Autobiography: Historical, Political & Military

The meteoric rise of the mayor of a small Midwest city, who defied every pundits odds with his electrifying run for the presidency, created one of ...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Beautifully-penned story on the harshness of life and how hope survives' Sun'Absorbing . . . Marsh writes with a nove...

John Richardson s Bohemian Aristocrat interiors are, and have been throughout his life, filled with fine English and American antiques; interesting...

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'A standalone classic . . . An incredible book, remarkable for its unflinching gaze at the past and al...

In 1999, 30-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. Quickly realizing her affinity for inte...

This is the untold story of one of the most lethal and successful soldiers of the Second World War - a highly decorated hero as well as a self-conf...

Abdul Zaeef describes growing up in poverty in rural Kandahar province, which he fled for Pakistan after the Russian invasion of 1979. Zaeef joined...

Gunter Horst Beetz was born in Berlin in 1926. Growing up as part of a typical family-his father was a banker, his mother a housewife-he joined the...

This is the quite remarkable and true story of Squadron Leader Derek J. Sharp AFC BSc Dip Comp JP RAF and his incredible adventures. Nothing perhap...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe gripping true story of the undercover agent risking his life to fight terrorismTheir aim was to kill as many peopl...

Witnessing the Holocaust presents the autobiographical writings, including diaries and autobiographical fiction, of six Holocaust survivors who liv...

Austin Mitchell is a political maverick. For thirty-eight years he was a fly in the parliamentary ointment, a recurring itch on the body politic. ...

This is the extraordinary life story of Robert Shirley, the thirteenth Earl Ferrers, tracing his aristocratic upbringing in the 1930s through his w...

In Politics, Murder, and Love in Stalins Kremlin: The Story of Nikolai Bukharin and Anna Larina, Paul Gregory sheds light on how the worlds first s...

In Politics, Murder, and Love in Stalins Kremlin: The Story of Nikolai Bukharin and Anna Larina, Paul Gregory sheds light on how the worlds first s...

An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy...

In this remarkable book, historians Jon Cooksey and Graham McKechnie present the extraordinary story of Frederick Kelly, the musician, composer and...

Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor camp--a singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret state. Although it...

The autobiography of Tony Bentley-Buckle, a child of the Empire who was left to grow up in the care of maiden aunts. Having joined the Royal Navy b...

This is the story of the life, professional achievements and personal background, challenges and achievements of Waless leading historian. During h...