Biography: historical, political and military

"e;A brilliantly vibrant and compulsively readable one-volume life of one of the giants of the twentieth century.

This biography of Admiral Thomas C.

The battle for Saipan is remembered as one of the bloodiest battles fought in the Pacific during World War II, and was a turning point on the road to the defeat of Japan.

Leutnant Gerhard Ehlert was one of the few survivors of 2.

This is the first complete biographical and critical study of Karl Philipp Moritz (1756-93), German novelist, teacher, journalist, and philologist.

In the aftermath of war, a Navy SEAL finds faith, hope, and love.

Pilgrimage of Awakening is the first biography of the Rogers.

Trotz Krankheit wird Lothar Herrmann einer Gebirgsjägerdivision zugeteilt und 1944 an die Ostfront geschickt.

Beacon Lights of History is a 14-volume set first published in 1902.

What Americans call the Vietnam War actually began in December 1946 with a struggle between the communists and the French for possession of the country--but Vietnam's strategic position in southeast Asia inevitably led to the involvement of other countries.

'MORE RIVETING THAN A SPY NOVEL': THE GRIPPING TRUE STORY OF CAMBRIDGE SPY GUY BURGESS Readers LOVE Stalin's Englishman: 'Fantastically detailed .

Sir Walter Scott first published his biography on Napoleon in 1827.

This dual biography offers "e;a captivating, intimate portrait of one of the country's most important political dynasties"e;-often in their own words (Doris Kearns Goodwin).

Here is the first fully annotated edition of a landmark in early African American literature--Eliza Potter's 1859 autobiography, A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life.

Written in his own hand and finished only weeks before his death, Gen.

From the late 1960s to the late 1970s, the United States Army was a demoralized institution in a country in the midst of a social revolution.

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This book introduces Christian readers of the Bible to the otherworldly way in which the rabbis of ancient times interpreted sacred texts.

A biography examining the life of the fortieth president of the United States and the impact of his faith.

If you lifted this book from the shelf, you're probably interested in learning more about gender.

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Since he was a child in the 1950s watching Vampires and Meteors operating from RAF Turnhouse, Jim Walls wanted to fly aircraft, he just never envisaged that his flying career would be spent in the back seat as opposed to the front.

One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground state in the fight for voting rights.

The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the MuqaddimaIbn Khaldun (13321406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world--a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds.

From the last days of the Vietnam War to the present-day war on terrorism, this story is a moving and poignant tribute to love, marriage, family, and the men and women who serve this nation.

Adele Briscoe Looscan was the first woman president of the Texas State Historical Association, the longest-serving president of the association (19151925), and a remarkable individual.

De Louis-Joseph Papineau au faîte de la gloire à la débandade des patriotes dans les villages ensanglantés du Bas-Canada ; de la fuite à travers les bois, pour échapper à la potence, aux douleurs de l’exil, Amédée a tout noté.

Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life.

The first woman ever elected to the U.

The Bible has many stories about women.

Intrigued by the mystique and challenge of the Marine Corps, eighteen-year-old Wesley Fox enlisted in the summer of 1950, shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War.

Lt.

Stephen E.

Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny.

The Title Power to the People: the Political Thought of M.

We all live a double life: the external life which the world sees, and the internal life of hopes and fears, joys and griefs, temptations and sins, which the world sees not, and of which it knows but little.

The astonishing life of an Italian Renaissance noblewoman who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior fierce enough to make Machiavelli wince.

Der Rücktritt von einem Amt ist keine leichte Sache.

Volume 2 of Searching For My Identity is a chronological autobiography of an outlaw biker that covers his life from prominent leader of a notorious international motorcycle club in January 2001 to his redemption in December 2020.

In a mere one thousand days, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy created an entrancing public persona that has remained intact for more than a half-century.

The badasses populating the pages of Badass are the most savagely awesome historical figures to ever strap on a pair of chain mail gauntlets and run screaming into battle.

Praise for Sunday Times No.

The most important Canadian in the First World War, Arthur Currie was an extraordinary successful field commander in a war that produced few successful generals.

Winner of the Gulf South Historical Association's Michael V.

A gripping account of how and why the legendary 'scourge of God' was able to inscribe his legacy into the annals of military history.

The New York Times–bestselling biography of the South’s most brilliant and audacious military commander: “Completely fascinating” (Kirkus Reviews).