Autobiography: historical, political & military books

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Bin Laden

Bin Laden

Author: Yossef Bodansky
ISBN: 9781299133860
Format: Electronic book text
$142.16

The world-renowned terrorism expert reveals the events in Bin Laden's life that turned him into a leader of radical...  Read More >>

Chasing Hepburn

Chasing Hepburn

Author: Gus Lee
ISBN: 9781299145672
Format: Electronic book text
$118.40

The author of China Boy describes the coming together of his parents- -his mother, the daughter of a forward-thinking...  Read More >>

Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights

Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights

Author: Kenji Yoshino
ISBN: 9781299166837
Format: Electronic book text
$126.32

In this remarkable and elegant work, acclaimed Yale Law School professor Kenji Yoshino fuses legal manifesto and...  Read More >>

The Virtues of Aging

The Virtues of Aging

Author: Jimmy Carter (Miller Center of Public Affairs)
ISBN: 9781299173767
Format: Electronic book text
$110.88

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The Private Life of Chairman Mao

The Private Life of Chairman Mao

Author: Li Zhi-Sui
ISBN: 9781299207820
Format: Electronic book text
$198.00

From 1954 until Mao Zedong's death 22 years later. Dr. Li Zhisui was the Chinese ruler's personal physician. For...  Read More >>

Horatio Nelson

Horatio Nelson

Author: Dr Angus Konstam
ISBN: 9781299593411
Format: Electronic book text
$78.80

The most famous admiral in history, Horatio Nelson's string of naval victories helped secure Britain's place as...  Read More >>

Bill Slim

Bill Slim

Author: Robert Lyman
ISBN: 9781299593626
Format: Electronic book text
$78.80

'Bill' Slim was one of the greatest British generals of World War II. In a career that stretched from 1914 until...  Read More >>

Faithful Warriors

Faithful Warriors

Author: Dean Ladd ,  Steven Weingartner
ISBN: 9781281961648
Format: Electronic book text
$65.87

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When Harlem Nearly Killed King

When Harlem Nearly Killed King

Author: Hugh Pearson
ISBN: 9781299577046
Format: Undefined
$63.10

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Heart and the Fist, The: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy Seal

Heart and the Fist, The: The Education of a Humanitarian,...

Author: Eric Greitens
ISBN: 9781299883888
Format: Electronic book text
$39.57

In an inspiring memoir from one of the world's most elite warriors, Eric Greitens recounts in remarkable detail...  Read More >>

Signing Their Rights Away

Signing Their Rights Away

Author: Denise Kiernan
ISBN: 9781299655744
Format: Undefined
$52.67

Unfold Book Jacket for a Full-Color Reproduction of the U.S. Constitution With their book Signing Their Lives Away,...  Read More >>

Stories of Service, Volume 2: Valley Veterans Remember World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War

Stories of Service, Volume 2: Valley Veterans Remember...

Author: Janice Stevens
ISBN: 9781306057226
Format: Electronic book text
$63.20

Perfectly blending a vast historical scope with intensely individual viewpoints, this stirring collection of stories...  Read More >>

Change Maker, The: Preserving the Promise of America

Change Maker, The: Preserving the Promise of America...

Author: Al Checchi
ISBN: 9781299967908
Format: Electronic book text
$89.73

Entertaining, fast-paced, instructional, The Change Maker is not only a memoir, but a blueprint for how we can...  Read More >>

Change Maker

Change Maker

Author: Al Checchi
ISBN: 9781306595483
Format: Electronic book text
$89.73

Entertaining, fast-paced, instructional, The Change Maker is not only a memoir, but a blueprint for how we can...  Read More >>

Inside Seal Team Six

Inside Seal Team Six

Author: Don Mann
ISBN: 9781306763561
Format: Electronic book text
$110.88

Includes excerpt from: Hunt the wolf: a SEAL Team Six novel by Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo.  Read More >>

Surviving Hell

Surviving Hell

Author: Leo Thorsness
ISBN: 9781306180825
Format: Electronic book text
$42.11

On April 19, 1967, Air Force Colonel Leo Thorsness was on a mission over North Vietnam when his wingman was shot...  Read More >>

What It Is Like to Go to War

What It Is Like to Go to War

Author: Karl Marlantes
ISBN: 9781322398372
Format: Electronic book text
$26.90

In his memoir, Marlantes relates his combat experiences in Vietnam and discusses the daily contradictions warriors...  Read More >>

Cry Havoc

Cry Havoc

Author: Simon Mann
ISBN: 9781322364544
Format: Electronic book text
$27.69

This is Simon's remarkable first-hand account of his life: an account that will read like a thriller as it takes...  Read More >>

My Grandfather's War

My Grandfather's War

Author: Jesse Cozean
ISBN: 9781322162089
Format: Electronic book text
$50.13

Captured in the Battle of the Bulge, Jesse Cozean's grandfather spent 103 days as a prisoner of the German Army,...  Read More >>

The Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt

The Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt

Author: Theodore Roosevelt
ISBN: 9781613827994
Format: Hardback
$38.79

Regarded as one of the greatest Presidents of The United States, Theodore Roosevelt led a full and vibrant life...  Read More >>

Margaret Thatcher in Her Own Words

Margaret Thatcher in Her Own Words

Author: Iain Dale ,  Iain Dale
ISBN: 9781849540605
Format: Undefined
$79.07

In November 1990 Margaret Thatcher stood down as Prime Minister of Great Britain, a role she had filled for an astonishing...  Read More >>

Saber’s Edge

Saber’s Edge

Author: Thomas A. Middleton
ISBN: 9781584659549
Format: Paperback
$52.67

A combat medic reconciles his roles as a soldier, healer, and man of faith in a time of war  Read More >>

From Spencer-Penn to Rives Road: The Life, Times, and Images of Everett M. Bennett

From Spencer-Penn to Rives Road: The Life, Times, and...

Author: Thomas D Perry
ISBN: 9781452840963
Format: Paperback
$52.77

Everett M. Bennett grew up in the Penn's Store community of Henry County, Virginia. He graduated from Spencer-Penn...  Read More >>

Tolstoy: A Russian Life

Tolstoy: A Russian Life

Author: Rosamund Bartlett
ISBN: 9781846681387
Format: Hardback
$102.46

"Tolstoy's ""War and Peace"" and ""Anna Karenina"" are considered two of the greatest novels ever written. This...  Read More >>

Decision Points

Decision Points

Author: George W. Bush
ISBN: 9780753539668
Format: Hardback
$105.49

Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. President Bush writes honestly and directly...  Read More >>

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