Biography: historical, political and military

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.

This definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography delivers "e;a Lincoln whom no other man .

This collection of WWI sketches of the Fifth Marine Regiment is "e;forthright, unsparing, deeply felt but unsentimental, and reads like a house afire"e; (The Wall Street Journal).

The biography of Alfred the Great, the ninth-century king who fended off the Vikings and converted their leader to Christianity.

Volume Two of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer's famous travelogue, recounting his historic journeys through Asia and his encounters with Kublai Khan.

Volume One of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer's famous travelogue, recounting his historic journeys through Asia and his encounters with Kublai Khan.

This edition of Darwin's life story restores previously censored passages on religion and the scientist's opinions of his contemporaries.

A "e;very dramatic [and] compelling"e; World War II story of murder, mutiny, and a military cover-up, from the author of The Phoenix Program (The New York Times).

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's dramatic biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US president during the Depression and WWII.

Three classic accounts of WWII from a reporter who "e;shaped America's understanding of the war, and influenced every account that came after"e; (Mark Bowden).

From slavery to liberation to life as an abolitionist, feminist, orator, and preacher-the autobiography of a woman who refused to be anything but free.

The rise of Civil War general John Bell Hood, his command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, and the decisions that led to its downfall.

A veteran RAF fighter pilot reflects on his service in the sky during the Cold War, the Gulf War, and more in this exciting memoir.

The classic memoir of one of the Progressive Era's most important reformers and social activists.

The firsthand account of the life of adventurer, scholar, war hero, and twenty-sixth president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.

With a new preface: An "e;irreverent [and] entertaining"e; portrait of JFK, the Camelot mystique, and the politics of charisma (The Christian Science Monitor).

With a new preface: A "e;stunning"e; analysis of the troubled Republican president by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg (The New York Times Book Review).

New York Times Bestseller: A "e;remarkable and evenhanded study of Ronald Reagan"e; from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg (The New York Times).

#1 New York Times Bestseller: A "e;superb"e; eyewitness account of one of the bloodiest and most pivotal battles of World War II (Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down).

From the bestselling author of Guadalcanal Diary: The thrilling true story of the future president's astonishing act of heroism during World War II.

A dramatic and richly detailed chronicle of the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy from one of America's greatest war correspondents.

A biography of the two gifted Civil War commanders from a New York Times-bestselling author: "e;A great story .

The poignant true story of an American president struck by tragedy at the height of his glory.

Three meticulously researched works-including Pulitzer Prize winner Bearing the Cross-spanning the life of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.