Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23614 books were found.

Our Heroes Are Not Forgotten 1

Our Heroes Are Not Forgotten 1

Author: Kathleen Shelby Boyett
ISBN: 9798701878233
Format: Paperback
$58.05

"Noted International Author and Historian, Kathleen Shelby Boyett honors eight World War II veterans in this book....  Read More >>

Tough Love

Tough Love

Author: Susan Rice
ISBN: 9781663617781
Format: Hardback
$87.25

Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Rice--National...  Read More >>

Finding Manana

Finding Manana

Author: Mirta Ojito
ISBN: 9781663621542
Format: Hardback
$77.62

Born in Havana and raised there until the unprecedented events of the Mariel boatlift brought her to Miami, the...  Read More >>

Learning to Die in Miami

Learning to Die in Miami

Author: Carlos Eire (Yale University)
ISBN: 9781663604637
Format: Hardback
$77.62

Continues: Waiting for snow in Havana / Carlos Eire. New York: Free Press, c2003  Read More >>

Deployed Flight and Sometimes Eternity

Deployed Flight and Sometimes Eternity

Author: Ronnie Smith
ISBN: 9780998046549
Format: Paperback
$36.20

This ebook is a collection of poems describing experiences of military missions spanning 25 years of flying in the...  Read More >>

Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

Author: George Orwell
ISBN: 9781398801936
Format: Paperback
$18.09

With a new introduction, this is a personal record of Orwell's growing disillusionment with the Spanish Civil War,...  Read More >>

Trapline Chatter: Life and Love with 'Last Alaskan' Bob Harte

Trapline Chatter: Life and Love with 'Last Alaskan'...

Author: Nancy Becker
ISBN: 9781637470138
Format: Hardback
$59.38

"A story of love, loss, family and discovery - a story of life on a trapline in the Far North. ""Bob Harte was well-known...  Read More >>

Listen Up! Stories of Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, the Pentagon, CNN and Beyond

Listen Up! Stories of Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, the Pentagon,...

Author: Perry M Smith, Jr
ISBN: 9781977227485
Format: Paperback
$51.62

Listen Up! is not a traditional memoir. It is a book of stories: some powerful and some humorous. These stories...  Read More >>

Twenty-Two on Peleliu: Four Pacific Campaigns with the Corps: the Memoirs of an Old Breed Marine

Twenty-Two on Peleliu: Four Pacific Campaigns with the...

Author: George Peto ,  Peter Margaritis
ISBN: 9781612009797
Format: Paperback
$49.99

This is the wild and remarkable story of an 'Old Breed' Marine, from his youth in the Great Depression, his training...  Read More >>

Life Undercover: My Life in the CIA

Life Undercover: My Life in the CIA

Author: Amaryllis Fox
ISBN: 9781785039140
Format: Paperback
$22.99

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Up From Slavery

Up From Slavery

Author: Booker T. Washington ,  Mint Editions
ISBN: 9781513266510
Format: Paperback
$26.37

2008 reissue of the 19th century classic.  Read More >>

Mud on My Boots: Dares and Ventures of a Canadian Airman During the Cold War

Mud on My Boots: Dares and Ventures of a Canadian Airman...

Author: Maurice A Vigneault
ISBN: 9780228834717
Format: Paperback
$77.63

This book is about a Canadian airman service during the length of the Cold War, the many family moves occasioned...  Read More >>

Girls Don't: A Woman's War in Vietnam

Girls Don't: A Woman's War in Vietnam

Author: Inette Miller
ISBN: 9781682830772
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Tells the story of what happens when a twenty-three-year-old feminist makes her way into the land of machismo. This...  Read More >>

Passages: Family Journeys Through Space and Time

Passages: Family Journeys Through Space and Time

Author: Gail E Evans
ISBN: 9781777463502
Format: Paperback
$31.02

The chance meeting in London of John Evans, a Welshman from the backcountry of Southwest Wales, and young vivacious...  Read More >>

Anstey: A Newfoundland Story

Anstey: A Newfoundland Story

Author: Archie C Anstey
ISBN: 9780228846321
Format: Paperback
$36.20

ANSTEY - A Newfoundland Story An unforgettable story about an orphan boy and his family living in a small sleepy...  Read More >>

Intelligent Rebel Amongst the Entitled

Intelligent Rebel Amongst the Entitled

Author: Dr Javad Ghoreishi
ISBN: 9781637608326
Format: Paperback
$73.79

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8 Miraculous Months in the Malayan Jungle: A WWII Pilot's True Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival

8 Miraculous Months in the Malayan Jungle: A WWII Pilot's...

Author: Donald J Dj Humphrey, II
ISBN: 9781735845104
Format: Paperback
$33.61

A Grueling Survival Story About a WWII Hero's Fight for Freedom  Read More >>

Cut From The Wilderness: The True Story of an Alaskan Homestead Girl

Cut From The Wilderness: The True Story of an Alaskan...

Author: Alicia Loveland
ISBN: 9781594332364
Format: Paperback
$33.51

Cut From The Wilderness is about survival. It is filled with adventure, hardships, lonesomeness, poverty, and adaptation....  Read More >>

Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

Author: George Orwell
ISBN: 9789390575121
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Orwellian genius - brilliantly read by Jeremy Northam  Read More >>

The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave

The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave

Author: Mary Prince
ISBN: 9798597664989
Format: Paperback
$18.45

The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave is the autobiography of a Bermudan slave written in 1831.  Read More >>

8 Miraculous Months in the Malayan Jungle: A WWII Pilot's True Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival

8 Miraculous Months in the Malayan Jungle: A WWII Pilot's...

Author: Donald J Dj Humphrey, II
ISBN: 9781735845111
Format: Hardback
$62.07

B-29 Pilot Major Donald Humphrey evades a Japanese Army's 8-month pursuit for revenge by way of a horrific Malayan...  Read More >>

Last Stop Auschwitz: My Diary of Survival in World War Ii¿s Most Infamous Concentration Camp

Last Stop Auschwitz: My Diary of Survival in World War...

Author: Eddy de Wind
ISBN: 9781538701423
Format: Paperback
$50.13

"Written in Auschwitz itself and translated for the first time ever into English, this one-of-a-kind, minute-by-minute...  Read More >>

The Bravest Voices: A Memoir of Two Sisters' Heroism During the Nazi Era

The Bravest Voices: A Memoir of Two Sisters' Heroism...

Author: Ida Cook
ISBN: 9780778388098
Format: Paperback
$47.49

This 2021 edition published by arrangement with Harlequin Boos S.A.  Read More >>

The Family Table, Too: Letters to My Granddaughter: Volume I

The Family Table, Too: Letters to My Granddaughter:...

Author: Joan Haddix Chisley
ISBN: 9781977217066
Format: Paperback
$46.45

I have explained continuously that the best way to pass on the cultural experiences, social values and communal...  Read More >>

Doug Peters: Bay Street Economist on Parliament Hill

Doug Peters: Bay Street Economist on Parliament Hill...

Author: David W Peters ,  Hon Rt Paul Martin
ISBN: 9781525593970
Format: Paperback
$46.55

Doug Peters was one of the most prominent business economists in Canada between 1966 and 1992 in his role as chief...  Read More >>

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