Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23598 books were found.

Fighting for the French Foreign Legion: Memoirs of a Scottish Legionnaire

Fighting for the French Foreign Legion: Memoirs of a...

Author: Alex Lochrie
ISBN: 9781299198739
Format: Electronic book text
$31.92

This is a very rare and fascinating account of life as a modern day Legionnaire. The author describes how, with...  Read More >>

Mr. Jefferson's Women

Mr. Jefferson's Women

Author: Dr Jon Kukla
ISBN: 9781299253063
Format: Electronic book text
$134.64

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River of Doubt

River of Doubt

Author: Candice Millard
ISBN: 9781299008434
Format: Electronic book text
$126.72

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true...  Read More >>

Fourth Star

Fourth Star

Author: Greg Jaffe ,  David Cloud (U S AIR FORCE ACADEMY)
ISBN: 9781299020245
Format: Electronic book text
$126.72

They were four exceptional soldiers, a new generation asked to save an army that had been hollowed out after Vietnam....  Read More >>

Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh

Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh

Author: Professor Linda Colley
ISBN: 9781299034419
Format: Electronic book text
$142.16

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Code of Love, The: An Astonishing True Tale of Secrets, Love, and War

Code of Love, The: An Astonishing True Tale of Secrets,...

Author: Andro Linklater
ISBN: 9781299003668
Format: Electronic book text
$126.72

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Woman Behind the New Deal

Woman Behind the New Deal

Author: Kirstin Downey
ISBN: 9781299083622
Format: Electronic book text
$134.24

Kirstin Downey's lively, substantive and--dare I say--inspiring new biography of Perkins . . . not only illuminates...  Read More >>

Bravest Man

Bravest Man

Author: William Tuohy
ISBN: 9781299131583
Format: Electronic book text
$63.28

There's no margin for mistakes in submarines. You're either alive or dead. -Richard O'Kane Hailed as the ace of...  Read More >>

People's Tycoon

People's Tycoon

Author: Professor Steven Watts
ISBN: 9781299149939
Format: Electronic book text
$158.40

How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but never before has...  Read More >>

House of Wittgenstein, The: A Family at War

House of Wittgenstein, The: A Family at War

Author: Alexander Waugh
ISBN: 9781299217768
Format: Electronic book text
$134.24

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Joseph P. Kennedy Presents

Joseph P. Kennedy Presents

Author: Cari Beauchamp
ISBN: 9781283995238
Format: Electronic book text
$150.08

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Stranger Among Friends

Stranger Among Friends

Author: David Mixner
ISBN: 9781299109186
Format: Electronic book text
$150.48

From my fear of coming out to coming on strong in the struggle for human rights, this is my American journey, the...  Read More >>

Six Silent Men...Book Three

Six Silent Men...Book Three

Author: Gary Linderer
ISBN: 9781299114142
Format: Electronic book text
$63.28

The Eyes and Ears of the Screaming Eagles . . . By 1969, the NVA had grown more experienced at countering the tactics...  Read More >>

Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood

Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership,...

Author: Donovan Campbell
ISBN: 9781299182301
Format: Electronic book text
$126.72

In the tradition of Jarhead and Band of Brothers, this is the extraordinary story of one Marine platoon's brotherhood,...  Read More >>

Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire

Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire

Author: Flora Fraser
ISBN: 9781299202412
Format: Electronic book text
$134.24

From acclaimed biographer Fraser comes this dynamic, vivid portrait of a mesmerizing woman--Napoleon's favorite...  Read More >>

To the Castle and Back

To the Castle and Back

Author: Vaclav Havel
ISBN: 9781299203082
Format: Electronic book text
$126.32

As president first of Czechoslovakia and then of the nascent Czech Republic, Havel led central Europe out of communism...  Read More >>

The Life of Kingsley Amis

The Life of Kingsley Amis

Author: Professor Zachary Leader (Professor of English Literature, Roehampton University Roehampton Institute, London)
ISBN: 9781299208056
Format: Electronic book text
$224.40

Here is the authorized, definitive biography of one of the most controversial figures of twentieth-century literature,...  Read More >>

Beneath My Feet: The Memoirs of George Mercer Dawson

Beneath My Feet: The Memoirs of George Mercer Dawson...

Author: Phil Jenkins
ISBN: 9781299259423
Format: Electronic book text
$199.58

George Mercer Dawson is a towering figure in Canadian history -- and science -- as the man who led the Geological...  Read More >>

I Could Never Be So Lucky Again: An Autobiography

I Could Never Be So Lucky Again: An Autobiography

Author: James Doolittle ,  Carroll V Glines
ISBN: 9781299020559
Format: Electronic book text
$63.28

After Pearl Harbor, he led America's flight to victory General Doolittle is a giant of the twentieth century. He...  Read More >>

How Can I Keep from Singing?: The Ballad of Pete Seeger

How Can I Keep from Singing?: The Ballad of Pete Seeger...

Author: Professor of English David King Dunaway, PH.D. (University of New Mexico)
ISBN: 9781299022997
Format: Electronic book text
$142.56

Published to coincide with the documentary Peter Seeger: The Power of Song, How Can I Keep from Singing? is a...  Read More >>

Loon

Loon

Author: Jack McLean
ISBN: 9781299124844
Format: Electronic book text
$126.72

Kids like me didn't go to Vietnam, writes Jack McLean in his compulsively readable memoir. Raised in suburban New...  Read More >>

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life...

Author: Richard Henry Dana
ISBN: 9781299225718
Format: Electronic book text
$118.80

In 1834, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., went from Harvard student to common seaman, sailing from California to Cape Horn....  Read More >>

Xin Loi, Viet Nam: Thirty-One Months of War: A Soldier's Memoir

Xin Loi, Viet Nam: Thirty-One Months of War: A Soldier's...

Author: Al Sever
ISBN: 9781299229617
Format: Electronic book text
$63.28

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Moses

Moses

Author: Jonathan Kirsch
ISBN: 9781299248748
Format: Electronic book text
$182.16

Lawgiver and liberator. Seer and prophet. The only human permitted to converse with God face-to-face. Moses is...  Read More >>

Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago

Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago

Author: Mr Jack Harpster
ISBN: 9781280697234
Format: Electronic book text
$79.07

William Butler Ogden was a pioneer railroad magnate, one of the earliest founders and developers of the city of...  Read More >>

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