After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family 1968 to the Present by J. Randy Taraborrelli
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
For more than half a century, Americans have been captivated by the Kennedys - their joy and heartbreak, tragedy and triumph, the dark side and the remarkable achievements. In this ambitious and sweeping account, Taraborelli continues the family chronicle begun with his bestselling Jackie, Ethel, Joan a ...Show more
The Devil's Doctor - Felix Kersten and the Secret Plot to Turn Himmler Against Hitler by A. R. Waller; John H. Waller
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
The Devil′s Doctor The true story of one man s courageous fight against unspeakable evil In May 1940, as Nazi panzers overran the Netherlands, Felix Kersten received a summons he dared not refuse. A successful and prosperous physical therapist who had ministered to the Dutch royal family, Kersten was ...Show more
Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves by Henry Wiencek
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Is there anything new to say about Thomas Jefferson and slavery? The answer is a resounding yes. Henry Wiencek's eloquent, persuasive book--based on new information coming from archaeological work at Monticello and on hitherto overlooked or disregarded evidence in Jefferson's papers--opens up a huge, po ...Show more
The Hitler of History by John Lukacs
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
"A valuable service . . . serious, entertaining, provocative and distinctive." --Cleveland Plain Dealer In the fifty years since his suicide amid the ruins of Berlin, Adolf Hitler has been the subject of more biographies than any comparable figure of our time--and at the center of a crucial historic ...Show more
Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace by Avi Shlaim
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
For most of his long reign (1953-1999) Hussein of Jordan was one of the dominant figures in Middle Eastern politics, its most continuous presence, and one of the most consistent proponents of peace with Israel. This is the first major account of his life and reign, written with access to many of his sur ...Show more
Peninsula of Lies A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love by Edward Ball
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
A Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil style tale of sexual duplicity and scandal that sweeps from Sissinghurst Castle in Kent to Charleston, South Carolina. The life of Gordon Langley Hall was full of mystery and riddled with rumour and scandal. The illegitimate son of two servants at Sissingh ...Show more
To Father: The Letters of Sister Maria Celeste to Galileo, 1623-1633 by Dava Sobel
$14.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Translated and annotataed by Dava Sobel,author of Longitude & Galileo's Daughter.Galileo's daughter was her father's greatest source of strength during his most difficult years.Now readers can follow their story in her own words.From a social perspective,here is a haunting glimpse into the mind of a ...Show more
Galileo's Daughter: A Drama of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was the foremost scientist of his day, 'the father of modern physics - indeed of mo ...Show more
Lloyd George - The Young Lloyd George by John Grigg
$8.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
John Grigg's four volume life of Lloyd George is one of the great political biographies. Volume 1, The Young Lloyd George, covers the years from his birth in 1863 to the end of the Boer War in 1902. John Grigg describes the future Prime Minister's emergence as a local solicitor and politician and his fi ...Show more
Shadow Life: A Portrait of Anne Frank and her Family by Barry Denenberg
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Shadow Life Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Illuminates the story of Anne Frank and the world in which she and her family lived. After outlining the facts surrounding WWII and the Holocaust, the author follows the Franks from Frankfurt to Amsterdam where they hoped to resume a normal life, but instead were forced into hiding.
An Obsession with Anne Frank - Meyer Levin and the "Diary" by Lawrence Graver
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Centennial Bks. | Reading Level: very good
Anne Frank's Diary has been acclaimed throughout the world as an indelible portrait of a gifted girl and as a remarkable document of the Holocaust. For Meyer Levin, the respected writer who helped bring the Diary to an American audience, the Jewish girl's moving story became a thirty-year obsession that ...Show more
D. N. Dunlop - A Man of Our Time by T. H. Meyer;
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: near fine
D. N. Dunlop (1868-1935) combined remarkable practical and organizational abilities in industry and commerce along with the gifts of spiritual and esoteric capacities. A personal friend of W. B. Yeats and Rudolf Steiner, Dunlop was responsible for establishing the World Power Conference (today the World ...Show more