Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23614 books were found.

The Black Scorpions: Serving with the 64th Fighter Squadron in World War II

The Black Scorpions: Serving with the 64th Fighter Squadron...

Author: James A Lynch ,  Gregory Lynch Jr
ISBN: 9781636243061
Format: Hardback
$95.00

The Black Scorpions – 64th Fighter Squadron – chased the Afrika Corps across the top of Africa before disrupting...  Read More >>

The Wealthy Loser: Caught Between Heaven and Hell

The Wealthy Loser: Caught Between Heaven and Hell

Author: Joey Ter-Mitchell ,  Pat Bermel
ISBN: 9781039155695
Format: Hardback
$92.37

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A Penny Always Has Two Sides: A Memoir of Growing Up in Wartime Germany

A Penny Always Has Two Sides: A Memoir of Growing Up...

Author: Steffie Steinke
ISBN: 9781039181335
Format: Paperback
$52.77

Steffie Steinke, born in Berlin in 1936, writes about the enduring love she had for her foster mother and the everlasting...  Read More >>

Not White Enough: How Victorian Racism Contributed to the Destruction of a Photographic Genius

Not White Enough: How Victorian Racism Contributed to...

Author: Muriel J Morris ,  Michael Spencer
ISBN: 9781039159518
Format: Hardback
$131.97

She's sixteen, shunned, isolated and possibly pregnant. This is Marie who thought she had the world by the tail...  Read More >>

A Penny Always Has Two Sides: A Memoir of Growing Up in Wartime Germany

A Penny Always Has Two Sides: A Memoir of Growing Up...

Author: Steffie Steinke
ISBN: 9781039181342
Format: Hardback
$77.85

Steffie Steinke, born in Berlin in 1936, writes about the enduring love she had for her foster mother and the everlasting...  Read More >>

Cover of Darkness: The Memoir of a World War Two Night-Fighter

Cover of Darkness: The Memoir of a World War Two Night-Fighter...

Author: Roderick Chisholm ,  Jonathan Cowley
ISBN: 9798874676711
Format: Audio
$110.85

A pilot's captivating autobiography that traces the development of night-flying from the early days of the Battle...  Read More >>

Cover of Darkness: The Memoir of a World War Two Night-Fighter

Cover of Darkness: The Memoir of a World War Two Night-Fighter...

Author: Roderick Chisholm ,  Jonathan Cowley
ISBN: 9798874676704
Format: Audio
$97.65

A pilot's captivating autobiography that traces the development of night-flying from the early days of the Battle...  Read More >>

The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea

The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong,...

Author: Sung-Yoon Lee
ISBN: 9781529073546
Format: Paperback
$36.99

This first book on Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister, tipped to be his successor, is a readable, jaw-dropping insight...  Read More >>

The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea

The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong,...

Author: Sung-Yoon Lee
ISBN: 9781529073539
Format: Hardback
$44.99

This first book on Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister, tipped to be his successor, is a readable, jaw-dropping insight...  Read More >>

Hope and Hard Truth: A Life in Texas Politics

Hope and Hard Truth: A Life in Texas Politics

Author: Mary Beth Rogers ,  Mary Beth Rogers
ISBN: 9798874652685
Format: Audio
$190.05

Mary Beth Rogers has led an eventful life rooted in the weeds of Texas politics, occasionally savoring a few victories--particularly...  Read More >>

Goli Otok: The Island of Death

Goli Otok: The Island of Death

Author: Venko Markovski
ISBN: 9781088132890
Format: Paperback
$42.11

Goli Otok: The Island of Death, first released in English in 1984, are the series of letters of the Bulgarian poet...  Read More >>

Foad Mustafa-Soltani: A look into his life, his aspirations and how he died

Foad Mustafa-Soltani: A look into his life, his aspirations...

Author: Hishmat Sultani ,  Mallaka Mostafa-Soltani
ISBN: 9789198132403
Format: Paperback
$73.92

This book is a collection of memories and interviews with great many players in the Kurdish movement and it is edited...  Read More >>

Grit: My life stories from Cultural Revolution to Globalization

Grit: My life stories from Cultural Revolution to Globalization...

Author: Adam Li Ma
ISBN: 9798886859737
Format: Paperback
$108.11

"What makes a 9-year-old boy remember something deeply? It must be a dramatic event or a tragedy. What will he become?...  Read More >>

The Basis of Everything: Before Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project there was the Cavendish Laboratory - the remarkable story of the scientific friendships that changed the world forever

The Basis of Everything: Before Oppenheimer and the...

Author: Andrew Ramsey
ISBN: 9781460764459
Format: Paperback
$34.99

"Before the Manhattan Project, before nuclear warfare and the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there was the twentieth...  Read More >>

Grit: My life stories from Cultural Revolution to Globalization

Grit: My life stories from Cultural Revolution to Globalization...

Author: Adam Li Ma
ISBN: 9798886859751
Format: Hardback
$137.15

"What makes a 9-year-old boy remember something deeply? It must be a dramatic event or a tragedy. What will he become?...  Read More >>

The Last Secret of the Secret Annex

The Last Secret of the Secret Annex

Author: Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl ,  Jeroen De Bruyn
ISBN: 9781398518223
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A riveting historical investigation and family memoir that reveals the untold story of Bep Voskuijl, the young Dutch...  Read More >>

One Kensington: Tales from the Frontline of the Most Unequal Borough in Britain

One Kensington: Tales from the Frontline of the Most...

Author: Emma Dent Coad
ISBN: 9781529417258
Format: Paperback
$26.99

From Kensington's crusading MP, an expose of the appalling inequality at the heart of Britain's wealthiest borough...  Read More >>

Zev's Los Angeles: From Boyle Heights to the Halls of Power. A Political Memoir

Zev's Los Angeles: From Boyle Heights to the Halls of...

Author: Zev Yaroslavsky ,  Josh Getlin
ISBN: 9798887191676
Format: Paperback
$44.99

This is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, a young social activist, who became one of Los Angeles' most powerful and...  Read More >>

My 21 Years in the White House

My 21 Years in the White House

Author: Alonzo Fields
ISBN: 9781951682804
Format: Paperback
$36.83

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Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting...

Author: Elizabeth Winkler
ISBN: 9781982171261
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A thrillingly provocative investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William...  Read More >>

Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy...

Author: Carl Sferrazza Anthony
ISBN: 9781982141875
Format: Hardback
$49.99

An illuminating new biography of the young Jackie Bouvier Kennedy that covers her formative adventures abroad in...  Read More >>

The Last Secret of the Secret Annex

The Last Secret of the Secret Annex

Author: Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl ,  Jeroen De Bruyn
ISBN: 9781398518216
Format: Hardback
$45.00

A riveting historical investigation and family memoir that reveals the untold story of Bep Voskuijl, the young Dutch...  Read More >>

Zev's Los Angeles: From Boyle Heights to the Halls of Power. A Political Memoir

Zev's Los Angeles: From Boyle Heights to the Halls of...

Author: Zev Yaroslavsky ,  Josh Getlin
ISBN: 9798887191669
Format: Hardback
$270.00

This is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, a young social activist, who became one of Los Angeles' most powerful and...  Read More >>

Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today

Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family,...

Author: Craig McNamara
ISBN: 9780316282338
Format: Paperback
$50.13

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