Autobiography: historical, political & military books

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The Dark Shadows of Vietnam: True Stories and Personal Views

The Dark Shadows of Vietnam: True Stories and Personal...

Author: Joseph W Babine
ISBN: 9781620241776
Format: Paperback
$29.01

Twenty-four hours later, the storm was finally over. When we went above deck, we saw how bad it had been. Armored...  Read More >>

John Henry Muirhead (Routledge Revivals): Reflections

John Henry Muirhead (Routledge Revivals): Reflections...

Author: John Harvey
ISBN: 9780415623315
Format: Hardback
$305.00

First published in 1942, Reflections documents the life of John Henry Muirhead and the philosophical age that he...  Read More >>

Daniel Defoe a Biography

Daniel Defoe a Biography

Author: William Minto
ISBN: 9781479115587
Format: Paperback
$23.73

Daniel Defoe is an exception to this rule. He was a man of action as well as a man of letters. The writing of the...  Read More >>

Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America

Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America

Author: Enrique Krauze ,  Professor Hank Heifetz
ISBN: 9780060938444
Format: Paperback
$24.99

An epicintellectual history of Latin America by one of the region’s most prominentthinkers Inhis first book to appear...  Read More >>

A Wonderful Moment in Time

A Wonderful Moment in Time

Author: Don E Johnson ,  Don E Johnson
ISBN: 9781478271369
Format: Paperback
$47.39

This particular wonderful moment in time began at nearly the midpoint of what was a special intelligence operation...  Read More >>

Picnic at the Iron Curtain: A Memoir: From the fall of the Berlin Wall to Ukraine's Orange Revolution

Picnic at the Iron Curtain: A Memoir: From the fall...

Author: Susan Viets
ISBN: 9780987966407
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Based on diaries, reporting notebooks, letters and memory, the author, a student turned journalist, tells of her...  Read More >>

Inside Castro's Bunker: The true story of one of his best known generals

Inside Castro's Bunker: The true story of one of his...

Author: Rafael del Pino
ISBN: 9781475028607
Format: Paperback
$68.51

This is the life story of a man who joined the rebel army of Fidel Castro fighting against Fulgencio Batista Cuba's...  Read More >>

A Premier's State

A Premier's State

Author: Steve Bracks ,  Ellen Whinnett
ISBN: 9780522862140
Format: Electronic book text
$31.81

In May 1994, while I was going through pre - selection for the seat of Williamstown, I sat down at my desk at home...  Read More >>

The Diary of Georgi Dimitrov, 1933-1949

The Diary of Georgi Dimitrov, 1933-1949

Author: Georgi Dimitrov ,  Ivo Banac
ISBN: 9780300191448
Format: Paperback
$70.95

Georgi Dimitrov (1882–1949) was a high-ranking Bulgarian and Soviet official, one of the most prominent leaders...  Read More >>

Love, Hope, Optimism: An Informal Portrait of Jack Layton by Those Who Knew Him

Love, Hope, Optimism: An Informal Portrait of Jack Layton...

Author: James Turk ,  Charis Wahl
ISBN: 9781459402645
Format: Paperback
$60.59

A portrait of the real Jack Layton through the eyes of neighbours, friends, family and colleagues  Read More >>

No Time for Fear

No Time for Fear

Author: Paul De Gelder ,  Dino Marnika
ISBN: 9781743180389
Format: Audio
$145.12

IMPROVISE. ADAPT. OVERCOME.These three words the mantra of the Australian Army resonated with Paul de Gelder the...  Read More >>

No Time for Fear

No Time for Fear

Author: Paul De Gelder ,  Dino Marnika
ISBN: 9781743138328
Format: Audio
$52.77

IMPROVISE. ADAPT. OVERCOME.These three words the mantra of the Australian Army resonated with Paul de Gelder the...  Read More >>

A Taint on Texas: An Untold Chapter in the Fight for an Independent Texas

A Taint on Texas: An Untold Chapter in the Fight for...

Author: Sally McClain
ISBN: 9780533163229
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Over the Texan landscape lies the bloody stain of a forgotten defeat. Commemorated only by a lone monument is the...  Read More >>

Essays in Biography

Essays in Biography

Author: John Maynard Keynes (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781614273264
Format: Paperback
$35.64

2012 Reprint of 1933 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software....  Read More >>

Heritage of Power: (Marie Laveaux to Mary Ellen Pleasant) -- Enlarged Edition

Heritage of Power: (Marie Laveaux to Mary Ellen Pleasant)...

Author: Susheel Bibbs
ISBN: 9781475285772
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Heritage of Power is the first book to clarify the life of Mary Pleasant's and to establish her importance to modern-day...  Read More >>

Iraq Journal-Sketches from the Contracting Life: Second Edtion

Iraq Journal-Sketches from the Contracting Life: Second...

Author: Phil Nerges
ISBN: 9781478390862
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Iraq Journal is an in-depth account of the experiences of a civilian contractor during the height of the Iraq War....  Read More >>

Shakespeare's Lost Years in London 1586-1592

Shakespeare's Lost Years in London 1586-1592

Author: Arthur Acheson
ISBN: 9781479100293
Format: Paperback
$23.73

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.  Read More >>

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte

Author: John S C Abbott
ISBN: 9781478399711
Format: Paperback
$21.09

Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence...  Read More >>

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock...

Author: Donald Spoto ,  Jeff Riggenbach
ISBN: 9781455161263
Format: Audio
$324.72

This is the definitive, Edgar Award-winning biography of the enigmatic filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Spoto explores...  Read More >>

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock...

Author: Donald Spoto ,  Jeff Riggenbach
ISBN: 9781455161270
Format: Audio
$118.67

This is the definitive, Edgar Award-winning biography of the enigmatic filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Spoto explores...  Read More >>

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock...

Author: Donald Spoto ,  Jeff Riggenbach
ISBN: 9781455161287
Format: Audio
$118.67

This is the definitive, Edgar Award-winning biography of the enigmatic filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Spoto explores...  Read More >>

The Assassination of Heydrich

The Assassination of Heydrich

Author: Jan G Weiner ,  William L Shirer
ISBN: 9781617203725
Format: Paperback
$43.96

The Assassination of Heydrich related by a member of the Czech RAF in WW2  Read More >>

Political Woman: The Big Little Life of Jeane Kirkpatrick

Political Woman: The Big Little Life of Jeane Kirkpatrick...

Author: Peter Collier
ISBN: 9781594036040
Format: Hardback
$47.99

This is the first and only biography of Jeane Kirkpatrick, who became an iconic figure in the 1980s as Ronald Reagan's...  Read More >>

Book of Secrets

Book of Secrets

Author: Michael Holroyd
ISBN: 9781250007667
Format: Paperback
$55.44

On a hill above the Italian village of Ravello sits the Villa Cimbrone, a place of fantasy and make-believe. The...  Read More >>

The Obamas

The Obamas

Author: Jodi Kantor
ISBN: 9780316098762
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Filled with riveting detail, Kantor takes readers deep inside the White House as the Obamas try to grapple with...  Read More >>

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