Biography: historical, political and military

Maiming, brutal murders, crimes of passion, suicides and executions; Chesterfield has all these and more in 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Chesterfield'.

As a victim of childhood sexual abuse, Yonah Klem mistakenly believed that her version of reality was the Ultimate reality.

In Crocodile Land is principally the story of travels by lugger through northern waters and into slimy creeks where the huge crocodiles abound.

The Hopkins Touch offers the first portrait in over two decades of the most powerful man in Roosevelt's administration.

Everyone has a life.

The world premiere of the musical stage play _Star of Strait Street_ took place in Valletta on 4 April 2017.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARTHE BESTSELLING INSIDER STORY OF WESTMINSTER'S BLOODIEST POWER BATTLES'Myths are debunked, prime ministers exposed and secrets revealed .

James Douglas's story is one of high adventure in pre-Confederation Canada.

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A rollicking collection of stories featuring the craziest, daftest and most outrageous monarchs the world has ever known.

The celebrated remembrances of the man who led the Union to victory during the Civil WarCompleted just days before his death, Grant’s Personal Memoirs is a clear and compelling account of his military career, focusing on two great conflicts: the Mexican-American War and the Civil War.

This biography details how one man rose to prominence in the Elizabethan court and become the queen's favorite in more ways than one.

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the memoir of an African-American woman who struggled against the bondages of slavery in the early 1800s.

This powerful and unflinching memoir by young mother and fugitive slave, Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813 -1897), remains among the few remaining slave narratives written by a woman.

Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of American educator Booker T.

More than 1600 entries organised in an easy to use A-Z format and featuring over 4000 of the world's top producers and 7000 wines Packed with Oz's encyclopaedic knowledge and always honest opinion You can't hold all the wine information you need in your head, but with this handy guide you can be sure it is available whenever you want it.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FOREMOST SPOKESMAN FOR AMERICAN BLACKSThis is ex-slave Frederick Douglass second autobiography.

A remarkable account of early slavery and later freedom,The Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written By Himself, is the 1789 autobiography of former slave Olaudah Equiano.

Este livro inaugura uma coleção de livros que visa prestigiar os policiais que deram suas vidas e alguns mesmos até morreram no serviço glorioso de defender a sociedade.

What happens when an abortion survivor finds her birth mother, who never knew her daughter was alive?

Millions worldwide have turned to the readings of Edgar Cayce for advice on health and spiritual growth.

The true story of the White Queen and more, this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the Wars of the Roses.

The sensational sequel to 'Papillon'.

Als 19-Jähriger kam Richard Rommel an die Front.

Die berührende und inspirierende Geschichte eines schwer behinderten Jungen, der sich bis zu seinem achten Lebensjahr niemandem mitteilen konnte – bis er lernte, »mit den Augen zu schreiben«.

Franz Josef Strauß hatte Chuzpe und Charisma, Ehrgeiz und Einfluss im Übermaß.

Geschichte ist ein mehrschichtiger Begriff: Sie kann eine zeitlose, literarische Erzählung sein, dann wiederum ist sie ein Unterrichtsfach in Schule und Universität und zuletzt bezeichnet sie das Gewordensein oder auch des Vergehen von Menschen, Gesellschaften und Institutionen.

Er gilt manchen als der freundliche große Bruder des ikonischen Karl Marx, vielleicht nicht so wichtig, doch am Ende hat Friedrich Engels den Marxismus erfunden.

Von Friedrich Melchior Grimm sind 58 Briefe an seinen Freund, den 7.

Dieter Kühn erzählt das Leben Napoleon Bonapartes von der Geburt bis zur Machtübernahme im Jahr 1799.

»Der Marathon-Pater« ist die bewegende Autobiografie von Pater Tobias Breer, der durch das Laufen Geld sammelt, um arme Menschen im Duisburger Norden zu unterstützen.

Ein Jahr im Leben eines aus politischen Gründen verurteilten ostdeutschen Menschen in einer Welt, in der wir letzten Endes alle Gefangene sind, unter dem Aspekt der Allgegenwart der Vergangenheit, die in jedem Punkt gleichzeitig unsere Zukunft ist.

Von Anfang an ging es den Wirtschaftsdenkern um die Suche nach den Naturgesetzen des menschlichen Zusammenlebens, nach denen Wohlstand geschaffen und verteilt wird.

"""Cuando se acepta un primer absurdo, se deja de ser revolucionario.

Éste es un llamado a la acción.

Aus dem blassen, steif wirkenden Unbekannten, der 1999 Ministerpräsident wurde, ist ein vertrautes Gesicht geworden.

Das 11.

Originally compiled by an expert team of contributors, this dictionary covers all the major figures in world politics of the twentieth century.

Lucina Álvarez, poeta y docente, secuestrada y desaparecida en 1976, durante la última dictadura militar.

An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America's most revered authors of the 20th CenturyTwo teenagers form an unlikely friendship in pre-War Philadelphia.

En un hotel de Vernet les Bains, en los Pirineos orientales franceses, la noche del 10 de octubre de 1939 fallece por causas poco claras José Gaos Berea, padre de los hermanos Gaos, notario y librepensador, que era, según Max Aub, «el auténtico genio de la familia».

Todos eran hombres.