Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23596 books were found.

Damn Few: Making the Modern Seal Warrior

Damn Few: Making the Modern Seal Warrior

Author: Rorke Denver ,  Ellis Henican
ISBN: 9781401324797
Format: Hardback
$100.32

"A gripping memoir from the Navy SEALs' young training commander and ""Act of Valor"" star. A first-ever officer's...  Read More >>

An Enduring Faith - Mennonite Stories Their History Their Persecution

An Enduring Faith - Mennonite Stories Their History...

Author: Emma Salmon-Plett
ISBN: 9781460200261
Format: Paperback
$158.37

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Point Man

Point Man

Author: Mark Townsend
ISBN: 9780571272433
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The incredible true story of the most dangerous job in the British army and the twenty-year-old who took it on and...  Read More >>

Officer of the Deck

Officer of the Deck

Author: Herbert Kriloff ,  Sean Mangan
ISBN: 9781743170441
Format: Audio
$131.92

This is much more than a simple war memoir: it is a coming of age story. As Ensign Kriloff gains rank and advances...  Read More >>

A Place of Interest

A Place of Interest

Author: Carolyn Van Loh
ISBN: 9781414122816
Format: Paperback
$36.93

Seventy-five years after the Ingalls family of Little House on the Prairie fame moved to Walnut Grove, Minnesota,...  Read More >>

Uncompromised: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of an Arab-American Patriot in the CIA

Uncompromised: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of an...

Author: Nada Prouty
ISBN: 9780230342002
Format: Paperback
$33.61

When Nada Prouty came to the United States as a young woman, she fell in love with the democracy and freedom of...  Read More >>

Mum's Army: Love and Adventure From the NAAFI to Civvy Street

Mum's Army: Love and Adventure From the NAAFI to Civvy...

Author: Winifred Phillips
ISBN: 9781471111259
Format: Paperback
$18.09

Fascinating memoir of the first female Chelsea Pensioner, who devoted her working life to the British Army.  Read More >>

Titanic Lives: On Board, Destination Canada

Titanic Lives: On Board, Destination Canada

Author: Rob Rondeau
ISBN: 9781459500198
Format: Paperback
$44.99

The sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage in 1912 captured the world's attention a hundred years ago and still...  Read More >>

The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won't Tell You About What They've Seen, Done or Failed to Do in War

The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won't Tell...

Author: Kevin Sites
ISBN: 9780061990526
Format: Paperback
$19.99

What is it like to kill? What is it like to be under fire? How do you know what's right? What can you never forget?...  Read More >>

Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui

Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The...

Author: Deborah Scroggins
ISBN: 9780060898984
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born former member of the Dutch Parliament was raised as a Muslim fundamentalist in Kenya....  Read More >>

Madame Mere

Madame Mere

Author: Hanns Von Zobeltitz
ISBN: 9783846021125
Format: Paperback
$78.94

Unveranderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1909.  Read More >>

Tory Socialist: Robert Blatchford and Merrie England

Tory Socialist: Robert Blatchford and Merrie England...

Author: Tony Judge
ISBN: 9781482075113
Format: Paperback
$21.65

This book looks at the life and work of Robert Blatchford, a pioneer of the British labour movement in the late...  Read More >>

Runway Dust: Airport Adventures during the Fabulous Fifties

Runway Dust: Airport Adventures during the Fabulous...

Author: Charles R Furden
ISBN: 9780982671603
Format: Paperback
$36.83

Dozens of interesting stories that should have been told are slowly being lost in the dust of hundreds of small...  Read More >>

Youth Interrupted

Youth Interrupted

Author: Karl Lindquist
ISBN: 9781480178601
Format: Paperback
$34.29

Drafted by the Army at age 18 from a New England prep school before he graduates, Pfc. Karl Lindquist serves in...  Read More >>

The women Napoleon loved

The women Napoleon loved

Author: Tighe Hopkins
ISBN: 9785518450783
Format: Paperback
$118.67

Contents include: Introductory: Napoleon and the Feminine Tangent; Episodes of Youth and Adolescence; Josephine;...  Read More >>

A Time to Betray: A Gripping True Spy Story of Betrayal, Fear, and Courage

A Time to Betray: A Gripping True Spy Story of Betrayal,...

Author: Reza Kahlili
ISBN: 9781439189689
Format: Paperback
$39.60

"An exhilarating true story that reads like a spy thriller about a former CIA operative recruited out of Iran, while...  Read More >>

Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge

Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge

Author: Lindy Woodhead
ISBN: 9780812985047
Format: Paperback
$60.72

""Originally published in 2007 by Profile Books Ltd; paperback edi tion published in 2008.""--T.p. verso.  Read More >>

The Elimination: A Survivor of the Khmer Rouge Confronts His Past and the Commandant of the Killing Fields

The Elimination: A Survivor of the Khmer Rouge Confronts...

Author: Rithy Panh ,  Christophe Bataille
ISBN: 9781590515587
Format: Hardback
$60.59

Originally published in French as L'aelimination by aEditions Grasset & Fasquelle --T.p. verso.  Read More >>

Knock in the Night

Knock in the Night

Author: Balazs Szabo
ISBN: 9781482566871
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Knock In The Night is a riveting story of life under Soviet communist occupied Hungary and a brave escape in 1956...  Read More >>

Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance

Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance...

Author: Stephen Grady ,  Michael Wright
ISBN: 9781444767544
Format: Downloadable audio file
$51.72

An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable...  Read More >>

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents V2

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents V2

Author: Applewood Books
ISBN: 9781429093279
Format: Paperback
$24.48

This revised edition of the second volume of The Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States begins...  Read More >>

The Words & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: Letters and Speeches by President Abe Lincoln

The Words & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: Letters and Speeches...

Author: R Scott Frothingham
ISBN: 9781482585131
Format: Paperback
$19.77

Is Abraham Lincoln responsible for Thanksgiving in the US? Why did he grow his famous beard? Did you know that he...  Read More >>

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