Autobiography: historical, political & military books

Introduced by leading historian Helen Graham, Homage to Catalonia is Orwell’s first-hand account of the Spanish...  Read More >>

Eight years on from the publication of her internationally bestselling memoir, WE ARE DISPLACED presents true stories...  Read More >>

""Oprah's Book Club 2018 selection""--Jacket.  Read More >>

Anna Ella Carroll was an American politician, pamphleteer and lobbyist. She was born into a very wealthy and prominent...  Read More >>

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Family history and archive circa 1885 - 1960 distilled from documents that survived two revolutions, a civil war,...  Read More >>

“I come from a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable, unbreakable love,” Hunter Biden writes in this...  Read More >>

Christopher Mayhew gives a fascinating account of his early life at Oxford and the attraction of communism - so...  Read More >>

This is the diary of a young Austrian army officer who went off as a mercenary to Mexico as part of an ill-judged...  Read More >>

In 1939, a ten-year-old Igor Golomstock accompanied his mother, a medical doctor, to the vast network of labour...  Read More >>

Matilda de Braose was renowned as a formidable defender of her lord's lands, the builder of Hay Castle, a strong...  Read More >>

Simone de Beauvoir, still a teen, began a diary while a philosophy student at the Sorbonne. Written in 1926-27—before...  Read More >>

A coming of age story of a young man facing his draft notice during the Vietnam Era, and how his decision shaped...  Read More >>

Longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize. An award-winning Iraqi writer creates a new world for himself in Seattle...  Read More >>

Includes Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, now recognised as the most comprehensive antebellum slave narrative...  Read More >>

The incredible story of Illinois senator and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth.  Read More >>

MAN TRACKS tells of stirring episodes in the pursuit, of lawbreakers in the primitive lands. Every chapter is authentic....  Read More >>

'An extraordinary life, depicted with searing honesty ... A colourful journey sprinkled with delicious anecdotes'...  Read More >>

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini By Benvenuto Cellini  Read More >>

The narrative describes Olaudah Equiano's time spent in enslavement, and documents his attempts at becoming an independent...  Read More >>

This book is about the gift of life, love, laughter, deceit, tragedy, and forgiveness. It follows people seeking...  Read More >>

"""A revealing and utterly engrossing account"" of the world of high-stakes foreign intelligence and her role within...  Read More >>

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative, discussing the transition from bondage to liberty....  Read More >>

This book is about the gift of life, love, laughter, deceit, tragedy, and forgiveness. It follows people seeking...  Read More >>

The book An ABEs Logbook by author Stephen D. Phillips is a true story of accounts taken from his childhood and...  Read More >>