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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 ...Show more
Bill Gentry's War, 1939-1945 - Letters by Bill Gentry; Sally Mathieson
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
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 ...Show more
A Fighting Withdrawal: Life of Dan Davin - Writer, Soldier, Publisher by Keith Ovenden
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
Ovenden draws on public and private papers to paint a compelling portrait of Dan Davin, OUP's Academic Publisher. He charts one man's growth against the background of war and the literary-intellectual milieu of post-war London and Oxford. A New Zealander, Davin originally came to Oxford as a Rhodes Scho ...Show more
Wine, Women and Song - a SpitfirePilot's Story: Doug Brown's letters
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
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.
That Others May Live: The True Story of a Pj, a Member of America's Most Daring Rescue Force by Jack Brehm, Sgt
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
The remarkable true story of the military's most elite corp, the para-rescue jumpers (PJs), as told by a 20-year veteran still on active duty. 8-page photo insert.
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 ...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.