Autobiography: historical, political & military books

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Raoul Wallenberg

Raoul Wallenberg

Author: Harvey Rosenfeld ,  Michael Kramer
ISBN: 9780786151165
Format: Downloadable audio file
$131.87

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg helped save approximately 100,000 Jews from the Nazis in wartime Hungary. In 1945,...  Read More >>

Tibor Eckhard in His Own Words – An Autobiography

Tibor Eckhard in His Own Words – An Autobiography

Author: Katalin Kadar Lynn
ISBN: 9780880335485
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Tibor Eckhardt was a powerful and influential figure in the political life of Hungary from the end of World War...  Read More >>

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (Part One)

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (Part One)...

Author: Hallam Lord Tennyson
ISBN: 9781410224347
Format: Paperback
$92.40

This biography contains wonderful first-hand personal information about Tennyson and the family, and includes a...  Read More >>

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (Part Two)

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (Part Two)...

Author: Hallam Lord Tennyson
ISBN: 9781410224354
Format: Paperback
$92.40

This biography contains wonderful first-hand personal information about Tennyson and the family, and includes a...  Read More >>

The Hon. Alexander Mackenzie: His Life and Times

The Hon. Alexander Mackenzie: His Life and Times

Author: William Buckingham ,  George W Ross
ISBN: 9781410223814
Format: Paperback
$104.28

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Madam Prime Minister: A Life in Power and Politics

Madam Prime Minister: A Life in Power and Politics

Author: Gro Harlem Brundtland
ISBN: 9780374530020
Format: Paperback
$87.12

One of the world's leading woman politicians tells her inspiring story At forty-one, Gro Harlem Brundtland, physician...  Read More >>

From Private to Field-Marshall

From Private to Field-Marshall

Author: Sir Field-Marshall William Robertson
ISBN: 9781410223951
Format: Paperback
$77.88

Sir William Robertson (1860-1933) holds the unusual distinction of being the only man to rise from Private to Field...  Read More >>

Raoul Wallenberg, Revised Edition

Raoul Wallenberg, Revised Edition

Author: Harvey Rosenfeld ,  Michael Kramer
ISBN: 9780786176762
Format: Audio
$237.60

"Now an international symbol of twentieth-century humanitarianism, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, issued...  Read More >>

Miles Gone by: A Literary Autobiography

Miles Gone by: A Literary Autobiography

Author: William F Buckley, Jr., Jr. ,  William F Buckley, Jr., Jr.
ISBN: 9780786179848
Format: Audio
$92.27

In this autobiography, woven from personal pieces composed over the course of a celebrated writing life of more...  Read More >>

DESERT QUEEN: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

DESERT QUEEN: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell:...

Author: Janet Wallach
ISBN: 9781400096190
Format: Paperback
$42.24

This incident-packed biography reveals a woman whose achievements and independent spirit were especially remarkable...  Read More >>

Blind Justice: Jacobus tenBroek and the Vision of Equality

Blind Justice: Jacobus tenBroek and the Vision of Equality...

Author: Floyd W Matson
ISBN: 9780844410906
Format: Paperback
$85.80

Biography of the founder of the National Federation of the Blind, written by friend and collaborator Matson. Tells...  Read More >>

Blind Justice: Jacobus tenBroek and the Vision of Equality

Blind Justice: Jacobus tenBroek and the Vision of Equality...

Author: Floyd W Matson
ISBN: 9780844410890
Format: Hardback
$99.00

Biography of the founder of the National Federation of the Blind, written by friend and collaborator Matson. Tells...  Read More >>

Personal Recollections of President Abraham Lincoln, General Ulysses S. Grant and General William T. Sherman

Personal Recollections of President Abraham Lincoln,...

Author: Major-General Grenville M Dodge
ISBN: 9781410223692
Format: Paperback
$72.60

"General Dodge knew these great Americans well and in many capacities, and his recollections are vivid, important...  Read More >>

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity,...

Author: Simon Winchester
ISBN: 9780060839789
Format: Paperback
$39.57

"Hailed by the ""New York Times"" as ""a fascinating, spicy, learned tale,"" this runaway national bestseller takes...  Read More >>

Raoul Wallenberg: The Mystery Lives on

Raoul Wallenberg: The Mystery Lives on

Author: Harvey Rosenfeld
ISBN: 9780595355440
Format: Paperback
$57.95

The updated version of this authoritative biography of Wallenberg offers a 'closing to the greatest unsolved mystery...  Read More >>

Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson

Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson

Author: E Allison Peers ,  Thomas Jefferson
ISBN: 9780486442891
Format: Paperback
$18.35

Detailed account of this man's remarkable life: as governor of Virginia, years in Paris, as Washington's secretary...  Read More >>

Come and Go by Faith

Come and Go by Faith

Author: Anna P Smith
ISBN: 9781597812924
Format: Paperback
$31.65

American history is woven into this inspirational memoir of faith and survival that begins during the era of slavery...  Read More >>

Sonia Gandhi Through a Different Lens

Sonia Gandhi Through a Different Lens

Author: Ravi Singavarapu
ISBN: 9781596820609
Format: Hardback
$71.25

It is a fascinating book about a fascinating personality written in a fascinating fashion. That sums it all. Sir...  Read More >>

My Life

My Life

Author: President Bill Clinton
ISBN: 9780099441359
Format: Paperback
$65.00

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Braun's Battlin' Bastards: The Bushmasters of Company B 1st Batallion, 158th R.C.T.

Braun's Battlin' Bastards: The Bushmasters of Company...

Author: Harold Braun ,  Jim Culberson
ISBN: 9781886916104
Format: Paperback
$60.72

Memoirs of much decorated WWII veteran Capt. Hal Braun and his time in command of Company B, 158th Regimental Combat...  Read More >>

The Author's Craft

The Author's Craft

Author: Arnold Bennett
ISBN: 9781846370014
Format: Paperback
$52.54

Arnold Bennett was a prolific British writer who penned dozens of works across all genres, from adventurous fiction...  Read More >>

Somebody Moved

Somebody Moved

Author: William C Draper
ISBN: 9781933148724
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Whether you are a wife, a parent, a child, a friend, or a veteran yourself, you will gain an incredible insight...  Read More >>

BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY

BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY

Author: Ron Kovic
ISBN: 9781888451788
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Kovic's powerful and moving new introduction sets this classic antiwar story in a contemporary context.  Read More >>

Charles Darwin Slept Here

Charles Darwin Slept Here

Author: John Woram
ISBN: 9780976933601
Format: Paperback
$41.40

Tales of human history at world's end - of the explorers, adventurers and settlers who have ventured to the Galapagos...  Read More >>

The Cardinal's Hat: Money, Ambition, and Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince

The Cardinal's Hat: Money, Ambition, and Everyday Life...

Author: Mary Hollingsworth
ISBN: 9781585676804
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Hollingsworth reveals the fascinating story of how Ippolito Este, the second son of Lucretia Borgia, acquired the...  Read More >>

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