Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23614 books were found.

Catherine the Great: Selected Letters

Catherine the Great: Selected Letters

Author: Catherine The Great ,  Andrew Kahn (Professor of Russian Literature, Fellow and Tutor, St Edmund Hall, Oxford)
ISBN: 9780198736462
Format: Paperback
$31.95

Catherine the Great ruled Russian from 1762 until her death in 1796. Her letters provide an intimate history of...  Read More >>

The Hurricane Girls: The inspirational true story of the women who dared to fly

The Hurricane Girls: The inspirational true story of...

Author: Jo Wheeler
ISBN: 9780241354636
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The extraordinary true story of the last surviving 'Attagirls' who flew planes from factories to the front line...  Read More >>

Dubliners

Dubliners

Author: James Joyce
ISBN: 9781726062855
Format: Paperback
$26.40

Dubliners is arguably the best-known and most influential collection of short stories written in English, and has...  Read More >>

Despatch Rider on the Western Front 1915-18: The Diary of Sergeant Albert Simpkin MM

Despatch Rider on the Western Front 1915-18: The Diary...

Author: David Venner
ISBN: 9781526748454
Format: Paperback
$33.61

A Great War soldiers diary of unusual scope and exceptional interest.  Read More >>

Ninety-Year-Old Vet's Journey Through Life

Ninety-Year-Old Vet's Journey Through Life

Author: Al Monroe
ISBN: 9781478761525
Format: Paperback
$33.51

For many years now, I have wanted to write about my life, and especially about some of the people in my life. I'm...  Read More >>

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte

Author: John S C Abbott
ISBN: 9781725903548
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Napoleon, finding his proffers of peace rejected by England with contumely and scorn, and declined by Austria, now...  Read More >>

The Briefing

The Briefing

Author: Sean Spicer
ISBN: 9781785903809
Format: Hardback
$39.99

As a key player during the election campaign and transition, and Donald Trump's press secretary for the first seven...  Read More >>

Out of Step: A Memoir

Out of Step: A Memoir

Author: Anthony Moll
ISBN: 9780814254820
Format: Paperback
$50.03

A queer coming-of-age-story set against the backdrop of the U.S. military during the ""Don't Ask, Don't Tell"" era....  Read More >>

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

Author: John Muir
ISBN: 9781724277640
Format: Paperback
$15.81

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is a stirring autobiography by the great American naturalist, John Muir.  Read More >>

Captain Cooks Journal During His First Voyage Round the World

Captain Cooks Journal During His First Voyage Round...

Author: Cook
ISBN: 9781725107724
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Captain Cooks Journal During His First Voyage Round the World By James Cook, 1893 Strange it must appear that the...  Read More >>

Dubliners

Dubliners

Author: James Joyce
ISBN: 9781725503038
Format: Paperback
$29.01

A collection of stories that range from a child grappling with the death of a fallen priest, to a young woman's...  Read More >>

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, Vol. 1 (Classic...

Author: William T Sherman
ISBN: 9780332855448
Format: Hardback
$108.06

Excerpt from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, Vol. 1 A further and far-reaching change arose in the nineteenth...  Read More >>

I Survived Swiss Boarding Schools: All That Glitters Is Not Gold

I Survived Swiss Boarding Schools: All That Glitters...

Author: Richard Rene Silvin
ISBN: 9781724780393
Format: Paperback
$105.47

"In an era when the world seems to focus on flamboyant superstars, this must-read story reintroduces us to an unusual...  Read More >>

Captain Cooks Journal During His First Voyage Round the World

Captain Cooks Journal During His First Voyage Round...

Author: Cook
ISBN: 9781724946645
Format: Paperback
$42.21

Captain Cooks Journal During His First Voyage Round the World by James Cook Captain Cooks Journal During His First...  Read More >>

Twenty Years at Hull House: Large Print

Twenty Years at Hull House: Large Print

Author: Jane Addams
ISBN: 9781725019911
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Twenty Years at Hull House Jane Addams If the reader should inquire why the book was ever undertaken in the face...  Read More >>

Small Moccasin Tracks: Memories of an Alaskan Mountain Family

Small Moccasin Tracks: Memories of an Alaskan Mountain...

Author: Hilda Luster-Lindner
ISBN: 9780999260524
Format: Paperback
$52.77

The first memoir from Hilda Luster-Lindner on growing up in Alaska during Territorial Days.  Read More >>

Witnessing the Holocaust: Six Literary Testimonies

Witnessing the Holocaust: Six Literary Testimonies

Author: Professor Emerita Judith M. Hughes (University of California San Diego, USA)
ISBN: 9781350058576
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Witnessing the Holocaust presents the autobiographical writings, including diaries and autobiographical fiction,...  Read More >>

Terrorist Hunter

Terrorist Hunter

Author: Tamer Elnoury ,  Kevin Maurer
ISBN: 9780552174923
Format: Paperback
$27.99

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The gripping true story of the undercover agent risking his life to fight terrorism...  Read More >>

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American...

Author: Frederick Douglass
ISBN: 9781725048829
Format: Paperback
$15.81

Douglass escaped slavery in 1838 and became a tireless campaigner for abolitionism. This autobiography lays bare...  Read More >>

Witnessing the Holocaust: Six Literary Testimonies

Witnessing the Holocaust: Six Literary Testimonies

Author: Professor Emerita Judith M. Hughes (University of California San Diego, USA)
ISBN: 9781350058583
Format: Hardback
$130.00

Witnessing the Holocaust presents the autobiographical writings, including diaries and autobiographical fiction,...  Read More >>

By the Tale of the Dragonfly

By the Tale of the Dragonfly

Author: Vincent Hancock
ISBN: 9781546294931
Format: Paperback
$41.27

This book is a true-to-life genre based on four journals of my late father who was born to a poor mining family...  Read More >>

Youth Interrupted

Youth Interrupted

Author: Karl Lindquist
ISBN: 9781722119119
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Karl Lindquist's memoir begins with his childhood on Nantucket Island, back when it was still a salty seaport. He...  Read More >>

The Furrow Behind Me

The Furrow Behind Me

Author: Angus MacLellan ,  John Lorne Campbell
ISBN: 9781912476206
Format: Paperback
$36.83

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All My Mother's Secrets: A Powerful True Story of Love, Loss and a Family Torn Apart

All My Mother's Secrets: A Powerful True Story of Love,...

Author: Beezy Marsh
ISBN: 9781529002782
Format: Paperback
$20.67

From top ten bestselling author of Keeping My Sisters' Secrets comes a moving, evocative true story about Beezy...  Read More >>

Confessions of a Maverick MP

Confessions of a Maverick MP

Author: Austin Mitchell
ISBN: 9781785904011
Format: Hardback
$24.99

Austin Mitchell is a politicalmaverick. For thirty-eight years he was a fly in the parliamentary ointment, arecurring...  Read More >>

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