston Churchill - statesman, Historian, Sportsman, Soldier, and Orator.

1963. 1st edition. A veteran of the Mexican Revolution, Freyberg served as an officer in the British Army during the First World War.

1989. A study of New Zealand's most famous general during the years 1941-1945.

2020. Biography of Matthew McConaughey.

Undated, circa 1940s. Lord Beaverbrook was appointed Minister of Aircraft Production in May 1940, and held the post until May 1941.

1959. 1st edition. An inveterate adventurer and explorer, William Travis abandoned his flying career for the seas of the Indian Ocean to dive for saleable shell off the coast of the remote Seychelles.

1954. Biography of Nevil Shute who was a power and a pioneer in the world of flying long before he began to write the stories that made him a bestselling novelist.

1946. A biography of Sir Robert Montgomery GCSI, KCB who was a British administrator and civil servant in colonial India.

1960. The biography of Michel Hollard, the leader of a network of French undercover agents during World War II.

1970. 1st edition. The biography of a soldier, beginning with his arrival at Sandhurst in 1930, a subsequent commission into The Black Watch.

1980. 1st edition. The story of the Nairn family's early years in Western Australia and New Zealand.

1919. 1st edition. A memoir of John Hugh Allen's life by his sister Ina.

1939. The author, Frank Coutts Hendry OBE, MC, (1875–1955) served in the Indian Army Reserve, Merchant Navy, Rangoon Pilot Service, was an Indian Army officer, and wrote from his own experiences under

1991. 1st edition. PFC Franklin Miller arrived in Vietnam in March 1966, and saw his first combat in a Reconnaissance Platoon.

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1974. 1st edition. A fourth autobiographical book from the author, focusing on his work at London Airport, starting as a clerical officer, moving to the Press and Public Relations Officer, where he sh

1955. William Simpson, O.B.E., D.F.C., nowadays has a job which entails social contact of all kinds, and wide responsibility: yet not very long ago he lost both his hands and had his face burnt beyond

1961. The Mariners Library - No. 43, in collaboration with P. R. Stephenson.

1941. A collection of Winston Churchill's speeches from May 1938 to 1941.

1956. 1st edition. A true and vivid portrayal of incidents that occurred in the POW camp the author was held captive in for nearly 3 years in World War II.

1960. 1st edition. The biography of Captain Donald Sorrell, a seaman who started as an apprentice on a windjammer and became Master of the Queen Mary.

1955. 1st edition. Autobiography of this noted captain and shipmaster whose fifty-year career spanned the half-century that witnessed the most amazing changes ever known in the history of ships and th

1940. Biography of Frank W. Boreham OBE, who was a Baptist preacher best known in New Zealand, Australia, and England.

1958. The stories of pioneering English women on their way to South America, South Africa and Australia.

1968. Preacher's kid by day and leader of the largest Harlem gang by night, Black and Free tells the story of Tom Skinner who was trapped in the bondage of religious tradition and hatred of whites.

1965. 1st edition. Biography of Admiral Harold Hickling who began his career in the Royal Navy when he became a cadet at Osborne in 1905.

1990. 1st edition. Amusing and often hair-raising tales of the author's early working life in the King Country as a bushman, locomotive fireman and brakesman in the 1920s until the early 1940s.

1946. Account of the author's indeed adventurous life, much of which was spent in the navy.

1995. Traces Shakespeare's life and the places linked to him, presenting them in words and photographs as they can be seen today by those wishing to rediscover the land of Shakespeare.

2006. The authorised, and astonishing biography of writer Mary Wesley.

1961. 1st edition. Group Captain Leonard Cheshire won his Victoria Cross during World War II and became a legend. Here he tells his post-war story.

2001. 1st edition. SIGNED. An account of the chaplain stationed on the island of Tristan da Cunha from 1975-1978.

1944. 1st edition. His autobiographical work, Here's to Life, records his radical opinions on many subjects.

1964. 1st edition. Biography of a train engine driver.

1978. 1st edition. This title offers a brief account of James Cook's early life, written as far as possible in his own words, taken from his journals.

1947. 1st edition. An autobiography of the thirty years since the author began to write, giving a picture of what has happened to him since he sailed from the Southern Hemisphere and began travelling

1958. 1st edition. Cover the full span of his career first as a regimental officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and then as a Staff Officer.

1949. 1st edition. An illustrated account of the authors experiences and observations during the summer and fall of 1946, particularly through the Canadian Airborne Expedition in Northern Ungava.

1990. 1st edition. Biography of Sam Walton, the publicity-shy, multibillionaire businessman who heads the Wal-Mart discount chain he founded in 1962.

2009. A candid, humorous and often fast-paced memoir of Roger Berthoud's life, that is also a history of its time.

1968. 1st edition. The events of Chinese history between 1938 and 1948 are vividly reconstructed in this third volume of Han Suyin's autobiography.

1975. 1st edition. The friends of the title number Jagut and Mussoorie, sons of an exiled Rana Maharaja Marshall of Nepal.

1977. Limited edition. A biography of Tommy Brayshaw, a renowned angler and artist.

2019. In a group biography that is by turns intimate and epic, Jung Chang reveals the lives of three extraordinary women who helped shape twentieth-century China.

1973. A charming and revealing book examining the background of this legendary military commander.

1967. Autobiography of one of the most famous American heroes of the twentieth century.

1942. A fighter pilot's memoir of the Battle of Britain.

1989. 1st edition. Biography of Walter Buller, the New Zealand lawyer and ornithogist, the author of Buller's - A History of the Birds of New Zealand.

2003. This is Iris Murdoch for the last thirty years of her life, from 1969 to 1999.

1987. 1st edition. Autobiography of Ranulph Fiennes.

1979. 1st edition. Autobiography of the famous cricket umpire, Harold 'Dickie' Bird.

2012. 1st edition. Joseph Rotblat's life--from an impoverished childhood in war-torn Warsaw to an active old age that brought honors and public recognition, including the Nobel Peace Prize.

1982. 1st edition. Biography of England and Kent bowler who took more than 3000 wickets.

1993. Sir John Mills has appeared in more than 80 films and over 40 theatrical productions.

1985. The life and the stage and film career of the distinguished English actor, John Gielgud.

1989. 1st edition. Biography of Jan Morris who was a British historian, author and travel writer.

2007. Australian biography, a story of hardship, drought, joy and triumph.

2005. Red Rum's classic win in the 1977 Grand National is the stuff of sporting legend.

1943. A biography of W. Russell Flint R.A., P.R.W.S.

1934. 1st edition

1984. 1st edition. Fascinating range of insights into and anecdotes of an extremely distinguished actor.

1969. 1st edition. After years of battling against Masculine Officialdom, the author finally achieved her ambition to visit Antarctica. She was the first woman journalist to do so.

1989. A former speech therapist and English teacher, Edmond was a graduate of Waikato, Victoria and Massey Universities.

1998. 1st edition. Biography of the actor who played Superman.

2010. 1st edition. Fraser uses her Diaries and her own recollections to tell a touching love story.

2008. The dramatic true-life story of George Hogg, a young Oxford graduate who is caught up in the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the Chinese Civil war.

2014. A clear and at times riveting account of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s four years as Secretary of State.

2009. Biography of Michael Palin.

2003. One of the most intelligent and influential women in America reflects on her eight years as First Lady of the United States in a revealing book -personal- political and news making.

1977. Peter Ustinov's autobiography.

Circa 1950. Biography of Juan Manuel Fangio who was king of the 1950s open-wheelers, a true world champion.

1953. 1st edition. Biography of racing driver Stirling Moss.

1954. 1st edition. Biography of Cheshire V.C. the commander of the Dam Buster Squadron.

1977. 1st edition. Biography of Robert Burns.

1979. 1st edition. The book centres on the work of two young Swiss scientists, in the jungles of Sumatra where they built and ran a rehabilitation station for orphaned Orang Utans.

1955. 1st edition. A fascinating biography of Kathleen Ferrier, a great and well-loved singer.

2007. Japanese biography post WW2.

2007. 1st edition. Lewis New Kid on the Grid is the definitive record of Hamilton’s rapid elevation to almost the very top of motor racing in just nine months.

2007. The extraordinary story of the father of molecular biology, whose famous research team uncovered the structure of DNA.

1988. Philby, the agent, double agent, traitor, enigma revealed all to Knightley just before his death.

2022. A portrait of how a retail upstart became of the most powerful and feared entities in the global economy.

2015. The story of one man taking on overpowering odds to change the world, and also the story of how, without intending to, he found meaning in his life.

1987. George Blake was a former British agent who worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union.

1974. 1st edition. Spike Milligan's second volume of war autobiography.

2012. A unique and remarkable record of one's family's sixty-five years of distinguished RAF service.

1961. Peter Scott (1909 - 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Robert Falcon Scott.

1993. Biography covering the subjects his exploits and experiences in World War II.

1982. Memoirs of Bodell who was born in Nottingham in 1831, enlisted in the army at 16 and was sent first to Ireland and then to Hong Kong.

1997. 1st edition. Fine account of Vietnam's remarkable recovery from the US devastation of their country seen largely through the eyes of one family.

1993. 1st edition. The life of de St Exupery, who was born in 1900, spans the most controversial years of French history.

1995. Biography of Dr. Charles Sherwood Noble.

1956. Autobiography of the top-scoring Allied Fighter Ace of WWII.

1981. In 1928, Winston Churchill seemed to be at the very height of his career.

2014. Biography of Anne Crawford who was a feature writer for The Age and The Sunday Age for more than 10 years and is co-author.

1975. 1st edition. Keith Virtue was an experienced airman and was marvelled at the ability and skill that regarded him as one of the greatest of the Australians.

1984. A Bibliography of published sources for the study of women in New Zealand, 1830-1914.

2003. Biography of W. C. Fields who was one of the greatest pantomimists and comedians in the world.

1991. The personal testimonies of six people, who were all born around 1900, which reflects on the changes in their lives as old age comes upon them.

1966. 1st edition. An account of the Royal Air Force.

2004. Biography.

1953. 1st edition. This first English biography of the famed French flier/poet Antoine de Saint-Exupery, who died while flying over the Mediterranean in 1944.

1955. 1st edition. A truly inspiring portrait of the great thinker the humble doer, the healer and artist.

2017. A richly evocative collection of interviews based on material from the author's radio documentary.

2004. 1st edition. The only collection of literary essays and criticism by one of the most distinguished writers of our time.

1953. The Autobiography of Hennie Muller, great Springbok of the post war years.

1962. 1st edition. Biography of Sir Roderic Hill was Air Marshal Commanding Air Defence of Great Britain and Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command from 1943-45.

2007. 1st edition. The compelling autobiography of Wangari Maathai, Kenyan peace activist and environmentalist, who in 2004 became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

1985. Superbly illustrated account of the life of pioneering Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith

2013. The daughter of Ed Law-Yone, daredevil proprietor of The Nation newspaper, she'd grown up amidst the perils and promises of a newly independent Burma.

2017. Lilia Tarawa exposes the shocking secrets of the cult, with its rigid rules and oppressive control of women.

1995. 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of a Plymouth Brethren boy who's homosexuality sees him committed to hospital.

1922. Emma Alice Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (née Tennant; 2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945).

2001. A comprehensive account of cricket and the progression of Bradman's career in the Bradman era from 1918-1948. One of the most acclaimed cricket books of all time.

2007. The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever hear.

1956. 1st edition. A biographical account of the life of Sir Alliot Verdon-Roe.

2003. An invaluable history of an extraordinary presidency from a senior advisor who was right at the frontline.

2009. 1st edition. This is a book of heroes, new and old, known and sadly forgotten, now to be glorified as they ought to be.

1955. 1st edition. Biography

1954. The biography of Winston Churchill's American grandfather.

2014. 1st edition. The life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as never before.

1984. 1st edition. A comprehensive biography of New Zealand's best-known coin and stamp designer. James Berry, OBE.

1962. The journal of John Gabriel Stedman, 1744-1797.

1962. 1st edition. The autobiography of the famous daredevil Christopher Draper, a British aviator, best known for flying under bridges.

1952. 1st edition. Two volume set. Volume 1: Years of Adventure 1874 - 1920 Volume 2: The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920 - 1933.

1979. 1st edition. Major but underestimated figures in the history of Western painting by women.

1979. Illustrated biography of Pope John Paul II.

2017. Colonel Paul Irvin (Pappy) Gunn was a fearless fighter and one of the great heroes of the Southwest Pacific in World War II.

1979. 1st edition. A great memoir of the authors experiences in the second world war with the 2nd parachute regiment, including Arnhem.

1980. 1st edition. An account of Heyerdahl's journey on the rivers, oceans, and seas that connected the various centres of ancient Middle Eastern civilization.

2000. For nearly 50 years, Diana Athill edited (and nursed and coerced and coaxed) some of the most celebrated writers in the English language.

1956. 1st edition. Biography of British political cartoonist David Low.

1960. Author's account of living alone in a cottage in Scotland.

1971. 1st edition. The biography of John Coleridge Patterson, first Bishop of Melanesia.

1979. 1st edition. Biography of Albert Royle Henry (1907 – 1981) the man who came to be known as the Kissinger of the Pacific.

1974. 1st edition. The life of Henry Morton Stanley.

2002. Biography of Gerald Stapleton, one of the outstanding fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain.

2004. 1st edition. Seven years after Stephen Spender's death, John Sutherland offers the authorised life of this brilliant, but famously enigmatic man.

1956. 1st edition. The autobiography of Air Marshall, Sir Gerald Gibbs. Air Marshal Sir Gerald Ernest Gibbs KBE, CIE, MC & Two Bars.

1967. Authentic historical letters written by Harriet to here husband, in command of HMS Adventure and Beagle.

1954. A fascinating look at the 'tycoons' of America - Vanderbilt, Astor, Rockfeller, Carnegie, Hearst etc etc.

1988. The life story of Charlie Chaplin, told by one of his friends and illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs.

2012. 1st edition. A rare look into the mind, life, and journey of one of our generation’s most coveted fashion designers, Isabel Toledo.

1988. An engrossing narrative history of European Romanticism.

2010. Sir Richard Branson has always been obsessed with the skies

1963. 1st edition. Biography of a naval officer serving in the R.N.A.S. in World War 1 flying reconnaissance planes off from the turret tops of cruisers.

1961. 1st edition. An account of the Canadian author's two years on the South Sea island of Samoa.

1969. 1st edition. This autobiography of Francis Chichester's wife, Sheila, provides a new insights into the achievements of the great single-handed sailor from her perspective.

1991. Traces Tregear's career from his youth on the NZ frontier in the 1860s, through his contribution to Maori and Polynesian studies and his role as Secretary of the Dep't of Labour.

1979. Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator (dubbed 'Australian Lone Eagle') and inventor.

1955. 1st edition. Vintage military biography.

1955. Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, the RAF's most distinguished bomber pilot of WWII.

1978. 1st edition. Biography of Gordon Dryden. A book of anecdotes and reflections from the life of the controversial and acclaimed New Zealand TV and radio personality.

1988. 1st edition. A biography of Dame Peggy Ashcroft who, the author contends, represents the heart of British theatre.

1982. 1st edition. Analytical biography of Maurice Leenhardt (1878 - 1954) missionary, anthropologist, founder of French Oceanic studies, historian of religion, and colonial reformer.

1999. 1st edition, The reminiscences of three men who joined the Merchant Navy during WW2 in the blue funnel steamer Antilochus.

2009. Biography of James Lees-Milne (1908–1997).

1992. Biography of Jean Batten - one of the great aviation megastars of the 1930s.

1990. Biography of Jean Batten - one of the great aviation megastars of the 1930s.

2001. John Eales is one of Australia's finest rugby players.

1966. 1st edition. Biography of a man with and unusual background and varied attainments, who sets out as a Christian missionary.

1998. This is a comprehensive survey of the international life and music of 19th-century Welsh composer, Joseph Parry. SIGNED.

1980. 1st edition. The study of an important author, widely regarded at the time of his death in 1957 as one of the major novelists of this century. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

1971. 1st edition. Biography of John Ridgeway - from soldiering to rowing the Atlantic, solo sailing and running an adventure school.

1934. Scarce biography by fellow ace pilot in 74 Sqdrn.

1973. 1st edition. A biography which is a model of its kind, a true and absorbing portrait both of a man and of an age.

1961. Sequel to Born Free, as the famous lioness raises her cubs in the Kenyan bush with the assistance of the Adamsons

1963. 1st edition. The author relates his post-war experiences fishing for shark and sawfish in the Gulf of Aden.

1954. 1st edition. A biography of the famous Italian writer (I Promessi Sposi).

2006. 1st edition. Biography of Margaret Whitlam, wife of Australia Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam.

1955. 1st edition. Mathew Brady was an eminent photographer in America.

1976. 1st edition. The man who left the most abiding mark on British society, not only for his great poetry but for his incessant campaigning for secondary education.

1978. 1st edition. Biography

1951. 1st edition. The third of Monica Dickens autobiographical books describes her time as cub reporter on the Downingham Post. She is the great granddaughter of Charles Dickens.

1960. 1st edition. Autobiography of a polio sufferer who became a pilot.

1959. 1st edition. From the publishers series of Red Lion Biographies a brief biography of Lord Louis Mountbatten through his years as the last Viceroy of India.

1956. 1st edition. Harry Harper was the world's first flying reporter, an aviation journalist from the first days of flying, to the beginning of the jet age.

1976. 1st edition. History has given Napoleon's name to his age and glorified his role until his contemporaries often seem mere bit players beside him. It was not always so.

1981. 1st edition. Biography of Nelson Mandela.

1976. 1st edition. Biography of Thomas Hardy, Novelist and Poet.

1973. 1st edition. Autobiography of Geoff Wells, a life long commercial pilot.

2009. The first 30 years of the author's life; early medical training, overseas travel and his spiritual journey with Catholicism

1986. The unauthorized biography of one of the most elusive public figures of our time.

1977. 1st edition. For 20 years the author pursued Howard Hughes's secrets.

1954. 1st edition. Aviation biography.

1968. 1st edition. Biography of the record breaking round-the-world flight of 1966, and other attempts made in the career of an aviator.

1967. 1st edition. Biography of James Sanders following his escapades as a young farm hand, later sheep station manager.

1950. 1st edition. A balanced examination of Chekhov’s life and work, a critical analysis of his stories and plays set against the background of his life the Russia of the day.

1969. 1st edition. Biography of Enid Bagnold, Lady Jones, CBE (1889 - 1981), author and playwright.

1956. A personal scientific exploration and photography on the Great Barrier Reef.

2009. 1st edition. Biography of an extraordinary man who refused to consider blindness an affliction, but rather a handicap which could be overcome.

1974. Author's account of her life as a pilot in New Guinea.

1997. The second volume of Doris Lessing's extraordinary autobiography covers the years 1949-62.

1981. The definitive biography of Elvis Presley.

1953. The autobiography of one of the most famous brain surgeons in the world.

1965. 1st edition. A pictorial record of Churchill's life & career through 60 pages of monochrome photos and text.

1953. Interesting collection of short essays by Churchill' s many friends & acquaintances over the years, giving an insight to his character.

1950. Biography of Cheshire V.C the commander of the Dam Buster Squadron.

1971. 1st edition. The biographies of two very successful landscape architects.

1960. 1st edition. Biography of Woodes Rogers 18th century British privateer who found Alexander Selkirk.

1956. 1st edition. Biography of British Naval Commander and underwater naval warfare expert, Lionel 'Buster' Crabb 1909-1956.

1976. A critical and fully illustrated biography of the great novelist; tie-in with a British television series.

1969. The author was a Protestant minister who served as a fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War.

1951. Vivid biographies of eighty Bible characters graphically portrayed.

1957. 1st edition. In the whole of the Second World War only two men succeeded in returning to operational flying after losing both legs in flying accidents.

1987. 1st edition. Memoirs of a life of flying told with humour.

1936. 1st Edition. Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897–1979) was one of Great Britain's most influential airmen.

1958. 1st edition. Tom Stobart's adventures in South Africa, India, the Himalayas, the Antarctic, and elsewhere.

Undated. Published to commemorate to accidental death of Joseph Brennan Ligouri McDonald on 13th Jan 1889.

2013. First volume of the autobiographical memoir by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins

1990. 1st edition. Film script adapted from the autobiographies of Janet Frame, this is the screenplay for the highly acclaimed film on the l

2001. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has captivated the American public for more than five decades.

1963. 1st edition. Robert Henry McIntosh (1894 - 1983), also known as All-Weather Mac for his ability to fly in foggy and difficult conditions, was one of Imperial Airways' 16 original pilots.

1997. Biography covers not only Sinatra's life, but also his music and his career.

1960. 1st edition. A celebration in words and drawings of Britain's top fighter pilots including 25 pencil drawing portraits of Battle of Britain participants.

1940. 1st edition. Biography of one of the most outstanding leaders of the German Resistance.

2004. Signed by Author. The story of an Iranian's escape from Iran and settling in America then New Zealand post 9/11.

1971. 1st edition. An account of what it was like to be young in the Twenties. Eleanor Allan talks of pawn shops, pocket money, the pictures, holidays, hospitals and the Empire Exhibition at Wembley.

1980. 1st edition. Biography of England great Ian Botham.

1957. Autobiography of the cricketer.

1987. George Blake was a former British agent who worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union.

2003. Charles Brasch - celebrates his life and legacy in a series of essays by writers and critics, including people who knew him.

1953. Queen Elizabeth I, Sarah Siddons, Charlotte Bronte, Florence Nightingale, Queen Victoria, Gertrude Bell

1961. All the complexity and all the contradictions of Dickens’ character are brought out by this brief but masterly biography.

1976. Biography of the noted Australian aviator.

1963. Author E. R. Braithwaite embarked on a pilgrimage to search for his roots in West African Countries.

1930. First English edition and military biography of the German ace of aces, Von Richthofen.

1956. The story of Franz von Werra, a Luftwaffe pilot who was shot down in the Battle of Britain.

1930. 1st edition. Biography of Amy Johnson, a pioneering woman aviator who was the first female pilot to fly solo from London to Australia in 1930.

2012. Biography of T C S Cooke joined the RAF as war began in 1939, aged 18, and trained to be a bomber pilot. Rising to the rank of squadron leader and decorated three times.

2008. Barack Obama reveals the real story of Obama's beginnings.

1923 (99 yo). The life of a little Dutch boy unceremoniously set down in America.

1925. Chapters on hunting elephant, hippopotamus, antelope, and waterbuck.

1987. Biography of author Roald Dahls experiences in the RAF.

2009. 1st edition. This comprehensive biography, covers the triumphs and tragedies of not only Kingsford Smith's daring and controversial life but also of his companion aviators.

2010. Known as Pedro to his comrades and Tiggy to his family, Osgood Villiers Hanbury was a charismatic Eton schoolboy who served in the Battle of Britain.

2008. A comprehensive history of the life and career of Group Captain A.B. Woodhall.

1955. ​​​​​​​This book draws on a wide range of photographs and distills a vivid portrait of Britain's greatest 20th century statesman.

1966. 1st edition. Winston Spencer Churchill 1874-1965.

1965. Winston Spencer Churchill 1874-1965. Pictorial celebrating Winston Churchill's career, especially his years as Prime Minister.

1981. One of New Zealand's leading poets recalls his war service with the Royal Navy and his chosen profession as printer and typographer.

1983. 1st edition. Biography of pilot Born Rosemary Rees.

1930. The Autobiography of Linton Wells.

1958. Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett was one of the most outstanding figures of the 2nd World War and the creator and leader of the legendary Pathfinder Force of 8 Group.

1962. 1st edition. One of the frankest books ever written by a physician. Dr. Lasagna examines his profession.

1960, 1st edition

1951. The story of Alex Cherry, an American from Buffalo, New York, who ditched his job as a Wall Street banker and volunteered to serve with the Royal Navy during World War 2.

1970. 1st edition. This is a wry account of Middle Eastern history from the First World War to the years following the Second.

1954. 1st edition. The autobiography of 'Mike' Lithgow, who snatched the speed record by a narrow margin at Muroc in 1953.

1952. 1st edition. An engaging biography of the life of Arthur Tedder, senior Royal Air Force.

2011. biography of Paul Allen who co-founded Microsoft

2010. Hardcover. An affectionate tribute to the broadcasting legend that was Brian Johnston, universally known as 'Johnners'.

2010.Paperback. An affectionate tribute to the broadcasting legend that was Brian Johnston, universally known as 'Johnners'.

2009. In this groundbreaking book J. Randy Taraborrelli draws complex and sympathetic portraits of the women so influential in the actress' life.

2009. How did a photographer who was a relentless playboy, become the British Establishment figure Lord Snowdon?

Over half a century since The Spy Who came in from the Cold made John le Carré a worldwide, bestselling sensation, David Cornwell, the man behind the pseudonym, remains an enigma. He has consistently

1998. 1st edition. A diver with HM midget submarine XE3, Magennis was awarded the VC for his bravery during the attack on a Japanese cruiser of the Atago heavy class in July 1945.

1991. 1st edition. This volume is Allaway's international biography of Britain's greatest ever submarine captain.

1999. 1st edition. The book follows Orem's passage from boy-sailor in the sail training vessel Worchester just after the turn of the century to corridors of Admiralty by the end of the World War II.

1993. 1st edition. Henke was named master of U-515 early in 1942; on six patrols, his sub sank two dozen Allied vessels, ranking Henke 14th on the list of U-boat aces.

2003. The second volume of Woodruff's memoirs starts with his arrival in the East End of London in the early 1930s.

1935. The biography of Commander Godfrey Herbert, an intrepid British submarine commander 1914 - 1918.

2013, 1st edition. Pearl Witherington Cornioley, one of the most celebrated female World War II resistance fighters.

1937. 1st edition. Malcolm Charles McGregor DFC was a New Zealand WWI flying ace in with the RFC from 7 April 1917 to the end of the war.

1937. 1st edition. The fascinating biography of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, nickname 'Smithy', the best known early Australian aviator.

1988. 1st edition. Bradbury examines ten modern writers whose works have reshaped our concept of the modernist movement in literature.

1956. 1st edition. Exploits of a Belgian pilot who fought and died with the RAF in WW2 based on journals he kept in dog-eared exercise books.

2011. Michelle Nouri was born in Prague but grew up in vibrant pre-war Baghdad. Then she found herself flirting with Uday Hussein, Saddam's eldest son.

1965. Unpublished Correspondence between London and Sinclair Lewis.

1990. Nancy Bird shares her memories of her flying years and her flying contemporaries such as Jean Batten and Amy Johnson. A fascinating glimpse of a determined and courageous aviatrix.

2001. One of Australia's best-loved public figures tells the very personal story of her great love for travelling.

1993. 1st edition. A collection of speeches and suggestions for reform by former British naval attached to Washington & Director General of Defense Intelligence Staff.

2010. Biography of Frederick Forsyth

2010. Ingrid Betancourt gave up a life of comfort and safety to return to Colombia to become a political leader, in 2002 she was abducted by the FARC.

2018. This is the remarkable story of Ivor Montagu, the son of a hereditary peer, one of the wealthiest men in Britain - who became a secret agent and a Soviet spy.

2000. The first full-length biography of the brilliantly funny British actor.

1999. 1st edition. Biography of Sister Kate from the Anglican Order.

2014. A darkly comic, satirical reference book about writers who never made it into the literary canon.

2012. Biography.

2006. Thomas Brassey was the king of railways. He was perhaps the most important railway contractor in the world in the 19th century.

2010. The amazing true story of a heart breaking message in a bottle and one mother's successful quest to find the person who sent it.

2011. Autobiography of Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was one of the most celebrated writers of his generation.

1995. 1st edition. The best account of the life and contributions of Jean-Martin Charcot.

2008. The astounding story of one girl's journey in Sierra Leone from war victim to UNICEF Special Representative.

2006. After a career spanning 50 years, Cropp has agreed to tell his complete, no-holds-barred story.

2015. Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and Hollywood star charts her difficult path to glory.

1929. Bert Hall was one of the first seven pilots to join the Lafayette Escardrille.

1948. Biography of the man who led the Anglican Church through WWII.

1994. 1st edition. This is a collection of diaries, recollections and book reviews.

2008. Rowan Simons has lived (and played football) in China for over twenty years and Bamboo Goalposts is his amusing and insightful account of what it’s like to live, work and play there.

2004. Memoir of Anny Thackeray, daughter of the author of Vanity Fair, aunt of Virginia Woolf.

2004. Biography of Valerie Barnes. Valerie's gift for storytelling makes this a lively, funny, utterly delightful memoir.

1946. 1st edition. Light-hearted cricket autobiography of Fleet Street writer and cricketer.

1963. 1st edition