Freyberg: Churchill's Salamander by Laurie Barber

$30.00 NZD

Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good

A study of New Zealand's most famous general during the years 1941-1945. His command capability is seen in a new light, with the declassification of intelligence material used in Crete and Mareth. He is portrayed here as an innovative, able, tenacious and brave commander.

Churchill: A Biography by Roy Jenkins

$15.00 NZD

Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good

From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to the Nobel Prize, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever seen. Roy Jenkins presents these events, while also managing to convey the contradictions and quirks in Churchill's character. Paperback (B-Form at) ...Show more

Bill Gentry's War, 1939-1945 - Letters by Bill Gentry; Sally Mathieson

$10.00 NZD

Category: Biographies

Before the Dawn by Gerry Adams

$15.00 NZD

Category: Biographies

The Last Lion - Visions of Glory1874-1932: Vol I by William Manchester

$10.00 NZD

Category: Biographies

When Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace in 1874, Imperial Britain stood at the splendid pinnacle of her power. Yet within a few years the Empire would hover on the brink of catastrophe. Against this backdrop, a remarkable man began to build his legacy. From master biographer William Mancheste r, "The Last Lion: Visions of Glory "reveals the first fifty-eight years of the life of an adventurer, aristocrat, soldier, and statesman whose courageous leadership guided the destiny of his darkly troubled times--and who is remembered as one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century." "Praise for "The Last Lion: Visions of Glory" "Absolutely magnificent . . . a delight to read . . . one of those books you devour line by line and word by word and finally hate to see end."--Russell Baker "Bedazzling."--"Newsweek" "Manchester has read further, thought harder, and told with considerable verve what is mesmerizing in [Churchill's] drama. . . . One cannot do better than this book.""--The Philadelphia Inquirer"" " "An altogether absorbing popular biography . . . The heroic Churchill is in these pages, but so is the little boy writing forlorn letters to the father who all but ignored him."--"People" "Superb . . . [Manchester] pulls together the multitudinous facets of one of the richest lives ever to be chronicled. . . . Churchill and Manchester were clearly made for each other."--"Chicago Tribune"" " "A vivid, thoroughly detailed biography of the Winston Churchill nobody knows."--"Boston Herald"" " "Adds a grand dimension . . . rich in historical and social contexts.""--Time" ...Show more

Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy - A Biography by John Maxwell O'Brien

$30.00 NZD

$64.99 (53% off)

Category: Biographies

Alexander and Dionysus:The Invisible Enemy differs from other biographies of Alexander in its assessment of the role of alcohol in his life. O'Brien uses the figure of Dionysus as a symbol of the destructive effects of alchohol on Alexander's psyche. The deity serves as an agent through whom a cluster o f ambivalent considerations is explored: the heroic and the Dionysiac, the rational and the irrational, male and female, sanity and madness. Alexander's story unfolds as a tragedy in the Aristotelian sense of the word. Alexander is treated from birth to death as a total personality. His culture, his gods, his parents, his aspirations, his exploits, his fears, his insecurities, his sexuality, his drinking, and the psychology of alcoholism are examined from an interdisciplinary perspective. The book utilises recent discoveries in archaeology and incorporates new interpretations from anthropology, psychology, mythology, philosphy and literature. The historical context provides a structure for these diverese insights. Key passages in the narratvie are illuminated by telling quotations from Homer and Euripides, the authors known to have constituted Alexander's favourite reading. ...Show more

Freyberg's War by Matthew Wright

$20.00 NZD

$35.00 (42% off)

Category: Biographies

The Man, the Legend and Reality Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg was head of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the Second World War. He was admired for his easy manner with his soldiers and subsequently became a national hero. He was also appointed governor-general of New Zealand after the war. Freyberg ...Show more

Samuel Pepys : The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin

$10.00 NZD

Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good

Samuel Pepys achieved fame as a naval administrator, a friend and colleague of the powerful and learned, a figure of substance. But for nearly ten years he kept a private diary in which he recorded, with unparalleled openness and sensitivity to the turbulent world around him, exactly what it was like to be a young man in Restoration London. This diary lies at the heart of Claire Tomalin's biography. Yet the use she makes of it - and of other hitherto unexamined material - is startlingly fresh and original. Within and beyond the narrative of Pepys's extraordinary career, she explores his inner life - his relations with women, his fears and ambitions, his political shifts, his agonies and his delights. ...Show more

Tribes with Flags["A Journey Curtailed"] by Charles Glass

$10.00 NZD

Category: Biographies | Series: Picador Bks.

Charles Glass began work on a book chronicling the land and culture of the Levant in 1987. This book is the result, tracing Glass' journey from Southern Turkey around the bay of Alexandretta through Syria, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon. It also includes an account of his kidnap experience in Beirut.

It Doesn't Take a HeroGeneral H. Norman Schwarzkopf: The Autobiography by H. Norman Schwarzkopf; Peter Petre

$15.00 NZD

Category: Biographies

"In this candid, eagerly awaited autobiography General H. Norman Schwarzkopf reveals the story of his remarkable life and career. Here is the story of his boyhood years during World War II and a unique adolescence spent in the Middle East and Europe that would later prove invaluable to his understanding of the Gulf. Here, too, is a frank account of the West Point graduate's early disillusionment with the "real" Army - a disappointment that nearly prompted him to leave the military." "General Schwarzkopf speaks openly about his two tours of duty in Vietnam. He recounts the "dark years" that followed, and his own role in the struggle to reform the military." "For the first time ever General Schwarzkopf provides his personal, behind-the-scenes account of Desert Shield/Desert Storm, including candid portraits of such major figures as Colin Powell, Richard Cheney and President George Bush. From the general's unique perspective we experience firsthand the complexities of coordinating the campaign in a country deeply suspicious of foreigners; of maintaining strategic secrecy during America's first internationally televised war; and of ensuring that this war would not be another Vietnam." "Thoughtful and provocative, It Doesn't Take a Hero is an intensely personal portrait of an American life, the triumphant journey of a soldier who set his star by a simple but timeless motto: duty, honor, and country."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved ...Show more

Straight and Level - The Autobiography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Kenneth "Bing" Cross, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC, 1911-1945 by Kenneth Cross

$20.00 NZD

Category: Biographies

The author was commissioned in the RAF in 1930, and during the course of his career he was director of six departments at the Air Ministry, five of which were in the operational field. This autobiography covers his exploits and experiences in World War II.

The Last Lion: Alone: Winston Spencer Churchill by William Manchester

$10.00 NZD

Category: Biographies

In this powerful biography, the middle volume of William Manchester's critically acclaimed trilogy, Winston Churchill wages his defining campaign: not against Hitler's war machine but against his own reluctant countrymen. Manchester contends that even more than his leadership in combat, Churchill's fine st hour was the uphill battle against appeasement. As Parliament received with jeers and scorn his warnings against the growing Nazi threat, Churchill stood alone--only to be vindicated by history as a beacon of hope amid the gathering storm. Praise for "The Last Lion: Alone" "Manchester has such control over a huge and moving narrative, such illumination of character . . . that he can claim the considerable achievement of having assembled enough powerful evidence to support Isaiah Berlin's judgment of Churchill as 'the largest human being of our time.'"--"The New Yorker"" " "Memorable."--"San Francisco Chronicle" "Stirring . . . As Manchester points out several times, it's as if the age, having produced a Hitler, then summoned Churchill as the only figure equal to the task of vanquishing him. The years "Alone "are the pivotal years of Churchill's career."--"The Boston Sunday Globe"" " "The best Churchill biography [for] this generation . . . Even readers who know the basic story will find much that is new."--"Newsweek" "A triumph . . . equal in stature to the first volume of the series."--"Newsday"" " "Vivid . . . history in the grand manner.""--The Washington Post" "Compelling reading."--"The Times" (London) ...Show more