Biography: historical, political & military books

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Escape from Siberia, Escape from Memory: An Odyssey Across Two Oceans & Nine Countries to Arrive Home

Escape from Siberia, Escape from Memory: An Odyssey...

Author: Paul Wojdak ,  Johanna Pfalz
ISBN: 9781039196872
Format: Hardback
$97.65

Paul Wojdak's father, Pawel, was born in 1912 in Novosibirsk, Siberia. During the 1800s, many Polish people were...  Read More >>

The Unraveling: Reflections on Politics without Ethics and Democracy in Crisis

The Unraveling: Reflections on Politics without Ethics...

Author: Bob Bauer, Obama Administration Whit ,  Jon Meacham
ISBN: 9781538191842
Format: Hardback
$52.99

Part memoir, part rumination on the declining moral compass of America’s political class, this is the first book...  Read More >>

Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain

Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found...

Author: Mary L. Shannon
ISBN: 9780300267686
Format: Hardback
$51.95

The story of William Waters, Black street performer in Regency London, and how his huge celebrity took on a life...  Read More >>

Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis

Author: Thomas C. Danisi ,  John C. Jackson
ISBN: 9781493085972
Format: Paperback
$50.99

11 October 2009 marks the bicentennial of Meriwether Lewis' death. As the leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition,...  Read More >>

Martial Valor: From Beowulf To Vietnam

Martial Valor: From Beowulf To Vietnam

Author: Alfredo Bonadeo ,  Barbara Bates Bonadeo
ISBN: 9798894190006
Format: Paperback
$31.65

In the popular mind valor is a shining word replete with ethical values; it is associated with daring, strength...  Read More >>

Jacob Zuma, the Pioneering Visionary Leader

Jacob Zuma, the Pioneering Visionary Leader

Author: Chris Kanyane
ISBN: 9798224391240
Format: Paperback
$73.89

"This book dives into Zuma's life story, showing how he faced tough times but never gave up. It's like watching...  Read More >>

Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck

Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck

Author: Evan McGilvray
ISBN: 9781399002134
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck is a study not only of the individual but also of how the British Army, Indian Army...  Read More >>

Final Wicket: Test & First-Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War

Final Wicket: Test & First-Class Cricketers Killed in...

Author: Nigel McCrery
ISBN: 9781399020091
Format: Paperback
$52.99

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Martial Valor: From Beowulf To Vietnam

Martial Valor: From Beowulf To Vietnam

Author: Alfredo Bonadeo ,  Barbara Bates Bonadeo
ISBN: 9798886400212
Format: Hardback
$58.05

In the popular mind valor is a shining word replete with ethical values; it is associated with daring, strength...  Read More >>

Adhura Kranti

Adhura Kranti

Author: Rajendra Mahato
ISBN: 9798224202324
Format: Paperback
$42.42

"In his autobiography, ""Adhura Kranti,"" Rajendra Mahato, a prominent figure in Terai and Madhesh politics, delves...  Read More >>

Hemingway's Last Flame

Hemingway's Last Flame

Author: Jan Sigurd
ISBN: 9798224558384
Format: Paperback
$65.87

After his first legendary safari in 1933, Hemingway left Africa on the Swedish luxury liner Gripsholm, where he...  Read More >>

Lost Fatherland: Europeans between Empire and Nation-States, 1867-1939

Lost Fatherland: Europeans between Empire and Nation-States,...

Author: Iryna Vushko
ISBN: 9780300267556
Format: Hardback
$51.95

How the demise of the Habsburg Empire, postwar sovereignty, and new diplomatic frontiers shaped the nature of citizenship,...  Read More >>

Perpetual Motion: An Autobiography of Relative History

Perpetual Motion: An Autobiography of Relative History...

Author: D A Pitts ,  Dave Brosha
ISBN: 9781038306579
Format: Paperback
$50.13

In Perpetual Motion, Dana slows down long enough to detail his dash through a fast-paced life. This is the inspirational...  Read More >>

The Wives: A Memoir

The Wives: A Memoir

Author: Simone Gorrindo
ISBN: 9781982178499
Format: Hardback
$55.00

“[Simone] Gorrindo’s prose is inviting and fluid, and her storytelling is intimate and vivid...[an] engaging, evocative...  Read More >>

Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets

Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets...

Author: Burkhard Bilger
ISBN: 9780008100773
Format: Paperback
$24.99

"A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this ""unflinching, gorgeously...  Read More >>

An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford

An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency...

Author: Richard Norton Smith
ISBN: 9780062684172
Format: Paperback
$45.00

“Richard Norton Smith had brought a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and storytelling verve to the life of a consequential...  Read More >>

Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

Author: Drew Gilpin Faust
ISBN: 9781250338211
Format: Paperback
$52.80

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Politics On the Edge: The instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller from the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics

Politics On the Edge: The instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller...

Author: Rory Stewart
ISBN: 9781529922868
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from former Cabinet minister Rory Stewart Over...  Read More >>

Ratana the Prophet

Ratana the Prophet

Author: Keith Newman
ISBN: 9781990042584
Format: Paperback
$90.54

The Ratana movement gains national coverage every February as politicians make the pilgrimage to its headquarters...  Read More >>

The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Holocaust Survival, Music and Hope

The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Holocaust...

Author: Roxanne de Bastion
ISBN: 9781472147851
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A family story of survival, hope and music - for fans of The Pianist and The Cut Out Girl.  Read More >>

Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe

Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the...

Author: John Guy ,  Julia Fox
ISBN: 9781526631534
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A TLS, TIMES, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR A groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry...  Read More >>

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