Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23614 books were found.

Life and times of Frederick Douglass

Life and times of Frederick Douglass

Author: Frederick Douglass
ISBN: 9789353706104
Format: Paperback
$40.18

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1882 Original Publisher: Park publishing Subjects:...  Read More >>

Outside in: A Political Memoir

Outside in: A Political Memoir

Author: Libby Davies
ISBN: 9781771134453
Format: Paperback
$38.68

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This All-at-Onceness

This All-at-Onceness

Author: Julie Wittes Schlack
ISBN: 9781947548510
Format: Paperback
$29.99

In This All-at-Onceness , Julie Wittes Schlack takes us on her vivid, personal journey through the political and...  Read More >>

Quartered Safe Out Here

Quartered Safe Out Here

Author: George MacDonald Fraser
ISBN: 9780008334581
Format: Paperback
$19.99

‘There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War’...  Read More >>

Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Documentary Portrait of an Early Civil Rights Pioneer, 1900–1959

Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Documentary Portrait of an...

Author: Nannie Helen Burroughs ,  Kelisha B. Graves
ISBN: 9780268105532
Format: Hardback
$264.00

This collection of works by Burroughs illuminates her views on religion, society, black womanhood, and social justice...  Read More >>

Out of the Shadow of 9/11: An Inspiring Tale of Escape and Transformation

Out of the Shadow of 9/11: An Inspiring Tale of Escape...

Author: Christina Ray Stanton
ISBN: 9781733745208
Format: Paperback
$23.26

Out of the Shadow of 9/11 is a little-told story of the collateral damage of September 11. As a veteran tour guide...  Read More >>

Promised: A Sixth Sense to Survive

Promised: A Sixth Sense to Survive

Author: Midget Cooper
ISBN: 9781545665015
Format: Paperback
$39.57

PROMISED is a nonfiction, engaging, four-book series by Midget Cooper telling the story of a premature baby born...  Read More >>

The Court Journals and Letters of Frances Burney: Volume VI: 1790-91

The Court Journals and Letters of Frances Burney: Volume...

Author: Nancy E. Johnson (State University of New York at New Paltz)
ISBN: 9780199262526
Format: Hardback
$307.00

This volume is the last of six that present in their entirety the novelist Frances Burney's journals and letters...  Read More >>

When this Mask of Flesh is Broken: The Story of an American Protestant Family

When this Mask of Flesh is Broken: The Story of an American...

Author: David A Hollinger
ISBN: 9781977211149
Format: Paperback
$25.75

"In 1921 a Pennsylvania preacher hauled his four teen-agers from a prosperous Pennsylvania farm to a bleak and arid...  Read More >>

On the Go: Tales from a Trauma Flight Nurse

On the Go: Tales from a Trauma Flight Nurse

Author: Greg McCaffrey Micn Micp, RN
ISBN: 9781644627921
Format: Paperback
$64.56

"After forty-one years of emergency services, the former flight nurse / paramedic recalls some of the most challenging,...  Read More >>

Nino and Me: An Intimate Portrait of Scalia's Last Years

Nino and Me: An Intimate Portrait of Scalia's Last Years...

Author: Bryan A. Garner
ISBN: 9781501181511
Format: Paperback
$30.99

From legal expert and veteran author Bryan Garner comes a unique, intimate, and compelling memoir of his friendship...  Read More >>

That's Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate and Public Life

That's Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate...

Author: Rufus L. Edmisten
ISBN: 9781476677972
Format: Paperback
$50.60

Written with humour and candour, Rufus Edmisten’s memoir recalls the cultural contrasts of American life in the...  Read More >>

Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence

Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence...

Author: James R. Clapper ,  Trey Brown
ISBN: 9780525558668
Format: Paperback
$29.99

The former Director of National Intelligence speaks out.  Read More >>

The Memoirs of Wendell W. Young III: A Life in Philadelphia Labor and Politics

The Memoirs of Wendell W. Young III: A Life in Philadelphia...

Author: Wendell W. Young III ,  Francis Ryan
ISBN: 9781439918623
Format: Hardback
$92.27

Philadelphia native Wendell W. Young III was one of the most important American labor leaders in the last half of...  Read More >>

SERVICE in COMBAT, COURT, and HOME

SERVICE in COMBAT, COURT, and HOME

Author: Bill Giallourakis
ISBN: 9781644245279
Format: Paperback
$67.15

"This book tells the intense story about the molding of a young Hellenic-American who was swept up by the times...  Read More >>

On the Go: Tales from a Trauma Flight Nurse

On the Go: Tales from a Trauma Flight Nurse

Author: Greg McCaffrey Micn Micp, RN
ISBN: 9781644627945
Format: Hardback
$82.67

"After forty-one years of emergency services, the former flight nurse / paramedic recalls some of the most challenging,...  Read More >>

Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

Author: William H. McRaven
ISBN: 9781538729748
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Following the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, which has sold over one million copies,...  Read More >>

Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes.

Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes....

Author: Geraint Jones
ISBN: 9781529000412
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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

For The People

For The People

Author: Anelia Schutte
ISBN: 9780263277463
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A small town’s struggle for freedom against apartheid  Read More >>

Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes.

Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes....

Author: Geraint Jones
ISBN: 9781529000405
Format: Hardback
$39.99

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

From Estate to  Embassy: Memories of an ambassador

From Estate to Embassy: Memories of an ambassador

Author: K. Kesavapany ,  Anitha Devi Pillai
ISBN: 9789814841504
Format: Paperback
$38.79

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Narrative of William W. Brown: A Fugitive Slave

Narrative of William W. Brown: A Fugitive Slave

Author: William W. Brown
ISBN: 9781788883917
Format: Paperback
$18.09

Even a name by which to be known among men, slavery had denied me. A standout among slave testimonies, the Narrative...  Read More >>

Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Author: Thomas De Quincey
ISBN: 9781788884327
Format: Paperback
$18.09

Offers an account of the pleasures and pains of worshipping at the 'Church of Opium'. This autobiography of addiction...  Read More >>

South!

South!

Author: Ernest Shackleton
ISBN: 9781788884013
Format: Paperback
$18.09

We had seen God in His splendours, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man. In...  Read More >>

Naples '44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth

Naples '44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth...

Author: Norman Lewis ,  Nicholas Boulton
ISBN: 9781982658700
Format: Audio
$131.97

Naples '44 is an unflinching autobiographical account of a year in Naples after the armistice and Allied landings...  Read More >>

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