Autobiography: historical, political & military books

Excerpt from Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes Every preface is, I imagine, written after...  Read More >>

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In 1967, Jim Purtell left his small Midwestern town to join the US Army. He did so at a time when the country was...  Read More >>

In 1967, Jim Purtell left his small Midwestern town to join the US Army. He did so at a time when the country was...  Read More >>

City Boys at War considers a campaign of just eleven months, from September 1939 to July 1940, viewed at the micro...  Read More >>

One man's view into life in the 60s... The 1940s and 50s birthed many new things - including Ray Donahey, a boy...  Read More >>

An inspiring and powerful memoir of surviving the Jonestown massacre and becoming a fearless voice against injustice...  Read More >>

In an inspiring story of valor and the making of a hero, Florent Groberg—who grew up in France and emigrated to...  Read More >>

Regarded as one of the greatest Presidents of The United States, Theodore Roosevelt led a full and vibrant life...  Read More >>

John David Dingell, the longest serving United States' Congressman in history, and one of the House's most powerful...  Read More >>

Regarded as one of the greatest Presidents of The United States, Theodore Roosevelt led a full and vibrant life...  Read More >>

The author (born in February 1935) and his parents fled Nazi Germany in 1939, after his father had been incarcerated...  Read More >>

""Oprah's Book Club 2018 selection""--Jacket.  Read More >>

In addition to select experiences from the author's life, Lacy and Oliver cites events in the lives of maternal...  Read More >>

A candid and compelling memoir about race and poverty in America from Castro, the keynote speaker at the 2012 DNC,...  Read More >>

Julian Castro, 2020 Presidential candidate, keynote speaker at the 2012 DNC, and former San Antonio mayor and Secretary...  Read More >>

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'It helped to bring down an empire. Its importance can hardly be exaggerated' Doris Lessing, Sunday Telegraph '...  Read More >>

Sybil Morial's autobiography traces her childhood in New Orleans, activism during the Civil Rights Movement, and...  Read More >>

The letters include tragedies of Dickensian nature and scale, but unlike Charles Dickens's tales, they're not fiction....  Read More >>

"Over the years I've always appeared to be a little out of step with the conventional wisdom coming from our political...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Goh Chok Tong was an improbable Prime Minister for an unlikely country. He had neither the connections nor the cunning...  Read More >>

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Goh Chok Tong was an improbable Prime Minister for an unlikely country. He had neither the connections nor the cunning...  Read More >>