Biography: historical, political and military

This is Louise's story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.

This is Claire's story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.

This is Paula's story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.

This is Nicky's story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.

"e;Simply the best biography of Mother Teresa around.

"e;A detailed and moving picture of how the Habsburgs suffered under the Nazi regime.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, "e;the most powerful and persuasive attack on Christian Science to have been written in this century"e; (Los Angeles Times Book Review).

The story of one man's journey from his youth in suburban Chicago to an adult in spiritual India and a world of mystics, yogis, and gurus.

"e;A fascinating collection that profiles more than 400 inspiring Catholic women.

The poignant true story of an American president struck by tragedy at the height of his glory.

"e;First rate popular history/biography, evoking the Byzantine empire at its peak.

A pre-WW2 American humorist contracts TB and "e;writes about her seclusion in a way that is painfully, barkingly funny"e; (Lissa Evans, The Guardian).

From a familythat inspired Big Love's story of Bill Henricksonand his three wives, this first-ever memoir of a polygamous family captures theextraordinary workings of a unique family dynamic, and argues forthe acceptance of plural marriage as an alternative lifestyle.

"e;A brilliant and essential document,"e;*Kennedy: The Classic Biography is the intimate, #1 national bestseller by JFK's great advisor Ted Sorensen.

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

The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- all these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia.

The New York Times-bestselling, inspiring true story of how one couple's love changed a community.

A poignant meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters-and the inescapable effects of time-from the author of A Wrinkle in Time.

One man shares the story of his transformation from evangelical Christian to atheist and examines the train of thought that brought him there.

"e;A superb biography, not to be missed either by armchair explorers or students of human nature.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize: The definitive biography of Martin Luther King Jr.

In this historically momentous memoir, the segregationist senator's mixed-race daughter speaks out about her life in the shadows.

A biography of the saint as both mystic and man: "e;The single best book about Francis now available in English"e; (Commonweal).

Lloyd George was and remains a giant on the British political scene.

"e; During your last days, you will begin to believe.

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.

As President Bush is preparing to invade Iraq, Wall Street Journal correspondent Asra Nomani embarks on a dangerous journey from Middle America to the Middle East to join more than two million fellow Muslims on the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca required of all Muslims once in their lifetime.

"e;I am in the F.

Ellen Davis was born in 1929 in the small German village of Hoof.

The firsthand account of the life of adventurer, scholar, war hero, and twenty-sixth president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.

Volume Two of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer's famous travelogue, recounting his historic journeys through Asia and his encounters with Kublai Khan.

True stories drawn from the inspirational and heartrending history of the Underground RailroadIt is estimated that by 1850 over one hundred thousand slaves had escaped to freedom in the North via a network of safe houses and secret routes known collectively as the Underground Railroad.