Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23598 books were found.

5 Brothers in Arms

5 Brothers in Arms

Author: Raymond C Heimbuch
ISBN: 9781436325257
Format: Hardback
$79.17

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The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1969-77

The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal...

Author: Asadollah Alam ,  Alinaqi Alikhani
ISBN: 9781845113728
Format: Paperback
$42.00

Asadollah Alam, an urbane aristocrat from the oldest of Iran's great families, was the Sha's most trusted confidant....  Read More >>

My Hometown Concentration Camp: A Survivor's Account of Life in the Krakow Ghetto and Plaszow Concentration Camp

My Hometown Concentration Camp: A Survivor's Account...

Author: Bernard Offen ,  Norman Jacobs
ISBN: 9780853036364
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Bernard Offen endured and survived the Krakow Ghetto and five concentration camps, including Plaszow and Auschwitz-Birkenau,...  Read More >>

The Cranky Yankee

The Cranky Yankee

Author: Virginia Leaper ,  1st World Library
ISBN: 9781421898629
Format: Paperback
$52.67

If you have New England in your blood, you will enjoy these vignettes about hurricanes, clambakes at the farm, walks...  Read More >>

From Poland to Brooklyn: The Lives of My Grandparents, Two Holocaust Survivors

From Poland to Brooklyn: The Lives of My Grandparents,...

Author: Steven Keslowitz
ISBN: 9780595467020
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Written by the grandson of two Holocaust survivors, From Poland to Brooklyn provides a new and insightful analysis...  Read More >>

Gandhi's American Ally: How an Educational Missionary Joined the Mahatma's Struggle Against Untouchability

Gandhi's American Ally: How an Educational Missionary...

Author: Norm Williams
ISBN: 9780595465002
Format: Paperback
$57.95

A son strives to understand his father, an iconoclastic Methodist missionary to India during the '20s and '30s....  Read More >>

Simon Girty Turncoat Hero

Simon Girty Turncoat Hero

Author: Phillip W. Hoffman
ISBN: 9780975366769
Format: Hardback
$76.43

"The subject of this panoramic biography is one of the most mysterious, misunderstood icons of early American history....  Read More >>

Of Spies and Spokesmen: My Life as a Cold War Correspondent

Of Spies and Spokesmen: My Life as a Cold War Correspondent...

Author: Nicholas Daniloff
ISBN: 9780826217936
Format: Hardback
$118.67

Describes the reality of journalism behind the Iron Curtain - how Western reporters banded together to thwart Soviet...  Read More >>

Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: New Beginnings and New Directions, 1953-1968

Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: New Beginnings...

Author: Robert Penn Warren ,  William Bedford Clark
ISBN: 9780807133002
Format: Hardback
$171.60

Volume four of the Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren covers a crucial time of personal and professional rejuvenation...  Read More >>

A Letter to My Father: Growing up Filipina and American

A Letter to My Father: Growing up Filipina and American...

Author: Helen Madamba Mossman
ISBN: 9780806139098
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Written with the skill of a gifted storyteller and graced with photos that capture both of Helen's worlds, A Letter...  Read More >>

Does People Do It?: A Memoir

Does People Do It?: A Memoir

Author: Fred L. Harris
ISBN: 9780806139135
Format: Hardback
$65.87

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Saddle Bag and Spinning Wheel: Being the Civil War Letters of George W.Peddy, MD, Surgeon, 56th Georgia Volunteer Regiment, CSA

Saddle Bag and Spinning Wheel: Being the Civil War Letters...

Author: George P. Cuttino
ISBN: 9780881461190
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Contains 216 letters, the personal correspondence between George Washington Peddy, surgeon, 56th Georgia Volunteer...  Read More >>

Opportunity Time

Opportunity Time

Author: Linwood Holton
ISBN: 9780813927206
Format: Hardback
$73.79

When newly elected Virginia governor Linwood Holton escorted his children into an integrated Richmond public school...  Read More >>

Gandhi's American Ally: How an Educational Missionary Joined the Mahatma's Struggle Against Untouchability

Gandhi's American Ally: How an Educational Missionary...

Author: Norm Williams
ISBN: 9780595702688
Format: Hardback
$84.35

In Gandhi's American Ally, Norm Williams tells the extraordinary story of his parents' persistent missionary work...  Read More >>

The Cranky Yankee

The Cranky Yankee

Author: Virginia Leaper ,  1stworld Library
ISBN: 9781421898612
Format: Hardback
$73.79

If you have New England in your blood, you will enjoy these vignettes about hurricanes, clambakes at the farm, walks...  Read More >>

Pure Goldwater

Pure Goldwater

Author: John W Dean ,  Barry M Goldwater, Jr.
ISBN: 9781400127368
Format: Downloadable audio file
$105.57

New York Times bestselling author John W. Dean and the son of conservative icon Barry Goldwater come together to...  Read More >>

The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848

The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis...

Author: Martin Dugard ,  Robertson Dean
ISBN: 9781433214578
Format: Audio
$237.60

Few historical figures are as inextricably linked as Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. But less than two decades...  Read More >>

The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848

The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis...

Author: Martin Dugard ,  Robertson Dean
ISBN: 9781433214608
Format: Audio
$79.07

Few historical figures are as inextricably linked as Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. But less than two decades...  Read More >>

Household Baggage: The Moving Life of a Military Wife (2nd Edition)

Household Baggage: The Moving Life of a Military Wife...

Author: Marna Krajeski
ISBN: 9781932279566
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Household Baggage is an entertaining collection of funny, poignant, and disarmingly candid essays about today's...  Read More >>

Household Baggage Handlers: 56 Stories from the Hearts and Lives of Military Wives

Household Baggage Handlers: 56 Stories from the Hearts...

Author: Marna Krajeski
ISBN: 9781932279474
Format: Paperback
$40.92

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Black Crusader: A Biography of Robert Franklin Williams

Black Crusader: A Biography of Robert Franklin Williams...

Author: Robert Carl Cohen
ISBN: 9781434801876
Format: Paperback
$79.07

The 2008 Photo Illustrated Edition of Robert Carl Cohen's 1972 biography of Robert Franklin Williams, advocate of...  Read More >>

The King's Hussar: the Recollections of a 14th (King's) Hussar During the Victorian Era

The King's Hussar: the Recollections of a 14th (King's)...

Author: Edwin Mole
ISBN: 9781846774515
Format: Paperback
$50.13

An old soldier tells the story of his long military career This is an intimate account of the Victorian cavalryman...  Read More >>

Bengal European Regiment

Bengal European Regiment

Author: P R Innes
ISBN: 9781846774607
Format: Paperback
$43.96

The history of one of India's famous regiments The domination of the Indian sub-continent by the British would have...  Read More >>

Journal of the Campaign of 1815: the Experiences of an Officer of the Royal Horse Artillery During the Waterloo Campaign

Journal of the Campaign of 1815: the Experiences of...

Author: Alexander Cavalié Mercer
ISBN: 9781846774492
Format: Paperback
$55.41

A Horse Gunner's view of the world's most famous battle Captain Mercer has left posterity a vital and remarkable...  Read More >>

A Conscript for Empire: the Experiences of a Young German Conscript During the Napoleonic Wars

A Conscript for Empire: the Experiences of a Young German...

Author: Philippe ,  Johann Christian Maempel
ISBN: 9781846774454
Format: Paperback
$42.21

A young soldier thrown to the mercies of total war This is remarkable story of a young Rhinelander caught up in...  Read More >>

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