Autobiography: historical, political & military books

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Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker's Fight for Her Son

Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker's Fight...

Author: Laural Merlington ,  Mindy Greiling
ISBN: 9798200186457
Format: Audio
$52.77

"""Fix What You Can is an illuminating and frank account of caring for a person with a mental illness, told by a...  Read More >>

The Day the Sun Rose in the West

The Day the Sun Rose in the West

Author: Harold P Clements
ISBN: 9781664206205
Format: Hardback
$54.21

Are you interested in answers to prayer, including the near-death experiences of the author and his wife? Do you...  Read More >>

Justice Denied: A Personal Requiem

Justice Denied: A Personal Requiem

Author: Roger E Lawrence
ISBN: 9781777239947
Format: Hardback
$56.90

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Flashbacks: A Vietnam Soldier's Story 50 Years Later

Flashbacks: A Vietnam Soldier's Story 50 Years Later...

Author: R Dean Jerde ,  Tom Pisapia
ISBN: 9781643884196
Format: Paperback
$31.02

Dean returned from Vietnam in January, 1969 to a country torn apart by the war. Sadly for Dean, the anti-war sentiment...  Read More >>

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Author: Henriette Roosenburg ,  Sonja Van 't Hof
ISBN: 9781950354337
Format: Paperback
$47.52

How do you start a journey when the roads are blocked? Who can you trust in a country where the Nazi regime has...  Read More >>

The Babur Nama: Introduction by William Dalrymple

The Babur Nama: Introduction by William Dalrymple

Author: Babur ,  Annette Susannah Beveridge
ISBN: 9781101908235
Format: Hardback
$79.20

"“If you only read one autobiography from a sensitive 16th-century warlord this year, make it this one.” —The New...  Read More >>

Black Boy

Black Boy

Author: Richard Wright
ISBN: 9781784876135
Format: Paperback
$24.99

"""The restored text established by the Library of America."""  Read More >>

One Boys War

One Boys War

Author: Richard Hough
ISBN: 9781844156900
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The author found the reality of Second World War at first very different from the world of heroic Captain Ball VC....  Read More >>

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship,...

Author: John Donohue ,  J T Molloy
ISBN: 9781094157078
Format: Audio
$79.17

"""Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You will laugh and...  Read More >>

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship,...

Author: John Donohue ,  J T Molloy
ISBN: 9781094157085
Format: Audio
$105.57

"""Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You will laugh and...  Read More >>

War and Peacekeeping: Personal Reflections on Conflict and Lasting Peace

War and Peacekeeping: Personal Reflections on Conflict...

Author: Martin Bell
ISBN: 9781786077639
Format: Hardback
$36.99

Following a sixty-year journey from war to peace, from soldier to UNICEF ambassador, Martin Bell reflects on war...  Read More >>

The Greatest Beer Run Ever Lib/E: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

The Greatest Beer Run Ever Lib/E: A Memoir of Friendship,...

Author: John Donohue ,  J T Molloy
ISBN: 9781094157061
Format: Audio
$131.97

""Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You will laugh and...  Read More >>

Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model...

Author: Pete Buttigieg
ISBN: 9781631496653
Format: Paperback
$34.25

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The Black Suitcase

The Black Suitcase

Author: John E Morrison ,  Thomas Wall
ISBN: 9781525577000
Format: Paperback
$31.90

Growing up poor in mid-century Limerick is a nightmare of eviction, food deprivation, flea-bites, and never enough...  Read More >>

A Texan's Story: The Autobiography of Walter Prescott Webb

A Texan's Story: The Autobiography of Walter Prescott...

Author: Walter Prescott Webb ,  Michael L. Collins
ISBN: 9780806167176
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Walter Prescott Webb (1888-1963), a towering figure in Texas and western history and letters, published an abundance...  Read More >>

Head of the Mossad: In Pursuit of a Safe and Secure Israel

Head of the Mossad: In Pursuit of a Safe and Secure...

Author: Shabtai Shavit
ISBN: 9780268108335
Format: Hardback
$76.56

Shabtai Shavit, director of the Mossad from 1989 to 1996, is one of the most influential leaders to shape the recent...  Read More >>

Faithful Witness: The Confidential Diaries of Alan Don, Chaplain to the King, the Archbishop and the Speaker, 1931-1946

Faithful Witness: The Confidential Diaries of Alan Don,...

Author: Robert Beaken
ISBN: 9780281083985
Format: Hardback
$80.21

The fascinating diaries of a perceptive eyewitness to the historic events of the 1930s and 40s - including the abdication...  Read More >>

Steering a Middle Course: From Activist to Secretary General of Golkar

Steering a Middle Course: From Activist to Secretary...

Author: Sarwono Kusumaatmadja
ISBN: 9789814881654
Format: Hardback
$72.32

Born with motor impairment, Sarwono Kusumaatmadja grew up with low self-esteem. Yet, within this awkward, shy boy...  Read More >>

Turn Nine Execute

Turn Nine Execute

Author: Richard Max Bosshardt
ISBN: 9781977232151
Format: Paperback
$30.92

'TURN NINE EXECUTE' is a memoir of the actual humorous and serious incidents which occurred on the destroyer U.S.S....  Read More >>

RAF and East German Fast-Jet Pilots in the Cold War: Thinking the Unthinkable

RAF and East German Fast-Jet Pilots in the Cold War:...

Author: Nigel Walpole
ISBN: 9781526758385
Format: Paperback
$56.99

A first-hand view of the daily dramas on the front line in Europe throughout the Cold War. Includes a number of...  Read More >>

A Journal of the Plague Year

A Journal of the Plague Year

Author: Daniel Defoe ,  Henry Morley
ISBN: 9781839400766
Format: Hardback
$25.85

A Journal of the Plague Year is Defoe's fictional reconstruction of the effects of the Great Plague of 1665 on London....  Read More >>

Growing Up Communist and Jewish in Bondi Volume 3: I Am Born

Growing Up Communist and Jewish in Bondi Volume 3: I...

Author: John Docker
ISBN: 9781875703357
Format: Paperback
$64.66

John Docker grew up in Bondi, the son of Communist parents, his mother Jewish from the East End of London and his...  Read More >>

A Soldier's Fate Through the Guidance of God

A Soldier's Fate Through the Guidance of God

Author: Jim Kyzer
ISBN: 9781648043031
Format: Paperback
$36.96

A Soldier's Fate Through the Guidance of God By: Jim Kyzer This memoir captures the memories of a son, father,...  Read More >>

The Little Princesses: The Story of the Queen's Childhood by Her Nanny, Marion Crawford

The Little Princesses: The Story of the Queen's Childhood...

Author: Marion Crawford ,  Jennie Bond
ISBN: 9781250765758
Format: Paperback
$50.16

Originally published in 1950, this first account of life with England's Royal Family, written by the governess of...  Read More >>

My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain

My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party...

Author: Aaron Dixon ,  Larry Herron
ISBN: 9781713518563
Format: Audio
$92.37

A compelling look at the rise and fall of the Black Panther generation, through the eyes of a founding member.  Read More >>

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