Autobiography: historical, political & military books

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A Watch in the Night: The Story of Pomquet Island's Last Lightkeeping Family

A Watch in the Night: The Story of Pomquet Island's...

Author: Ruth Edgett
ISBN: 9781551096117
Format: Paperback
$52.67

When Ahmed moves to Nova Scotia from his native Kuwait, he wants a pet. Instead he gets to help save an endangered...  Read More >>

My Life with Che: The Making of a Revolutionary

My Life with Che: The Making of a Revolutionary

Author: Hilda Gadea
ISBN: 9780230606012
Format: Hardback
$57.95

Che Guevara's first wife, Hilda Gadea, paints a personal portrait of the legendary figure, revealing his lesser-known...  Read More >>

Jacques Vache and the Roots of Surrealism: Including Vache's War Letters & Other Writings

Jacques Vache and the Roots of Surrealism: Including...

Author: Franklin Rosemont
ISBN: 9780882863221
Format: Hardback
$92.40

The decade that gave the world Krazy Kat, Rube Goldberg, and Buster Keaton also marked the emergence of Jacques...  Read More >>

Abraham Lincoln - The Practical Mystic

Abraham Lincoln - The Practical Mystic

Author: Francis Grierson
ISBN: 9781409770992
Format: Paperback
$23.63

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin

Author: Benjamin Franklin
ISBN: 9781409784739
Format: Paperback
$28.91

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

Around the World with LBJ: My Wild Ride as Air Force One Pilot, White House Aide, and Personal Confidant

Around the World with LBJ: My Wild Ride as Air Force...

Author: James U. Cross ,  Denise Gamino
ISBN: 9780292717688
Format: Hardback
$71.15

Lyndon Baines Johnson was a dynamic president, who called for Air Force One as others summon a taxi - at a moment's...  Read More >>

King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War

King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the...

Author: Catrine Clay
ISBN: 9780802716774
Format: Paperback
$47.52

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Politics of the Imagination: The Life, Work and Ideas of Charles Fort, Introduction by John Keel

Politics of the Imagination: The Life, Work and Ideas...

Author: Colin Bennett
ISBN: 9781605200682
Format: Hardback
$65.87

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Never Surrender

Never Surrender

Author: G. Boykin ,  Lynn William
ISBN: 9780446582155
Format: Hardback
$65.97

"Lieutenant General William ""Jerry"" Boykin recounts the battles fought, and the faith that has sustained him through...  Read More >>

Work Hard, Study . . . and Keep Out of Politics!

Work Hard, Study . . . and Keep Out of Politics!

Author: James A. Baker, III ,  Steve Fiffer
ISBN: 9780810124899
Format: Paperback
$52.67

White House chief of staff twice over, former secretary of state, past secretary of the treasury, and campaign leader...  Read More >>

Marine Rifleman

Marine Rifleman

Author: Col. Wesley L. Fox USMC (Ret.)
ISBN: 9781574888089
Format: Paperback
$21.95

Tells the story of Wesley Fox who enlisted in the Marine Corps in the summer of 1950, shortly after the outbreak...  Read More >>

A Southern Moderate in Radical Times: Henry Washington Hilliard, 1808-1892

A Southern Moderate in Radical Times: Henry Washington...

Author: David I. Durham
ISBN: 9780807133286
Format: Hardback
$105.60

Offers a comprehensive and critical appraisal of one of the South's famous dissenters. Against the backdrop of one...  Read More >>

Jim Crow and Me: Stories From My Life As a Civil Rights Lawyer

Jim Crow and Me: Stories From My Life As a Civil Rights...

Author: Solomon S. Seay Jr. ,  Delores Boyd
ISBN: 9781588381750
Format: Hardback
$66.00

Civil rights lawyer Solomon S. Seay, Jr. chronicles both heartening and heartbreaking episodes of his first-hand...  Read More >>

Mother and Me: Escape from Warsaw 1939

Mother and Me: Escape from Warsaw 1939

Author: Julian Padowicz
ISBN: 9780897335706
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Julian's mother was a spoiled beauty, a Warsaw socialite who had no talent for child-rearing and no interest in...  Read More >>

Eight Lives Down

Eight Lives Down

Author: Chris Hunter
ISBN: 9780552155717
Format: Paperback
$45.00

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Carolina Roots: From Whence I Came

Carolina Roots: From Whence I Came

Author: Thomas Shytle
ISBN: 9781419695193
Format: Paperback
$52.77

The textile industry in Piedmont North Carolina was among the first to feel the ripple effect of the stock market...  Read More >>

Napoleon's Enfant Terrible: General Dominique Vandamme

Napoleon's Enfant Terrible: General Dominique Vandamme...

Author: John G. Gallaher
ISBN: 9780806138756
Format: Hardback
$92.27

A dedicated career soldier and excellent division and corps commander, Dominique Vandamme was a thorn in the side...  Read More >>

From North Africa to the Arakan: The Engrossing Memoir of WWII Spitfire Ace Alan McGregor Peart DFC, RNZAF

From North Africa to the Arakan: The Engrossing Memoir...

Author: Alan Peart
ISBN: 9781906502034
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Providing an account of air war, this book describes the appalling living conditions and the issues the aircrew...  Read More >>

My Life And Experiences Among Our Hostile Indians

My Life And Experiences Among Our Hostile Indians

Author: O. O. Howard
ISBN: 9781409767206
Format: Paperback
$50.03

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Nelson Mandela: A Very Short Introduction

Nelson Mandela: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford, UK)
ISBN: 9786611769789
Format: Electronic book text
$26.00

As well as being a remarkable statesman, Nelson Mandela has become a universal symbol of justice, a secular saint....  Read More >>

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Author: Benjamin Franklin ,  Michael Edwards
ISBN: 9780786152421
Format: Downloadable audio file
$105.47

Franklin was many things: printer, philosopher, inventor, statesman, diplomat, and not least, a writer. His fine...  Read More >>

Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and Within

Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and...

Author: Nate Self
ISBN: 9781414320090
Format: Hardback
$60.69

Army Ranger hero Self recounts the Roberts Ridge Rescue mission, the ferocious battles in Afghanistan, and the lone...  Read More >>

Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

Author: John S D Eisenhower ,  Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr.
ISBN: 9780805082371
Format: Hardback
$58.08

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Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana

Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet...

Author: Janet Gleeson
ISBN: 9780307381989
Format: Paperback
$39.47

A revealing portrait of one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious members of the Spencer family Intelligent,...  Read More >>

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