Autobiography: historical, political & military books

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Marek's Coat

Marek's Coat

Author: Joseph Skarżeński
ISBN: 9781895488609
Format: Paperback
$66.00

Early in the morning of April 13, 1940, seven-year-old Marek was awakened by a loud pounding on his front door....  Read More >>

Winning for Women: A Personal Story

Winning for Women: A Personal Story

Author: Iola Mathews ,  Michelle Arrow
ISBN: 9781922979520
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A new edition of this acclaimed biography of a key player in the fight for women's rights in Australia.  Read More >>

A Woman in Defence: My Story of the Enemy Within the Irish Army

A Woman in Defence: My Story of the Enemy Within the...

Author: Karina Molloy
ISBN: 9781399712323
Format: Paperback
$26.99

THE GRIPPING INSIDE STORY OF STELLAR CAREER IN THE IRISH DEFENCE FORCES, UP AGAINST ODDS THAT COULD ONLY BE FACED...  Read More >>

Little Avalanches: A Memoir

Little Avalanches: A Memoir

Author: Becky Ellis
ISBN: 9798888451663
Format: Hardback
$76.53

Winner of the Rubery Book Award for 2024 Nonfiction Book of the Year A daughter's quest for truth. A soldier's fight...  Read More >>

Als Tropenarzt in Afrika

Als Tropenarzt in Afrika

Author: Ludwig Külz
ISBN: 9783863475796
Format: Paperback
$131.74

1902 macht sich der Mediziner Ludwig Külz auf nach Togo, damals deutsche Kolonie, um dort als Tropenarzt zu arbeiten....  Read More >>

Going Solo

Going Solo

Author: Roald Dahl ,  Quentin Blake
ISBN: 9780241677391
Format: Paperback
$19.99

In 1938, the author was fresh out of school and bound for his first job in Africa, hoping to find adventure far...  Read More >>

Classified!: The Adventures of a Molehunter

Classified!: The Adventures of a Molehunter

Author: Nigel West
ISBN: 9781785908538
Format: Hardback
$64.69

This is the story of the most enthralling and significant post-war intelligence revelations as told by Britain's...  Read More >>

Christian Science

Christian Science

Author: Mark Twain
ISBN: 9781779450036
Format: Paperback
$39.57

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The Corncrake's Welcome: Memoirs of a Northern Irish Diplomat

The Corncrake's Welcome: Memoirs of a Northern Irish...

Author: William D. Hanna
ISBN: 9781805141778
Format: Paperback
$33.61

The Corncrake's Welcome continues the story of William Hanna’s family, introduced in Voyages with my Grandfather....  Read More >>

Part of Life Itself: The War Diary of Lieutenant Leslie Howard Miller, CEF

Part of Life Itself: The War Diary of Lieutenant Leslie...

Author: Leslie Miller ,  Graham Broad
ISBN: 9781487503864
Format: Hardback
$125.00

Educated, articulate, and with an enduring fascination for the natural world, Leslie Howard Miller, a Canadian soldier...  Read More >>

When You Dare to Say Yes: Jill Derby and Nevada Activism

When You Dare to Say Yes: Jill Derby and Nevada Activism...

Author: Jill Derby
ISBN: 9781647791407
Format: Hardback
$92.27

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Dirt Roads to Runways: Defending the American Dream for the Next Generation

Dirt Roads to Runways: Defending the American Dream...

Author: Keith Gross ,  Roger Stone
ISBN: 9781959099857
Format: Hardback
$65.97

"Raised by a single mother in the Florida panhandle, Keith Gross is the definition of an American success story....  Read More >>

MP: Of The Troops and For The Troops

MP: Of The Troops and For The Troops

Author: Neal Middleton
ISBN: 9798822930339
Format: Paperback
$42.21

Dive into the world of Neal Middleton, an intrepid Military Policeman who served during the tail end of the Vietnam...  Read More >>

War Ready

War Ready

Author: Mary Lou Darst
ISBN: 9781961119796
Format: Paperback
$26.37

For young Mary Lou, life was an adventure. Her father served in the military, and she traveled the world with him...  Read More >>

Before the After

Before the After

Author: Fernando Pruna
ISBN: 9798869099754
Format: Paperback
$47.49

"""Before the After"" is the title of the first book in English of a projected trilogy mirroring the Spanish historical...  Read More >>

The Lost Café Schindler: One Family, Two Wars, and the Search for Truth

The Lost Café Schindler: One Family, Two Wars, and the...

Author: Meriel Schindler
ISBN: 9781324074571
Format: Paperback
$52.77

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Children of Aliso

Children of Aliso

Author: Harriet E Thurston Buchheim Mather ,  Scott Case
ISBN: 9798989471515
Format: Hardback
$158.40

"CHILDREN OF ALISO is a memoir of the pioneering Thurston family who settled and homesteaded 152 acres of land in...  Read More >>

Olive Oatman: A Complete Life from Beginning to the End

Olive Oatman: A Complete Life from Beginning to the...

Author: Ched Ed
ISBN: 9798224341337
Format: Paperback
$25.90

"History Hub presents a complete biography of Olive Oatman from start to end, whose remarkable story inspires us...  Read More >>

The Secret Diary: The True Story of World War II POW Marvin Doyle

The Secret Diary: The True Story of World War II POW...

Author: Michelle Wright ,  Anthony J Landolina
ISBN: 9798218357986
Format: Paperback
$79.20

This is the true story of Sergeant Marvin Doyle, a World War II P.O.W. who wrote a secret diary while held captive...  Read More >>

I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust

I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and...

Author: Julian Borger
ISBN: 9781399806732
Format: Paperback
$34.99

An original, investigative memoir by the Guardian's Pulitzer prize-winning World Affairs Editor, Julian Borger,...  Read More >>

Setting Leaders: The Island Life of the Last East Coast Ocean Pound Trap Fishermen

Setting Leaders: The Island Life of the Last East Coast...

Author: Ron Schaper
ISBN: 9781647045203
Format: Paperback
$73.89

Embark on a journey through time with Ron Schaper's memoir, Setting Leaders, and discover the beauty and challenges...  Read More >>

I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust

I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and...

Author: Julian Borger
ISBN: 9781399803304
Format: Hardback
$49.99

An original, investigative memoir by the Guardian's Pulitzer prize-winning World Affairs Editor, Julian Borger,...  Read More >>

Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz...

Author: József Debreczeni ,  Paul Olchvary
ISBN: 9781787334649
Format: Hardback
$36.99

A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time - from journalist, poet and survivor J zsef...  Read More >>

A Life's Journey

A Life's Journey

Author: M Z
ISBN: 9798887317380
Format: Paperback
$42.11

This book is based on true events. It reveals a life's journey of a person who grew up in a corrupt third-world...  Read More >>

From Les Andelys To Verdun: Journey Of A Young French Cadet Who Died For His Homeland (English Version)

From Les Andelys To Verdun: Journey Of A Young French...

Author: Carmen Barthet
ISBN: 9798887757025
Format: Paperback
$34.29

"From Les Andelys to Verdun ... is the story of a young French cadet fresh out of the Preparatory Military School...  Read More >>

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