Autobiography: historical, political & military books

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Franklin and Lucy: Mrs. Rutherfurd and the Other Remarkable Women in Roosevelt's Life

Franklin and Lucy: Mrs. Rutherfurd and the Other Remarkable...

Author: Joseph E. Persico
ISBN: 9780812974966
Format: Paperback
$47.52

“Just when you thought you knew everything about Franklin D. Roosevelt, think again. Joseph E. Persico [is] one...  Read More >>

Friends And Romans

Friends And Romans

Author: John Miller ,  Gordon Griffin
ISBN: 9781407911243
Format: Audio
$189.95

With a single daring leap from an Italian train carrying prisoners of war, John Miller jumped out of the war of...  Read More >>

Friends And Romans

Friends And Romans

Author: John Miller ,  Gordon Griffin
ISBN: 9781407911229
Format: Audio
$189.95

With a single daring leap from an Italian train carrying prisoners of war, John Miller jumped out of the war of...  Read More >>

Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon

Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius...

Author: John Ferling ,  Norman Dietz
ISBN: 9781400191994
Format: Downloadable audio file
$105.57

The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon  Read More >>

Limited Service: My Army Life as Best I Can Recollect

Limited Service: My Army Life as Best I Can Recollect...

Author: Stan Ruffett ,  Margot Glidden
ISBN: 9781425152819
Format: Paperback
$42.77

With uncorrected vision 450, almost legally blind, the author was accepted into the U.S. Army for limited service,...  Read More >>

Private Peat (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Private Peat (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Author: Harold R Peat
ISBN: 9781409965121
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Harold Reginald Peat (1893-1960) was a Canadian soldier and author. Born in Jamaica, and emigrated to Toronto with...  Read More >>

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

Author: Andrew Lycett ,  Frederick Davidson
ISBN: 9781433245824
Format: Downloadable audio file
$184.67

This gripping biography calls on a wealth of unpublished material to unravel the intricate story of the misunderstood...  Read More >>

Memoirs of My Life and Writings

Memoirs of My Life and Writings

Author: Edward Gibbon
ISBN: 9781438515342
Format: Paperback
$28.91

Memoirs of My Life and Writings from Edward Gibbon. English historian and Member of Parliament (1737-1794).  Read More >>

Biography of the Signers

Biography of the Signers

Author: John Sanderson
ISBN: 9781429016957
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Contents: Thomas M'Kean, Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll, George Wythe, Richard Henry...  Read More >>

Under a Wing: A Memoir

Under a Wing: A Memoir

Author: Reeve Lindbergh
ISBN: 9781439148839
Format: Paperback
$36.96

A memoir of the Lindbergh family by a daughter of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh.  Read More >>

Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo De' Medici

Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo...

Author: Miles J. Unger
ISBN: 9780743254359
Format: Paperback
$47.52

Unger presents this new biography of the brilliant and ruthless statesman Lorenzo de' Medici, whose wielding of...  Read More >>

The Good Fight: Hard Lessons from Searchlight to Washington

The Good Fight: Hard Lessons from Searchlight to Washington...

Author: Harry Reid ,  Mark Warren
ISBN: 9780425227572
Format: Paperback
$42.24

In a voice that is real and passion-filled, Senator Reid tells the tale of two places, intertwining his own story...  Read More >>

A Soldier's Questions, His Pastor's Answers

A Soldier's Questions, His Pastor's Answers

Author: Pastor Dean Bruce
ISBN: 9780982438008
Format: Paperback
$18.48

Bruce answers 20 questions that his son and his son's fellow combat troops asked while they were deployed for a...  Read More >>

Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945

Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War...

Author: Andrew Roberts
ISBN: 9780061228575
Format: Hardback
$92.40

""Masters and Commanders"" explores the degree to which the course of World War II turned based on the relationships...  Read More >>

Addiction of Mary Todd Lincoln

Addiction of Mary Todd Lincoln

Author: Anne E Beidler
ISBN: 9781603810210
Format: Paperback
$42.11

Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the president we have immortalized, has always been difficult for us to understand.  Read More >>

Grace Notes: A Story of Music, Trials and Unexpected Blessings

Grace Notes: A Story of Music, Trials and Unexpected...

Author: Sang-Eun Lee Bukaty
ISBN: 9780578015460
Format: Paperback
$39.47

A first-generation Korean-American mother's memoir of her journey from growing up in Korea and earning national...  Read More >>

The Last Furlough: The Letters of Paul Claudius 1943-1944

The Last Furlough: The Letters of Paul Claudius 1943-1944...

Author: Jack R Meister ,  Erika Claudius Wolfe
ISBN: 9781600472985
Format: Paperback
$31.68

By 1943, Germany had been at war for five years. View the aging war through the eyes of an educated family man,...  Read More >>

The Lady Gangster: A Sailor's Memoir

The Lady Gangster: A Sailor's Memoir

Author: Del Staecker
ISBN: 9781934980224
Format: Paperback
$44.75

The amazing first-hand account of an attack transport ship and her courageous crew who fought in the South Pacific...  Read More >>

William Washington, Cavalryman of the Revolution

William Washington, Cavalryman of the Revolution

Author: Stephen E Haller
ISBN: 9780788418037
Format: Paperback
$73.92

The story of the Revolutionary War in the Carolinas has been incomplete without a biography of Lt. Col. William...  Read More >>

The String: And Memories While Searching

The String: And Memories While Searching

Author: Lewis Coiner
ISBN: 9781606960639
Format: Paperback
$29.01

Initiated by his first memory, Lewis M. Coiner unveils an undeniably unique journey which leads him to find The...  Read More >>

Love You More Than You Know: Mothers' Stories about Sending Their Sons and Daughters to War

Love You More Than You Know: Mothers' Stories about...

Author: Janie Reinart ,  Mary Anne Mayer
ISBN: 9781598510553
Format: Paperback
$39.47

45 mothers of U.S. service men and women open their hearts and share what it feels like when your son or daughter...  Read More >>

Rite of Passage: A Teenager's Chronicle of Combat and Captivity in Nazi Germany

Rite of Passage: A Teenager's Chronicle of Combat and...

Author: Ray Matheny ,  Gen Johannes Steinhoff
ISBN: 9780981848914
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Drawing on a vast array of original source material that has survived for decades and previously classified information,...  Read More >>

Murder, Morality and Madness: Women Criminals in Early Oregon

Murder, Morality and Madness: Women Criminals in Early...

Author: Diane L Goeres-Gardner
ISBN: 9780870044700
Format: Paperback
$44.75

The Victorians were quite adept at keeping immoral or bad behavior a secret. The author uncovers their secret past...  Read More >>

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing...

Author: Marcus Luttrell ,  Patrick Robinson
ISBN: 9780316044691
Format: Paperback
$23.73

A #1 New York Times bestseller, this gripping work chronicles the true story of American heroism, written by a...  Read More >>

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