Autobiography: historical, political & military books

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The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival

The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival

Author: Sara Tuvel Bernstein ,  Louise Loots Thornton
ISBN: 9798200084081
Format: Audio
$58.05

Growing up, Sara (Seren) Tuvel was the smartest, most ambitious girl in her Romanian mountain village. When she...  Read More >>

The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival

The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival

Author: Sara Tuvel Bernstein ,  Louise Loots Thornton
ISBN: 9798200084074
Format: Audio
$58.05

Growing up, Sara (Seren) Tuvel was the smartest, most ambitious girl in her Romanian mountain village. When she...  Read More >>

The Seamstress Lib/E: A Memoir of Survival

The Seamstress Lib/E: A Memoir of Survival

Author: Sara Tuvel Bernstein ,  Louise Loots Thornton
ISBN: 9798200084067
Format: Audio
$58.05

Growing up, Sara (Seren) Tuvel was the smartest, most ambitious girl in her Romanian mountain village. When she...  Read More >>

An Uncommon Man: The Life and Times of Senator Claiborne Pell

An Uncommon Man: The Life and Times of Senator Claiborne...

Author: G. Wayne Miller
ISBN: 9781611681864
Format: Hardback
$79.07

The only biography of Claiborne Pell, the six-term senator from Rhode Island best known as the sponsor of the educational...  Read More >>

The Diaries of Betty Cora Johnson, 1885. 1886, 1887, 1888, 1898 and the Diary of Lewis Hamilton Titchenal 1887

The Diaries of Betty Cora Johnson, 1885. 1886, 1887,...

Author: Vera Rae Zachow
ISBN: 9781937162023
Format: Paperback
$48.84

Lewis and Cora Titchenal's story is told in their own words through their diaries, letters, photographs, and speeches....  Read More >>

Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New York History

Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New York History...

Author: Kara Hughes
ISBN: 9780762760329
Format: Paperback
$44.75

A delightfully wicked look at the badly behaved characters who shaped the history of New York through their deeds...  Read More >>

Big Policeman: The Rise And Fall Of Thomas Byrnes, America's First, Most Ruthless, And Greatest Detective

Big Policeman: The Rise And Fall Of Thomas Byrnes, America's...

Author: J. North Conway
ISBN: 9780762771752
Format: Paperback
$44.75

A story bursting at the seams with murder, mayhem, and intrigue--the astonishing career of Thomas Byrnes, the 19th...  Read More >>

Counterfeiter: How A Norwegian Jew Survived The Holocaust

Counterfeiter: How A Norwegian Jew Survived The Holocaust...

Author: Moritz Nachtstern ,  Ragnar Arntzen
ISBN: 9780762779888
Format: Paperback
$26.95

This is an enthralling personal account of the secret Nazi project, Operation Bernhard, devised to destabilize the...  Read More >>

Peace Was His Profession: A Story of Sacrifice and the Strategic Air Command

Peace Was His Profession: A Story of Sacrifice and the...

Author: M G Petranick
ISBN: 9781432781569
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Peace Was His Profession The story of Colonel Albert G. Petranick; In spite of his tough upbringing he became a...  Read More >>

There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters

There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters...

Author: Claire Berlinski
ISBN: 9780465031214
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A smart, opinionated appreciation of the woman who rescued Great Britain from socialism and proved that American-style...  Read More >>

Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation

Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New...

Author: Harlow Giles Unger
ISBN: 9780306820465
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A compelling new biography of Patrick Henry, a monumental figure in American history, hailed in his time as the...  Read More >>

Inside Seal Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors

Inside Seal Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's...

Author: Don Mann ,  Ralph Pezzullo
ISBN: 9781611132939
Format: Audio
$79.15

The ultimate story of America's most dominant warriors, Team 6 of the US Navy SEALS, written by a longtime member...  Read More >>

Fighting Fear: Winning the War at Home When Your Soldier Leaves for Battle

Fighting Fear: Winning the War at Home When Your Soldier...

Author: Edie Melson
ISBN: 9780983319672
Format: Paperback
$36.83

Saying goodbye to a loved one leaving for war is a gut-wrenching proposition. But for those of us left behind, their...  Read More >>

Lottie's Story: Lottie Wyatt,  Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed to be an Insane Person

Lottie's Story: Lottie Wyatt, Ordered, Adjudged, and...

Author: Dr Michael D Smith
ISBN: 9781466460539
Format: Paperback
$28.91

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The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World

The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World...

Author: Derek Chollet ,  Samantha Power
ISBN: 9781610390781
Format: Hardback
$79.17

"Friends and colleagues who knew Richard Holbrooke best survey his accomplishments as a diplomat, activist, and...  Read More >>

Rifleman: A Front-Line Life from Alamein and Dresden to the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Rifleman: A Front-Line Life from Alamein and Dresden...

Author: Victor Gregg ,  Rick Stroud
ISBN: 9781408822081
Format: Paperback
$43.56

The astonishing life of a young working-class man who fought throughout Second World War from Alamein to the invasion...  Read More >>

General Emilio Mola: Memorias de Mi Paso Por La Direccion General de Seguridad, Coleccion La Critica Literaria Por El Celebre Critico Liter

General Emilio Mola: Memorias de Mi Paso Por La Direccion...

Author: General Emilio Mola Vidal ,  Juan Bautista Bergua (Ediciones Ibericas)
ISBN: 9788470839511
Format: Paperback
$61.97

"Memorias del turbulento per�odo de los �ltimos meses de la Monarqu�a y la llegada de la Rep�blica espa�ola. Pr�logo,...  Read More >>

Pinkerton's War: The Civil War's Greatest Spy And The Birth Of The U.S. Secret Service

Pinkerton's War: The Civil War's Greatest Spy And The...

Author: Jay Bonansinga
ISBN: 9780762770724
Format: Hardback
$50.99

A heart-pounding historical account of Allan Pinkerton's role in the Civil War—protector of Abraham Lincoln and...  Read More >>

Vladimir the Russian Viking

Vladimir the Russian Viking

Author: Vladimir Volkoff ,  Martin Sixsmith
ISBN: 9781590206928
Format: Paperback
$47.52

Vladimir of Russia (960-1015), a prince of Viking origin, founded the Russian State and converted his people to...  Read More >>

Child of the Holocaust

Child of the Holocaust

Author: Yitzhak Dishon
ISBN: 9781611700565
Format: Paperback
$16.17

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So Far to Run: The Memoir of Liberian Refugee Louise Geesedeh Barton

So Far to Run: The Memoir of Liberian Refugee Louise...

Author: Louise G Barton
ISBN: 9781935098928
Format: Paperback
$36.83

The captivating, inspiring true journey of Liberian refugee Louise Geesedeh Barton is recreated with vivid, haunting...  Read More >>

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the...

Author: Glynis Ridley
ISBN: 9780307463531
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Documents the pioneering round-the-world journey of the adventurer, tracing how she disguised herself as a boy to...  Read More >>

Sniper Elite: The World of a Top Special Forces Marksman

Sniper Elite: The World of a Top Special Forces Marksman...

Author: Rob Maylor ,  Robert Macklin
ISBN: 9780312645410
Format: Hardback
$68.61

Originally published in Australia and New Zealand in 2010 under the title SAS sniper.  Read More >>

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