Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23598 books were found.

Winston Churchill: A Life

Winston Churchill: A Life

Author: John Keegan
ISBN: 9780143112648
Format: Paperback
$36.96

Acclaimed historian Keegan offers a very human portrait of one of the 20th centurys enduring symbols of heroic defiance....  Read More >>

The Hour of Our Nation's Agony: The Civil War Letters of Lt. William Cowper Nelson of Mississippi

The Hour of Our Nation's Agony: The Civil War Letters...

Author: Jennifer Ford
ISBN: 9781572335677
Format: Hardback
$128.04

The Hour of Our Nation's Agony offers a revealing look into the life of a Confederate soldier as he is transformed...  Read More >>

One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln[ -- [S Road to Civil War: Abraham Lincoln's Road to Civil War: Abraham Lincoln's Road to Civil War

One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln[ -- [S Road to...

Author: John C Waugh ,  David Drummond
ISBN: 9781433286469
Format: Downloadable audio file
$131.87

One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln[ -- [s Road to Civil War:...  Read More >>

Cheney

Cheney

Author: Stephen F Hayes ,  Alan Sklar
ISBN: 9781602528253
Format: Pre-recorded MP3 player
$197.97

You can't fully understand the Bush presidency without understanding Dick Cheney, and you can't understand Dick...  Read More >>

An American Idyll: The Life of Carleton H. Parker

An American Idyll: The Life of Carleton H. Parker

Author: Cornelia Stratton Parker
ISBN: 9781406541953
Format: Paperback
$15.50

It was a year ago to-day that Carl Parker died-March 17, 1918. His fortieth birthday would have come on March 31....  Read More >>

4000 Bowls of Rice: A Prisoner of War Comes Home

4000 Bowls of Rice: A Prisoner of War Comes Home

Author: Linda Goetz Holmes
ISBN: 9781883283513
Format: Paperback
$39.47

OVER 60,000 Australians and Americans captured by the Japanese during World War II toiled and died to build the...  Read More >>

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Author: E.B. Sledge
ISBN: 9780891419198
Format: Paperback
$21.09

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed. He became...  Read More >>

And There Would Be No Wolves

And There Would Be No Wolves

Author: Leatrice Lifshitz
ISBN: 9781602640801
Format: Paperback
$36.83

This is the historically accurate novel of one of the most quietly extraordinary women in American history. The...  Read More >>

The Washington Diaries: 1981-1989

The Washington Diaries: 1981-1989

Author: Allan Gotlieb
ISBN: 9780771035630
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Canada’s legendary ambassador to the United States reveals his personal diaries from his time in Washington, from...  Read More >>

The Private Lives of the Impressionists

The Private Lives of the Impressionists

Author: Sue Roe
ISBN: 9780060545598
Format: Paperback
$47.49

This intimate, colorful, superbly researched account of the worlds most popular artists, the Impressionists, takes...  Read More >>

They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland before the Holocaust

They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish...

Author: Mayer Kirshenblatt ,  Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
ISBN: 9780520249615
Format: Hardback
$105.47

The author who was born in 1916 and left Poland for Canada in 1934, taught himself to paint at age 73. This book...  Read More >>

We Lived to Tell: Political Prison Memoirs of Iranian Women

We Lived to Tell: Political Prison Memoirs of Iranian...

Author: Azadeh Agah ,  Sousan Mehr
ISBN: 9781894692199
Format: Paperback
$60.59

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One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln's Road to Civil War

One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln's Road to Civil...

Author: John C Waugh
ISBN: 9780151010714
Format: Undefined
$73.92

The seemingly unstoppable march toward civil war and Americas struggle as a republic are viewed through the breathtaking...  Read More >>

The Everything Martin Luther King Jr. Book: The Struggle, the Dream, the Legacy

The Everything Martin Luther King Jr. Book: The Struggle,...

Author: Jessica McElrath ,  Dwain Kyles
ISBN: 9781598593136
Format: Audio
$92.37

The Everything(R) Martin Luther King Jr. Book explores the life, times and influence of one of the most inspirational...  Read More >>

Brotherhood of Doom: Memoirs of a Navy Nuclear Weaponsman: Memoirs of a Navy Nuclear Weaponsman

Brotherhood of Doom: Memoirs of a Navy Nuclear Weaponsman:...

Author: James S Little
ISBN: 9781647188054
Format: Hardback
$118.90

"""No one knew what our job was on the ship. Navy Nuclear Weaponsmen were shrouded in secrecy, and entrusted with...  Read More >>

In Service of Emergent India: A Call to Honor

In Service of Emergent India: A Call to Honor

Author: Jaswant Singh ,  Strobe Talbott
ISBN: 9780253349361
Format: Hardback
$65.95

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Chronometer Jack: The Autobiography of the Shipmaster, John Miller of Edinburgh (1802-1883)

Chronometer Jack: The Autobiography of the Shipmaster,...

Author: Robin Craig ,  Ann Nix
ISBN: 9781904445333
Format: Hardback
$64.69

Autobiography of a shipmaster during the 19th century  Read More >>

The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President

The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder,...

Author: Julie M Fenster ,  Hillary Huber
ISBN: 9781433204425
Format: Audio
$118.80

"""The Case of Abraham Lincoln"" takes the listener from the mystery of the George Anderson case, as investigated...  Read More >>

The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President

The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder,...

Author: Julie M Fenster ,  Hillary Huber
ISBN: 9781433204449
Format: Audio
$52.67

"""The Case of Abraham Lincoln"" takes the listener from the mystery of the George Anderson case, as investigated...  Read More >>

The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President

The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder,...

Author: Julie M Fenster ,  Hillary Huber
ISBN: 9781433204456
Format: Audio
$79.07

"""The Case of Abraham Lincoln"" takes the listener from the mystery of the George Anderson case, as investigated...  Read More >>

For the Love of Flight

For the Love of Flight

Author: Marc R Williams
ISBN: 9781425756369
Format: Paperback
$58.05

"This is my true story about how a young man turned his emotional and learning disabilities that cast him as a failure...  Read More >>

Blood Brothers: Among the Soldiers of Ward 57

Blood Brothers: Among the Soldiers of Ward 57

Author: Michael Weisskopf
ISBN: 9780805086607
Format: Paperback
$23.00

A powerful account of 18 months in the lives of three soldiers and a journalist, all patients in Ward 57, Walter...  Read More >>

My Diary North And South (1863)

My Diary North And South (1863)

Author: Sir William Howard Russell
ISBN: 9780548628324
Format: Paperback
$65.87

William Howard Russell wrote My Diary North and South while traveling through the Union and the Confederacy from...  Read More >>

Junia Gentle Soul of the Holocaust

Junia Gentle Soul of the Holocaust

Author: Holly H Roberts
ISBN: 9780979924477
Format: Paperback
$23.29

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Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II

Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War...

Author: George MacDonald Fraser
ISBN: 9781602391901
Format: Paperback
$39.47

A moving and penetrating contribution to the literature of the Burma campaign. Max Hastings, Daily...  Read More >>

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