Autobiography: historical, political & military books

Time was meaningless. Death was waiting. Anything touching ground zero that showed the barbarous revenge of the...  Read More >>

Safa Hamed learned from a young age how to overcome adversity - with humor and passion. She shares her Palestinian...  Read More >>

I was born just before World War II began, and I am very surprised now that I am much older how much the world has...  Read More >>

Roosevelt was a sickly child with debilitating asthma, but he overcame his health problems by embracing a strenuous...  Read More >>

Edited with introduction and notes by Charles W Eliot and with Appendix including 'The Electrical Kite'  Read More >>

Edited with introduction and notes by Charles W Eliot and with Appendix including 'The Electrical Kite'  Read More >>

Edited with introduction and notes by Charles W Eliot and with Appendix including 'The Electrical Kite'  Read More >>

Edited with introduction and notes by Charles W Eliot and with Appendix including 'The Electrical Kite'  Read More >>

Edited with introduction and notes by Charles W Eliot and with Appendix including 'The Electrical Kite'  Read More >>

Edited with introduction and notes by Charles W Eliot and with Appendix including 'The Electrical Kite'  Read More >>

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative. It is an expansion of Douglass' first autobiography,...  Read More >>

Eve Searle has led a life filled at different times with danger, adventure, fun, and a zest for living.  Read More >>

This collection of diaries chronicles the lives of three women at court during the Heian era. The women detail their...  Read More >>

When Norm Rice was elected mayor of Seattle, it was the most divisive, polarized time in the city's history. African...  Read More >>

The reality of war laid bare in this funny, furious and moving account of one man's tour of Helmand.  Read More >>

April 7, 1944 - This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded...  Read More >>

First Person Accounts by One of America’s Most Decorated and Fascinating War Heroes.  Read More >>

First Person Accounts by One of America’s Most Decorated and Fascinating War Heroes.  Read More >>

First Person Accounts by One of America’s Most Decorated and Fascinating War Heroes.  Read More >>

The true story of one British child's journey from Nazi-occupied Guernsey to a German prison camp.  Read More >>

Someone should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies there, give them messages of support from back home,...  Read More >>

They Were Soldiers showcases the inspiring true stories of 49 Vietnam veterans who returned home from the 'lost...  Read More >>

This reverently discovered memoir by Paul Froelich makes an important new contribution to the study of German Communism...  Read More >>

This book was written by a middle class, construction worker, welder, mechanic, ranch hand, cowboy, educator, former...  Read More >>

"""Song for My Baby and Other Stories"" is best described as a work with great variety. What begins with the sudden...  Read More >>