On the occasion of the APS-DPP 50th Anniversary, the DPP commissioned Curt Suplee to write "The Plasma Universe". The book describes through text and images the important developments of the field of plasma physics during the past 50 years, including biographical information on some of the key contributors to that development.  The book is catalogued at:

http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521519274