Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23596 books were found.

The Journals of Robert Hall Tinker, 1870-1901

The Journals of Robert Hall Tinker, 1870-1901

Author: Robert Hall Tinker ,  Cindy Karnitz
ISBN: 9781618760067
Format: Paperback
$63.23

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Lone Voyager

Lone Voyager

Author: Joseph E Garland
ISBN: 9781258346478
Format: Hardback
$129.23

Like countless Gloucester fishermen before and since, Howard Blackburn and Tom Welch were trawling for halibut on...  Read More >>

Fire Girl: The Story of one of the First Female CDF Fire Fighters

Fire Girl: The Story of one of the First Female CDF...

Author: Jan Mendoza
ISBN: 9780982605042
Format: Paperback
$28.96

The true story of one of the first female firefighters for the California Department of Forestry --Front cover....  Read More >>

Heddy's Miracles - A True Story: Lilo's Family Defies Hitler and All Natural Laws - In the Deepest Darkness There is Light at Albrechstrasse 9

Heddy's Miracles - A True Story: Lilo's Family Defies...

Author: Gloria Slater
ISBN: 9781475249132
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Berlin, the heart of Nazi Germany, is the home of a young woman, Lieselotte Emma Berte Knoll. The darkness closing...  Read More >>

Cold River Spirits

Cold River Spirits

Author: Jan Harper-Haines
ISBN: 9781935347156
Format: Paperback
$43.86

A wryly humorous and inspirational story about a proud Alaska Native family struggling to survive in two worlds....  Read More >>

Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11

Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11

Author: Alistair Darling
ISBN: 9780857892812
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Alistair Darling's number one Sunday Times bestselling memoirs now available in paperback updated with a new introduction....  Read More >>

Letters to my Daughter

Letters to my Daughter

Author: Robert Menzies ,  Heather Henderson
ISBN: 9781742669687
Format: Paperback
$36.99

This collection of personal letters from influential former Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies to his only daughter...  Read More >>

Arnhem Lift: A German Jew in the Glider Pilot Regiment

Arnhem Lift: A German Jew in the Glider Pilot Regiment...

Author: Louis Hagen
ISBN: 9780752468686
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Of the 10,000 men who landed at Arnhem, over nine days 1,400 were killed and more than 6,000 – about a third of...  Read More >>

The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

Author: Robert A. Caro
ISBN: 9780679405078
Format: Hardback
$158.40

The fourth volume in Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson follows Johnson through his volatile relationship...  Read More >>

Soft Like Steel

Soft Like Steel

Author: Barb Malek
ISBN: 9781608080557
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Barbara, a devout Mennonite farm-girl, had been married less than a year when her husband suddenly vanished. Her...  Read More >>

When Hitler Took Austria: A Memoir of Heroic Faith by the Chancellor's Son

When Hitler Took Austria: A Memoir of Heroic Faith by...

Author: Kurt Von Schuschnigg ,  Janet Von Schuschnigg
ISBN: 9781586177096
Format: Hardback
$49.90

On March 12, 1938, German troops marched into Austria. Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg, who had opposed...  Read More >>

Historia, Cuentos, Leyendas y Fábulas de Familia

Historia, Cuentos, Leyendas y Fábulas de Familia

Author: Manuel R Féliz-Sánchez ,  Danilo A Féliz-Sánchez
ISBN: 9781475279597
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Historia, cuentos, leyendas y fabulas de familia esta compuesto de las siguientes partes y contenidos:1.-Origenes...  Read More >>

Eyes Right: Confessions from a Woman Marine

Eyes Right: Confessions from a Woman Marine

Author: Tracy Crow
ISBN: 9780803235045
Format: Hardback
$65.87

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My Father, Daniel Boone: The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone

My Father, Daniel Boone: The Draper Interviews with...

Author: Neal O. Hammon
ISBN: 9780813134659
Format: Paperback
$47.39

From explaining the methods his father used to track game to detailing how land speculation and legal problems from...  Read More >>

A Rumor of War: Library Edition

A Rumor of War: Library Edition

Author: Philip Caputo ,  L. J. Ganser
ISBN: 9781455884063
Format: Audio
$131.92

In March of 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo landed at Danang with the first ground combat unit deployed...  Read More >>

A Rumor of War

A Rumor of War

Author: Philip Caputo ,  L J Ganser
ISBN: 9781455884841
Format: Audio
$105.52

Originally published: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.  Read More >>

Buffgrunt: memoirs of a tree vet

Buffgrunt: memoirs of a tree vet

Author: Tommy J Skiens
ISBN: 9780615613581
Format: Paperback
$39.55

Buffgrunt walks among the baby boomers and steps into the Vietnam War with curiosity and expectation. The war upsets...  Read More >>

Theodore Roosevelt and His Sagamore Hill Home: Historic Resource Study Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Theodore Roosevelt and His Sagamore Hill Home: Historic...

Author: Kathleen Dalton ,  Lewis L Gould
ISBN: 9781475275438
Format: Paperback
$63.33

Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death...  Read More >>

The Boy of Battle Ford and the Man

The Boy of Battle Ford and the Man

Author: W. Blackman ,  Herbert Russell
ISBN: 9780809331284
Format: Paperback
$47.52

Covers the author’s years growing up in early post-settlement Illinois, where he gave in to temptations such as...  Read More >>

In the Beginning Was the Ghetto: Notebooks from Lodz

In the Beginning Was the Ghetto: Notebooks from Lodz...

Author: Oskar Rosenfeld ,  Brigitte Goldstein
ISBN: 9780810114890
Format: Paperback
$79.07

From February 1942 to July 1944, Oskar Rosenfeld served in the statistics department of the Lodz ghetto. A playwright...  Read More >>

The Daring Trader: Jacob Smith in the Michigan Territory, 1802-1825

The Daring Trader: Jacob Smith in the Michigan Territory,...

Author: Kim Crawford
ISBN: 9781611860269
Format: Paperback
$69.30

This is the exciting and unlikely story of a man at the frontier's edge, whose missions during both war and peace...  Read More >>

Seal of God: The Path Is Narrow... But the Reward Is Great

Seal of God: The Path Is Narrow... But the Reward Is...

Author: Chad Williams ,  Chad Williams
ISBN: 9781613751244
Format: Audio
$68.61

Chad shares his own radical conversion story and talks about how he draws on his own experiences as a SEAL to help...  Read More >>

Combat Swimmer

Combat Swimmer

Author: Robert A Gormly ,  Adams Morgan
ISBN: 9781441742063
Format: Pre-recorded MP3 player
$158.37

The U.S. Navy SEALs created a legend that would grow throughout the Vietnam War, earning an enemy bounty to anyone...  Read More >>

A Train in Winter

A Train in Winter

Author: Caroline Moorehead ,  Wanda McCaddon
ISBN: 9781455160266
Format: Pre-recorded MP3 player
$158.37

On an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, a group of 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the...  Read More >>

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