Autobiography: historical, political & military books

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Resistance: A Frenchwomans Journal of the War

Resistance: A Frenchwomans Journal of the War

Author: Agnes Humbert ,  Barbara Mellor
ISBN: 9781608476473
Format: Mixed media product
$171.57

Agnes Humbert was an art historian in Paris during the German occupation in 1940. Though she might well have weathered...  Read More >>

Life of Lincoln

Life of Lincoln

Author: John Hugh Bowers ,  Andrew L Barnes
ISBN: 9780981656106
Format: Audio
$34.19

A biography of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States,...  Read More >>

Last Rites

Last Rites

Author: John Lukacs
ISBN: 9780300114386
Format: Hardback
$95.95

Begins with a concise rendering of a historical understanding of our world, then follows with trenchant observations...  Read More >>

At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities

At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on...

Author: Jean Amery ,  Sidney Rosenfeld
ISBN: 9780253211736
Format: Paperback
$28.95

Jean Amery (1921-1978) was born in Vienna and in 1938 emigrated to Belgium, where he joined the Resistance. He was...  Read More >>

Gather Together in My Name

Gather Together in My Name

Author: Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9780812980301
Format: Paperback
$39.60

This is a continuation of Maya Angelou's personal story, begun in her bestselling I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings....  Read More >>

My Life and Work - An Autobiography of Henry Ford

My Life and Work - An Autobiography of Henry Ford

Author: Henry Ford
ISBN: 9781442144323
Format: Paperback
$34.19

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Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival

Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival

Author: Clara Kramer ,  Stephen Glantz
ISBN: 9780061728600
Format: Hardback
$68.61

The publication of Kramer's heartwrenching memoir of survival--hiding from the Nazis in an underground bunker with...  Read More >>

Words of War and Peace: Great Speeches of War, Conflict, and Military History

Words of War and Peace: Great Speeches of War, Conflict,...

Author: Lee Prescott
ISBN: 9780982445426
Format: Paperback
$42.11

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Papillon

Papillon

Author: Henri Charrière ,  Patrick O’Brian
ISBN: 9780007330102
Format: Paperback
$15.50

A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure – a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s  Read More >>

A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy

A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a...

Author: Thomas Buergenthal ,  Elie Wiesel
ISBN: 9780316043403
Format: Hardback
$65.97

At the age of seven, the author was imprisoned in Nazi ghettos and camps, being rescued by Soviet and Polish troops...  Read More >>

Hermann Dessau (1856-1931) Zum 150. Geburtstag Des Berliner Althistorikers Und Epigraphikers: Beiträge Eines Kolloquiums Und Wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz Des Jubilars

Hermann Dessau (1856-1931) Zum 150. Geburtstag Des Berliner...

Author: Professor in Political Science Manfred G Schmidt (University of Heidelberg)
ISBN: 9783110215731
Format: Hardback
$369.60

An der Seite Theodor Mommsens prägte Hermann Dessau (1856-1931) über Jahrzehnte die Altertumswissenschaften an der...  Read More >>

Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities

Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of...

Author: Elizabeth Edwards ,  Elizabeth Edwards
ISBN: 9780307577191
Format: Audio
$66.00

The bestselling author of Saving Graces shares her inspirational message onthe challenges and blessings of coping...  Read More >>

Hiram's Honor: Reliving Private Terman's Civil War

Hiram's Honor: Reliving Private Terman's Civil War

Author: Max R Terman
ISBN: 9780615278124
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Private Hiram Terman was captured at Gettysburg, sent to Andersonville--and survived. The author, who is Hiram's...  Read More >>

Biographical sketches of Loyalists

Biographical sketches of Loyalists

Author: Lorenzo Sabine
ISBN: 9781429019538
Format: Paperback
$92.27

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William W. Warren: The Life, Letters, and Times of an Ojibwe Leader

William W. Warren: The Life, Letters, and Times of an...

Author: Theresa M. Schenck
ISBN: 9780803224988
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Provides the first full-length biography of William W. Warren (1825-53), an Ojibwe interpreter, historian, and legislator...  Read More >>

Ship to Shore: The Autobiography of a Royal Naval Signalman 1889-1981

Ship to Shore: The Autobiography of a Royal Naval Signalman...

Author: Sidney Hills
ISBN: 9780956051912
Format: Paperback
$25.85

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Sala - More Than a Survivor

Sala - More Than a Survivor

Author: Marsha Casper Cook ,  Sala Lewis
ISBN: 9781604141115
Format: Paperback
$31.55

This is the touching and inspirational story of Sala Lewis, who at age ten was left alone to wander the streets...  Read More >>

Historical Lectures and Essays

Historical Lectures and Essays

Author: Charles Kingsley
ISBN: 9781604503616
Format: Paperback
$13.17

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The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth (Dodo Press)

The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth (Dodo Press)

Author: Timothy Templeton
ISBN: 9781409963578
Format: Paperback
$28.44

The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth (1856) was written by Charles Adams under the pseudonym Timothy Templeton, of...  Read More >>

Memoirs of the American Revolution

Memoirs of the American Revolution

Author: John Drayton
ISBN: 9781429017039
Format: Paperback
$76.43

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each...  Read More >>

Biography of the Signers V2: Vol. 2

Biography of the Signers V2: Vol. 2

Author: John Sanderson
ISBN: 9781429016896
Format: Paperback
$47.39

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

Officers & Gentlemen: Two Accounts of British Officers During the Peninsula War

Officers & Gentlemen: Two Accounts of British Officers...

Author: Peter Hawker ,  William Graham
ISBN: 9781846776373
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Officer of Light Dragoons by Peter Hawker Campaign in Portugal and Spain by William Graham Two accounts of contrasting...  Read More >>

Private Yokoi's War and Life on Guam, 1944-1972: The Story of the Japanese Imperial Army's Longest WWII Survivor in the Field and Later Life

Private Yokoi's War and Life on Guam, 1944-1972: The...

Author: Omi Hatashin
ISBN: 9781905246694
Format: Hardback
$132.00

When discovered by local hunters on Guam, Yokoi was widely reported as a 'no surrender man' who survived, living...  Read More >>

Philip Vickers Fithian

Philip Vickers Fithian

Author: Philip Vickers Fithian
ISBN: 9781429016797
Format: Paperback
$63.23

The life of a young man as he goes to school and becomes a clergyman; centered entirely in the Mid-Atlantic, with...  Read More >>

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