Collection: Large Print Adult Non Fiction Paperback

Based on the author's own experiences, this is the fascinating story of one young nurse who enters training in 1952 and eventually progresses to become ward sister.

Having spent over 20 years working in Thirsk, literally following in the footsteps of Herriot, Julian could not believe that this famous and historic practice, of which he was part, would be sold to become part of a huge chain of small animal vets. Incredulous at the prospect, but impotent to sto...

It began with an accidental daytrip to an intriguingly awful resort on the Thames Estuary and ended 3,812 miles later. This is one man's journey through deep-fried, brownfield, poundshop Britain, a crash course in urban blight, deranged civic planning and commercial eccentricity.

'Young Elizabeth' explores the sheltered upbringing of the young princess, with a gentle father and domineering mother, her complicated relationship with her sister, Princess Margaret, and her dependence on her nanny, Marion Crawfie Crawford.

'Young Henry' provides readers with a unique and compelling vision of the splendours and tragedies of the court of Henry VIII.

In 'Young Prince Philip', Philip Eade recounts the prince's extraordinary upbringing in Greece, France, Nazi Germany and Britain, where he inhabited a strikingly colourful milieu yet was beset by continual turbulence and a succession of family tragedies.

Oflag VI-B, Warburg, Germany: On the night of 30 August 1942 - 'Zero Night' - 40 officers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa staged the most audacious mass escape of the Second World War. It was the first 'Great Escape' - but instead of tunnelling, the escapers boldly went over...

In February 2003 60 elite operators from the SBS, with SAS and Delta Force embeds, were sent 1000km behind enemy lines to take the surrender of a 120,000-strong Iraqi army in a mission that seemed lunatic from the start. This is the untold true story of the most desperate battle fought by British...

When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it. This text recreates the life of the 'zookeeper's wife', describing how she kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants.