Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23598 books were found.

Life on the Mississippi

Life on the Mississippi

Author: Mark Twain ,  1st World Library
ISBN: 9781421807645
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Life on the Mississippi expresses the full range of Twain’s literary personality, and remains the most vivid, boisterous...  Read More >>

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Author: Edmund Lester Pearson
ISBN: 9781847021564
Format: Paperback
$26.14

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

Indestructible

Indestructible

Author: Jack Lucas ,  Lloyd James
ISBN: 9780786153688
Format: Downloadable audio file
$105.47

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American Shogun: General Macarthur Emperor Hirohito and the Drama of Modern Japan

American Shogun: General Macarthur Emperor Hirohito...

Author: Robert Harvey
ISBN: 9781585676828
Format: Hardback
$92.40

As revealed by Harvey, today's partnership between modern Japan and the United States was forged by the confrontation,...  Read More >>

My War: Killing Time in Iraq

My War: Killing Time in Iraq

Author: Colby Buzzell
ISBN: 9780552154376
Format: Paperback
$22.99

and the hesitation of a young soldier who had been passed around from platoon to platoon because he was too afraid...  Read More >>

Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson

Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of...

Author: Paula Byrne
ISBN: 9780812970791
Format: Paperback
$47.39

This compelling and richly researched book presents a fascinating portrait ofMary Robinson--darling of the London...  Read More >>

The Way Home: A German Childhood, An American Life

The Way Home: A German Childhood, An American Life

Author: Ernestine Bradley
ISBN: 9781400076062
Format: Paperback
$39.47

In this moving and candid memoir, readers meet Ernestine Bradley, the wife of former senator and presidential hopeful...  Read More >>

The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and...

Author: Tom Reiss
ISBN: 9780812972764
Format: Paperback
$44.88

"Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, ""The Orientalist"" traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum,...  Read More >>

Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France

Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France

Author: Leonie Frieda
ISBN: 9780060744939
Format: Paperback
$42.21

In this effervescent and richly praised biography, Frieda reclaims the story of Catherine de Medici to reveal a...  Read More >>

Indestructible: The Unforgettable Story of a Marine Hero of Iwo Jima

Indestructible: The Unforgettable Story of a Marine...

Author: Jack Lucas ,  D K Drum
ISBN: 9780786178094
Format: Audio
$79.07

At the height of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the day after the island invasion began, Jack Lucas and three other Marines...  Read More >>

Olympias: Mother of Alexander the Great

Olympias: Mother of Alexander the Great

Author: Elizabeth Carney (Clemson University)
ISBN: 9786610552924
Format: Electronic book text
$607.20

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Indestructible: The Unforgettable Story of a Marine Hero of Iwo Jima

Indestructible: The Unforgettable Story of a Marine...

Author: Jack Lucas ,  D K Drum
ISBN: 9780786170784
Format: Audio
$145.20

At the height of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the day after the island invasion began, Jack Lucas and three other Marines...  Read More >>

Indestructible: The Unforgettable Story of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima

Indestructible: The Unforgettable Story of a Marine...

Author: Jack Lucas ,  D K Drum
ISBN: 9780786174782
Format: Audio
$79.07

For this brave action seventeen-year-old Jack Lucas from North Carolina became the youngest soldier in the twentieth...  Read More >>

Sweet and Low

Sweet and Low

Author: Rich Cohen ,  Rich Cohen
ISBN: 9780792739371
Format: Audio
$211.07

Sweet and Low is the amazing story of a short-order cook named Ben Eisenstadt who, in the years after World War...  Read More >>

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick...

Author: Dick Winters ,  Col Cole C Kingseed
ISBN: 9780786168897
Format: Audio
$190.08

Winters' memoir, based on his wartime diary, includes the untold stories of his comrades--the Band of Brothers who...  Read More >>

Simon Bolivar

Simon Bolivar

Author: Guillermo a Sherwell ,  1st World Library
ISBN: 9781421803487
Format: Hardback
$73.79

In the history of peoples, the veneration of national heroes has been one of the most powerful forces behind great...  Read More >>

History of King Charles the Second of England

History of King Charles the Second of England

Author: Jacob Abbot ,  1st World Library
ISBN: 9781421800523
Format: Hardback
$73.79

The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute...  Read More >>

The Boy Life of Napoleon

The Boy Life of Napoleon

Author: Eugenie Foa ,  1stworld Library
ISBN: 9781421803357
Format: Hardback
$71.15

On a certain August day, in the year 1776, two little girls were strolling hand in hand along the pleasant promenade...  Read More >>

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

Author: Jacob Abbott ,  1st World Library
ISBN: 9781421803593
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the...  Read More >>

Whip the Rebellion: Ulysses S. Grant's Rise to Command

Whip the Rebellion: Ulysses S. Grant's Rise to Command...

Author: George Walsh
ISBN: 9780765305275
Format: Paperback
$58.05

"How the unprepossessing Ulysses S. Grant, whose military genius ultimately preserved the Union, came to the forefront...  Read More >>

Tempting the Fates

Tempting the Fates

Author: Dare Wilson
ISBN: 9781844154357
Format: Hardback
$57.99

Presents a memoir covering fighting in WW2, Korea and numerous other 'small' wars. General Dare Wilson saw action...  Read More >>

Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History

Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two...

Author: William Pelfrey
ISBN: 9786611079949
Format: Electronic book text
$147.58

Includes vivid, warts - and portraits of the legends of the golden age of the automobile, from Crazy Henry Ford...  Read More >>

Adventurous Women: Eight True Stories about Women Who Made a Difference

Adventurous Women: Eight True Stories about Women Who...

Author: Penny Colman
ISBN: 9780805077445
Format: Hardback
$50.03

Award-winning author Penny Colman offers a compelling collection of true stories about eight women in the 20th century...  Read More >>

Benjamin Franklin: The First Civilized American

Benjamin Franklin: The First Civilized American

Author: Phillips Russell
ISBN: 9781596056121
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Keep 'em Flying: The Mickey Muzinich Story

Keep 'em Flying: The Mickey Muzinich Story

Author: Connie Hammill
ISBN: 9781592991730
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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