Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23614 books were found.

On the Border: Twenty Life Stories From Four Continents

On the Border: Twenty Life Stories From Four Continents...

Author: Paul Bennett ,  Anouk'chet Suong
ISBN: 9781039114050
Format: Hardback
$50.43

This is a fascinating collection of vignettes drawn from the author's family, youth, career, and travel. Paul Bennett...  Read More >>

The Last Enemy

The Last Enemy

Author: Richard Hillary
ISBN: 9781838440947
Format: Hardback
$56.80

Richard Hillary's book The Last Enemy was first published in the UK in 1942. It is an extraordinary first-hand account...  Read More >>

Landmark Memories: A Vermont Village 1930s-1950s

Landmark Memories: A Vermont Village 1930s-1950s

Author: Joyce Slayton Mitchell
ISBN: 9781950584871
Format: Paperback
$52.67

More than “the good old days,” destined only for the memoir and history-buff markets;  more than the “community-building”...  Read More >>

For a New Geography

For a New Geography

Author: Milton Santos ,  Archie Davies
ISBN: 9781517909086
Format: Paperback
$49.99

""Originally published in 1978, For a New Geography marked the emergence of Milton Santos as a major interpreter...  Read More >>

Memories of an SOE Historian

Memories of an SOE Historian

Author: M R D Foot
ISBN: 9781399014465
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Gives a no-holds-barred account of SOE operations.  Read More >>

The Lost Café Schindler: One Family, Two Wars, and the Search for Truth

The Lost Café Schindler: One Family, Two Wars, and the...

Author: Meriel Schindler
ISBN: 9780393881622
Format: Hardback
$55.00

An extraordinary memoir of a Jewish family spanning two world wars and its flight from Nazi-occupied Austria.  Read More >>

See How They Run

See How They Run

Author: Geoff Hoon
ISBN: 9781913491826
Format: Hardback
$55.99

This is an open and frank account of how someone from a railway family in a small East Midlands town went on to...  Read More >>

The Happiest Man on Earth: Illustrated Edition

The Happiest Man on Earth: Illustrated Edition

Author: Eddie Jaku
ISBN: 9781760986483
Format: Hardback
$44.99

Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. During the Holocaust, Eddie Jaku faced unimaginable...  Read More >>

For a New Geography

For a New Geography

Author: Milton Santos ,  Archie Davies
ISBN: 9781517909079
Format: Hardback
$270.00

""Originally published in 1978, For a New Geography marked the emergence of Milton Santos as a major interpreter...  Read More >>

An Unconventional Wife: The Life of Julia Sorell Arnold

An Unconventional Wife: The Life of Julia Sorell Arnold...

Author: Mary Hoban
ISBN: 9781950354771
Format: Paperback
$47.52

A riveting biography that shines a shaft of light on a hidden but captivating life, told with the pace, depth, and...  Read More >>

Atlin Where Everyone Knows Your Dog's Name

Atlin Where Everyone Knows Your Dog's Name

Author: Bradford D Smith ,  Diane Solie Smith
ISBN: 9781888215816
Format: Paperback
$65.87

A boy and the town that raised him - Growing up in Atlin, BC With natural story-telling ease and wit, Brad tells...  Read More >>

Just a Candy Store in Brooklyn. Or Was It?

Just a Candy Store in Brooklyn. Or Was It?

Author: Tom Morrissey
ISBN: 9780999497555
Format: Paperback
$25.85

John and Mary's candy store was one of four in the magical place known as Red Hook in Brooklyn, New York, in the...  Read More >>

Steadfast Ink: The Journey Within

Steadfast Ink: The Journey Within

Author: Joanie Holzer Schirm
ISBN: 9780988678187
Format: Hardback
$67.25

A daughter's quest to uncover her father's truths, and share them with the world. Experience one woman's incredible...  Read More >>

Different Drummer: A Cardiologist's Memoir of Imperfect Heroes and Care for the Heart

Different Drummer: A Cardiologist's Memoir of Imperfect...

Author: Douglass Andrew Morrison
ISBN: 9781525599767
Format: Paperback
$63.37

Andreas Gruentzig performed the first coronary artery balloon angioplasty (plasty) in 1977. Shortly after that,...  Read More >>

Writings of a Rebel Colonel: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Samuel Walkup, 48th North Carolina Infantry

Writings of a Rebel Colonel: The Civil War Diary and...

Author: Samuel Walkup
ISBN: 9781476686691
Format: Paperback
$57.00

Lawyer, planter and politician Samuel Hoey Walkup led the 48th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War. Presenting...  Read More >>

Fear of Theory: Towards a New Theoretical Justification of Biography

Fear of Theory: Towards a New Theoretical Justification...

Author: Hans Renders ,  David Veltman
ISBN: 9789004498549
Format: Hardback
$390.72

In historiography, many interesting theoretical perspectives on biography have emerged in recent years, from forensics...  Read More >>

Robinson Family Governess: Letters from Kaua'i and Ni'ihau, 1911-1913

Robinson Family Governess: Letters from Kaua'i and Ni'ihau,...

Author: Judith Burtner
ISBN: 9781594338274
Format: Paperback
$38.68

"In 1911, 22 year old Hettie Belle Matthew takes a daring leap into the unknown as she sails away from her cosmopolitan...  Read More >>

Tracks of Destiny: From Derby to Tennant Creek

Tracks of Destiny: From Derby to Tennant Creek

Author: Ion Idriess
ISBN: 9781922473936
Format: Paperback
$34.95

Back in print after 60 years. Ion Idriess was one of those who set out from Derby with the ending of the Wet. This...  Read More >>

Meri Jeevan Yatra

Meri Jeevan Yatra

Author: A.P.J Abdul Kalam
ISBN: 9789350487969
Format: Hardback
$54.31

रामेश्]वरम में पैदा हुए एक बालक से लेकर भारत के ग्यारहवें राष्]ट्रपति बनने तक का डॉ. ए.पी.जे. अब्दुल कलाम का जीवन...  Read More >>

Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner

Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner

Author: Mario Lopez-Goicoechea
ISBN: 9781528994293
Format: Paperback
$31.02

What does a certificate of naturalistion mean to an immigrant in Brexit-plagued modern Britain? How do we navigate...  Read More >>

Before the After

Before the After

Author: Fernando Pruna
ISBN: 9798201283346
Format: Paperback
$42.67

"""Before the After"" is the title of the first book in English of a projected trilogy mirroring the Spanish historical...  Read More >>

Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner

Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner

Author: Mario Lopez-Goicoechea
ISBN: 9781528994309
Format: Hardback
$36.20

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Hope: The Fascinating True Story of One Family's Escape from the Jungles of Africa

Hope: The Fascinating True Story of One Family's Escape...

Author: Garry Newton
ISBN: 9780228864486
Format: Paperback
$31.02

This is a true story, a memoir with excitement and adventure. My life was spent in the hectic world of business,...  Read More >>

A Tapestry Of Fragments: From My Mind

A Tapestry Of Fragments: From My Mind

Author: Lesley Mooney
ISBN: 9781922703316
Format: Paperback
$41.27

From the author of Echoes of the Past, comes A Tapestry Of Fragments From My Mind, a more expansive compilation...  Read More >>

Malcolm and Me

Malcolm and Me

Author: Ishmael Reed ,  Ishmael Reed
ISBN: 9781713600312
Format: Audio
$65.97

"In 1960, Ishmael Reed, then an aspiring young writer, interviewed Malcolm X for a local radio station in Buffalo,...  Read More >>

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