Autobiography: historical, political & military books

Growing up on a hard-working farm in the fifties, Julie and her siblings know the power of sticking together. Through...  Read More >>

A firsthand account of the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests and the infamous Chicago 7 trial by one...  Read More >>

He had been, Krüger realised, 'the typical child of innocuous Germans who were never Nazis, and without whom the...  Read More >>

New in paperback - The personal reminiscences of Luftwaffe veterans and original documents and images give a unique...  Read More >>

Part nature writing, part memoir, On Gallows Down is an essential, unforgettable read for fans of Helen Macdonald,...  Read More >>

John F. Kennedy was one of the most influential presidents in United States history. This biography book tells...  Read More >>

D-Day, June 6, 1944-a day never to be forgotten. More than 156,000 troops crossed the English Channel from England...  Read More >>

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When T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom first appeared in 1922 it was immediately recognized as a literary...  Read More >>

When T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom first appeared in 1922 it was immediately recognized as a literary...  Read More >>

The long-awaited autobiography from the man who's been at the heart of the entertainment establishment for 50 years...  Read More >>

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Written by an upper class travel writer who was born in 1921, this stranger-than-fiction memoir about love, sex,...  Read More >>

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With Foreword by Herbert Basedow, M.D., B.Sc., author of The Australian Aboriginal, extracts from Lasseter's Diary...  Read More >>

Memories of Robert Davis’s fascinating life as a member of the leadership team at Westminster Council for nearly...  Read More >>

Fighting against the darkest side of humanity is one of Raymond C. Simon's greatest accomplishments. As a young...  Read More >>

The story of a generation! Peggy Caserta was the epi-center of hippie-her shop, Mnasidika, was ground zero on Haight-Ashbury,...  Read More >>

""Siento que mi relato es el relato de muchas mujeres que a tientas, pero con determinación, buscan crear un mundo...  Read More >>

Strap in and hold on tight for the first ever first-hand account of the RAF's world-beating Typhoon jet in combat,...  Read More >>

A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm  Read More >>

The Letters Project is about big history, the Holocaust, but it is also an extraordinarily intimate personal narrative—a...  Read More >>

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Large Print A story spanning over 125 years. Immigrants to Ellis Island with the barest of possessions. Filled...  Read More >>