Biography: historical, political and military

An irreverent look at Presidential foibles, follies, fibs, and moral failuresWere past presidents smarter, more honest, and better behaved that those we elect today?

Kenneth ODonnell was JFKs Chief of Staff, among the group known as Kennedys Irish Mafia.

In 1918, as the First World War ravaged the European continent, young American journalist Lowell Thomas traveled to the Ottoman Empire to report on the revolts breaking out as an indirect result of the savage European conflict.

There were two kinds of pilots involved in the action during the Second World War: those who took the lead, and the others who went along for the ride.

Lies, murder, and a legendary courtroom battle threaten to tear apart the Territory of Hawaii.

During the California gold rush, 300,000 prospectors flocked to California in the hopes of making it rich.

George Frederick Ruxton was an explorer and adventurer extraordinaire.

The epic story of how one man shaped events, people, and himself to forever change a country.

A riveting memoir of the first Israeli-born Jewish American to be sent as a Peace Corps volunteer to a closed Arab society.

An adventure tale, historical memoir, and hunting journal in a single, enthralling narrative.

When a young woman from Ohio seeks escape from her abusive childhood and a young man from Florida runs away from his dysfunctional home, they find themselves standing on the bloodsoaked soil of Vietnam, in the middle of a war, working side by side to save lives.

In Kremlin Winter, Robert Service, acclaimed biographer of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky and one of the finest historians of modern Russia, brings his deep understanding of that country to bear on the man who leads it.

'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.

An entrancing travelogue from celebrated writer, Jonathan Raban.

A rare, intimate account of a world-renowned Buddhist monk's near-death experience and the life-changing wisdom he gained from it.

When Anthony Blunt died in 1983, he was a man about whom almost anything could be - and was - said.

The international bestseller.

A moving true story of of a young girl escaping hardship and coming of age in the Second World War.

'If you are susceptible to Miss Marple and Harriet Vane you must read The Adventures of Maud West.

The explosive memoir from ex-MI5 surveillance officer Tom Marcus, I Spy takes you on a non-stop, adenalin-fuelled ride as he hunts down those who would do our country harm.

A special edition of The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary.

The devastating effect of Prince Albert's death on Queen Victoria is the stuff of legend, and in this fascinating biography Robert Rhodes James reveals the extraordinary man who inspired her devotion.

Modern Library's 100th best non-fiction book of all time, and John F.

'That word, "e;vacation,"e; makes me sweat.

For Felicity, growing up with her unmarried mother and grandparents in a tiny bungalow in Scarborough, life could be frightening and confusing.

'Alive with human detail and acute political judgement, this book marks the arrival of a formidably gifted historian.

A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram by David M.

The Sahara Desert, February 1962: the wreckage of a plane emerges from the sands revealing, too, the body of the plane's long-dead pilot.

From the team of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, bestselling authors of the blockbuster Killing series, now comes Killing Reagan.

The incredible true survival story of fisherman Salvador Alvarenga - and his record-breaking fourteen months lost at sea.

This book tells the story of the turbulent decades when the book publishing industry collided with the great technological revolution of our time.

These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing.

James Raven, a leading historian of the book, offers a fresh and accessible guide to the global study of the production, dissemination and reception of written and printed texts across all societies and in all ages.

This book by one of Italy's oldest and wisest intellectuals is a philosophical and personal meditation on ageing.

Timed to coincide with the release of Walter Isaacson's latest biography on the famous painter and inventor, as well as the latest thriller in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code series, this book includes 101 in-depth facts about Leonardo Da Vinci.

';Like taking a tour of the White House with a gifted storyteller at your side!

It's beenfifty years since JFKs assassination and nearly twenty since Ronald Reagan disappeared from public life.

From a veteran air-refueling expert who flew missions for over two decades during the Cold War, Gulf War, and Iraq War comes a thrilling eyewitness account of modern warfare, with inspirational stories and crucial lessons for people on the battlefield, in boardrooms, and in their everyday lives.

From legal expert and veteran author Bryan Garner comes a unique, intimate, and compelling memoir of his friendship with the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

The first comprehensive biography of Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee and the youngest Supreme Court justice at the time of confirmation in twenty-five years.

New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist, Nina Burleigh, explores Donald Trump's attitudes toward women by providing in-depth analysis and background on the women who have had the most profound influence on his lifethe mother and grandmother who raised him, the wives who lived with him, and the daughter who is poised to inherit it all.

Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Susan E.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ';History matters to McCain, and for him America is and was about its promise.

From one of America's smartest political writers comes a ';captivating and comprehensive journey' (#1 New York Times bestselling author David Limbaugh) of the United States' unique and enduring relationship with guns.

';Exhaustively researched and remarkably evenhanded.

From the Pulitzer Prizewinning coauthor of American Prometheusthis biography of the Bundy Brothers inspired the Academy Awardwinning film Oppenheimer.

In this moving collection of first-person accounts, the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces take us inside life in the military and share their personal stories of courage, perseverance, and sacrifice.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena's Children comes a ';vivid, compelling, and unputdownablebiography' (Christopher Andersen, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamiltontrailblazing philanthropist, devoted wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and a powerful, unsung hero in America's founding story.

In an inspiring story of valor and the making of a hero, Florent Grobergwho grew up in France and emigrated to the USbecomes the first immigrant in forty years to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after he tackled a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

A Washington Post Notable Book The definitive biography of the fiercely vigilant and politically astute First Lady who shaped one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century: Nancy Reagan.