Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23598 books were found.

Alexander the Great in His World. Blackwell Ancient Lives.

Alexander the Great in His World. Blackwell Ancient...

Author: Carol G Thomas (University of Washington)
ISBN: 9786610850808
Format: Electronic book text
$585.82

Alexander the Great is one of the most celebrated figures of antiquity. In this book, Carol G. Thomas places this...  Read More >>

Chronicles of the Newdegates and the Three Manors

Chronicles of the Newdegates and the Three Manors

Author: Roy Wilkinson
ISBN: 9781844017713
Format: Paperback
$26.27

The Gothic gem of Arbury Hall, set in an historic park in Warwickshire, lies adjacent to the Manor of Astley. These...  Read More >>

Theophilus of Alexandria

Theophilus of Alexandria

Author: Norman Russell
ISBN: 9786610704613
Format: Electronic book text
$686.40

Bringing into focus, a figure in the study of early Christianity, this book provides with a perspective into the...  Read More >>

Eisenhower

Eisenhower

Author: John Wukovits ,  Brian Emerson
ISBN: 9780786168491
Format: Audio
$68.51

This new addition to Wesley Clark's Great Generals series features the principal architect of the Allied invasion...  Read More >>

Making a Killing: The Explosive Story of a Hired Gun in Iraq

Making a Killing: The Explosive Story of a Hired Gun...

Author: James Ashcroft
ISBN: 9781852273118
Format: Hardback
$65.87

In September 2003, James Ashcroft, a former British Infantry captain, landed in Iraq as a 'gun for hire'. It was...  Read More >>

The Pirates - A Who's Who Giving Particulars of the Lives & Deaths of the Pirates & Buccaneers

The Pirates - A Who's Who Giving Particulars of the...

Author: Philip Gosse ,  James H Ford
ISBN: 9781934255001
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"Surely pirates, taking them in their broadest sense, are as much entitled to a biographical dictionary of their...  Read More >>

Citizen Quigg: A Mayor's Life of Civic Service

Citizen Quigg: A Mayor's Life of Civic Service

Author: Mark Foster
ISBN: 9781555915483
Format: Paperback
$44.75

An inspiring account of the life of one of Colorado's finest public servants.  Read More >>

The Last Lieutenant: A Foxhole View of the Epic Battle for Iwo Jima

The Last Lieutenant: A Foxhole View of the Epic Battle...

Author: John C. Shively
ISBN: 9780451220707
Format: Paperback
$39.60

This book presents the story of platoon commander Jim Craig on Iwo Jima, as told to his nephew, Shively. The particularly...  Read More >>

Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar

Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar

Author: Edvard Radzinsky ,  MS Antonina W Bouis (Andrei Sakharov Foundation)
ISBN: 9780743284264
Format: Paperback
$44.88

Edvard Radzinsky is justly famous as both a biographer and a dramatist, and he brings both skills to bear in this...  Read More >>

Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story

Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story

Author: Ann Kirschner
ISBN: 9780743289382
Format: Hardback
$68.64

For nearly 50 years, Sala Kirschner kept a secret: she survived five years in Nazi work camps. In 1991, Sala showed...  Read More >>

Atlantis and Lemuria - 1911

Atlantis and Lemuria - 1911

Author: Steiner Rudolf Steiner ,  Rudolf Steiner
ISBN: 9781594624421
Format: Paperback
$44.75

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The Miracle of Right Thought

The Miracle of Right Thought

Author: Orison Swett Marden ,  Orison Swett Marden
ISBN: 9781594624438
Format: Paperback
$65.87

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.  Read More >>

Drafted

Drafted

Author: Wm C Stodgel
ISBN: 9781598007008
Format: Hardback
$68.51

The Viet Nam conflict escalates!! Ordinary people are drawn into the war. As in all conflicts, the lives of everyday...  Read More >>

Scuds: A Teenage Jewish Refugee in Nazi-Occupied Holland

Scuds: A Teenage Jewish Refugee in Nazi-Occupied Holland...

Author: Hanna Kalter Weiss
ISBN: 9781932687682
Format: Hardback
$57.95

Hanna Kalter was a typical teenager when the Nazis came to power in Germany. But on Kristellnacht, when mobs destroyed...  Read More >>

Stories Great Americans for Little Americans - 1895

Stories Great Americans for Little Americans - 1895...

Author: Eggleston Edward Eggleston ,  Edward Eggleston
ISBN: 9781594624148
Format: Paperback
$38.15

The primary aim of this book is to furnish the little learner reading matter that will excite his attention and...  Read More >>

This War So Horrible: The Civil War Diary of Hiram Smith Williams, 40th Alabama Confederate Pioneer

This War So Horrible: The Civil War Diary of Hiram Smith...

Author: Hiram Smith Williams ,  Lewis N. Wynne
ISBN: 9780817353742
Format: Paperback
$65.87

A different sort of Civil War diary.  Read More >>

Where the Wild Animals is Plentiful: Diary of an Alabama Fur Trader's Daughter, 1912-1914

Where the Wild Animals is Plentiful: Diary of an Alabama...

Author: May Jordan ,  Elisa Moore Baldwin
ISBN: 9780817353377
Format: Paperback
$72.60

This rare find--a journal of a young backwoods woman--provides a unique picture of rural life in southwestern Alabama...  Read More >>

Alexis De Tocqueville: Democracy's Guide

Alexis De Tocqueville: Democracy's Guide

Author: MR Joseph Epstein
ISBN: 9780060598983
Format: Hardback
$57.95

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The Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge, 1848-1879

The Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge, 1848-1879

Author: Dolly Lunt Burge ,  Christine Jacobson Carter
ISBN: 9780820328591
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Presents the story of an ordinary woman rising to meet extraordinary challenges in nineteenth-century Georgia. This...  Read More >>

The Last Playboy: The High Life of Porfirio Rubirosa

The Last Playboy: The High Life of Porfirio Rubirosa...

Author: Shawn Levy
ISBN: 9780007170609
Format: Paperback
$42.21

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Cristina Keeps A Promise

Cristina Keeps A Promise

Author: Virginia Kroll ,  Enrique O Sanchez
ISBN: 9780807513507
Format: Hardback
$42.21

The day before the Special Olympics, Cristina remembers that an author signing is the day of Victor's race. Victor's...  Read More >>

In the Name of Honor

In the Name of Honor

Author: Mukhtar Mai ,  Linda Coverdale
ISBN: 9781416532286
Format: Book
$63.36

"This rousing account is the exclusive, authorized memoir of international rights icon Mukhtar Mai, whose courageous...  Read More >>

Furl That Banner: The Life Of Abram J Ryan, Poet-Priest Of The South (H707/Mrc)

Furl That Banner: The Life Of Abram J Ryan, Poet-Priest...

Author: David O'Connell
ISBN: 9780881460353
Format: Hardback
$92.40

In 1879, Abram J. Ryan's name was a household name in the South, especially after the publication of his book Father...  Read More >>

The Bishop Of The Old South: The Ministry And Civil War Legacy Of Leonidas Polk (H660/Mrc)

The Bishop Of The Old South: The Ministry And Civil...

Author: Glenn Robins
ISBN: 9780881460384
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Leonidas Polk was one of the antebellum South's most significant religious leaders. The son of a wealthy, slaveholding...  Read More >>

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