Biography: historical, political and military

Autobiography of a Yogi introduces the reader to the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of both the East and West.

Who was the first king of England?

One of the most controversial of all works to survive from ancient Rome, the Augustan History is our main source of information about the Roman emperors from 117 to 284 AD.

Casanova was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice.

Biography of the Tudor poet Thomas Wyatt.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

Our Island Story is the "e;history"e; of England up to Queen Victoria's Death.

This autobiographical novel of the eminent English poet, Siegfried Sassoon was first published in 1927.

Alice Stone Blackwell's "e;The Life of Lucy Stone"e; is a meticulously researched biography that provides readers with a comprehensive look into the life and legacy of one of the leading figures in the American women's rights movement.

Covers fighting in Russia, the Baltics and East Prussia, as well as the author's ordeal as a Prisoner of War in Siberia, accompanied by more than one hundred previously unpublished photographs.

Harry Lamin was born in Derbyshire in 1877 and left school at thirteen to work in the lace industry, but by December 1916 he had been conscripted into the 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and sent to war.

The true and dramatic testimony of a German grenadier during World War II.

Theodore Knell went through hell in the SAS - but his biggest battle began when he left.

A critically acclaimed autobiography that exemplifies the American Dream by one of nineteenth-century America’s most philanthropic businessmen.

'Give me chastity and continence, but not yet'The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views.

The most interesting political character of the ending 19th century was undoubtedly the young man who filled the throne of the German Empire.

In den oft gepriesenen Regionen des fernen Westen, mehrere hundert Meilen jenseits des Mississippi, dehnt sich ein großer Strich unbewohnten Landes aus, wo man weder das Blockhaus des weißen Mannes, noch das Wigwam des Indianers erblickt.

Pulitzer Prize Finalist: A biography of the wildly colorful eighteenth-century British politician who became "e;the toast of American revolutionaries"e; (Booklist).

Desdeñado por sus compañeros de orden, apenas retratado en algunas crónicas, Pedro Lorenzo de la Nada ha sido rescatado del olvido, cuatro siglos después, por la provechosa investigación que realizó Jan de Vos en archivos de Chiapas, Guatemala, España y Estados Unidos.

One of the world's greatest correspondents, Madame de S vign (1626-96) paints an extraordinarily vivid picture of France at the time of Louis XIV, in eloquent letters written throughout her life to family and friends.

This autobiographical novel of the eminent English poet, Siegfried Sassoon was first published in 1936.

Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings.

Made in America provides illuminating annotations to the unfiltered social media output of Donald J.

One Bold Deed of Open Treason describes the astonishing journey by Roger Casement to Germany in 1914, via New York and Norway.

"e;One of the most authentic books ever written about the English.

One of the most influential - and best loved - spiritual autobiographies'I beg anyone who reads this account to bear in mind, for the love of the Lord, how wicked my life has been'Born in the Castilian town of vila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one.

Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack - 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photosEven before the advent of the First World War, General Der Artillerie Hermann Von Stein, had had a long and distinguished career in the Prussian Army stretching back to 1873.

The life of Colonel Fawcett is now the subject of the major motion picture The Lost City of Z.

"e;A delightful and delicious tribute to Churchill's heroic appetite for wining, dining and politicking"e; - Ben Macintyre, author of Operation Mincemeat.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

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Heinrich Mann: Ein Zeitalter wird besichtigt Eine Autobiographie als spannende Zeitreise | Neu editierte 2022er Ausgabe, mit über 200 erklärenden Fußnoten | Heinrich Manns Rückschau Ein Zeitalter wird besichtigt ist weit mehr als eine Autobiographie: Es ist eine spannend zu lesende historische Zeitreise, zurück bis zur Französischen Revolution, über die Wilhelminische Zeit, bis hin zu eigenen Erlebnissen und Reflexionen als teilnehmender Beobachter während der dramatischen ersten Jahrzehnte des 20.

Grigory Rasputin, the Siberian peasant-turned-mystic, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable.

“A poignant and inspiring memoir.

Using logic, common sense, philosophy, ethics, history, and science, the author rebuts every argument that claims to "e;prove"e; the existence of God.

"Einer musste ja anfangen", sagte sie.

[Includes 8 photograph illustrations]On the northern half of Times Square in the heart of New York is a square named after Father Francis Patrick Duffy, a priest whose faith in God was only matched by the attachment to his flock.