Biography & Autobiography - Historical

In the fourth decade of the 19th century, the highly structured German society and its economy were crumbling. Caught between powerful opposing impulses to either modernize or revert to the lavish court system of the 18th century, a stalemate was created and the nation...

Pre-Historic Nations is a book written by John D. Baldwin that explores the history of human civilization before recorded history. The book delves into the origins of human societies, their development, and their eventual decline. Baldwin examines the earliest known civilizations, including those in...

This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.Author: Pat Ireland NixonISBN-10: 1494113236ISBN-13: 9781494113230Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 482Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.97d

This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.Author: Francis TalbotISBN-10: 1494112809ISBN-13: 9781494112806Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 478Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.96d

This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.Author: Paul SayreISBN-10: 1494107767ISBN-13: 9781494107765Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 430Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.87d

This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.Author: Josephus DanielsISBN-10: 1494106116ISBN-13: 9781494106119Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 418Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.59lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.85d

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.Author: Mohandas Gandhi, C. F. AndrewsISBN-10: 1494105578ISBN-13: 9781494105570Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 414Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.85d

This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.Author: Bertita HardingISBN-10: 1494103311ISBN-13: 9781494103316Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 402Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.18lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.82d

This is a new release of the original 1956 edition.Author: Clel Georgetta, Velma Stevens TruettISBN-10: 1494101440ISBN-13: 9781494101442Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 388Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.80d

This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.Author: Alexander Barmine, Max EastmanISBN-10: 1494096390ISBN-13: 9781494096397Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 366Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.76d

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.Author: Louis Coulange, Stephen Haden GuestISBN-10: 1494091496ISBN-13: 9781494091491Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 348Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.72d

This is a new release of the original 1939 edition.Author: Urey WoodsonISBN-10: 1494086581ISBN-13: 9781494086589Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 330Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.69d

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.Author: Walter Prichard EatonISBN-10: 1494086344ISBN-13: 9781494086343Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 330Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.69d

This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.Author: Leopold WolflingISBN-10: 1494082365ISBN-13: 9781494082369Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.66d

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.Author: Jr. Ernest BrenneckeISBN-10: 1494077027ISBN-13: 9781494077020Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 302Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.63d

This is a new release of the original 1938 edition.Author: William Adams SimondsISBN-10: 1494075881ISBN-13: 9781494075880Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.63d

This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.Author: Edmund Fleg, Stephen Haden GuestISBN-10: 1494072831ISBN-13: 9781494072834Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60d

This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.Author: Sabra ConnorISBN-10: 1494071703ISBN-13: 9781494071707Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 286Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60d

This is a new release of the original 1942 edition.Author: Harold J. MatthewsISBN-10: 1494071134ISBN-13: 9781494071134Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 286Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60d

This is a new release of the original 1954 edition.Author: Joan Howard, Federico CastellonISBN-10: 1494038846ISBN-13: 9781494038847Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.41d

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.Author: Mary Margaret McBrideISBN-10: 1494037416ISBN-13: 9781494037413Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 190Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.40d

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.Author: VelmaISBN-10: 1494034166ISBN-13: 9781494034160Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 182Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.39d

This is a new release of the original 1958 edition.Author: Frances Diane Robotti, Russell Leigh JacksonISBN-10: 1494027836ISBN-13: 9781494027834Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.34d

This is a new release of the original 1955 edition.Author: Arthur E. RankinISBN-10: 1494016605ISBN-13: 9781494016609Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.28d

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.Author: Thomas TaylorISBN-10: 1494012073ISBN-13: 9781494012076Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.26d

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.Author: Emily EdwardsISBN-10: 1494009897ISBN-13: 9781494009892Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.24d

The Lambs were the Kennedys of Vegas, movers and shakers in a town cutting its teeth on wealth and power. When Bill Lamb was killed in a horse wreck in 1939, his eleven children climbed from tragedy to dominance. Often on horseback and always...

*Includes historic illustrations of Black Bart and other important people, places, and events in his life. *Includes a profile of Black Bart from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates". *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "Roberts was a tall...

Author: The American Maritime History ProjectISBN-10: 1493186140ISBN-13: 9781493186143Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/2014Pages: 662Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.47lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.63d

This incredible story of a young king, barely out of his teens, who took on the might of the Persian Empire and won military victories of staggering significance, is one of the greatest true tales ever told. From his homeland in the north of...

Recorded history is in books and museums, written not only on paper but also on rocks, papyrus, skins and engraved in caves. The palpable heart of history is in the lives of those who experienced it. "Tales from Old Soddy" features stories of my...

Abelard and Heloise are nearly as famous a pair of tragic lovers as the fictional Romeo and Juliet, and their story (as revealed in "The Letters of Abelard and Heloise") remains one of the world's most dramatic and well-known love affairs. Their shared passion...

"Remembering the War Years and After", is an account about what families experienced during Hitler's reign of terror during World War II. The Leon and Mydlarski families were Jewish and chose to hide from the Nazi's. The Beza's endeavoured to escape. They would be...

My Family in America since 1620 reaches back to the early years of the European presence in North America to tell how William Brewster, one of the leading Pilgrims on the Mayflower, came to America in 1620. For the author, this is not simply...

Vasily Zarubin ranked as an important Soviet intelligence officer, but he has received little recognition in the history of intelligence in the United States. In Rezident, author Robert K. Baker, who worked with foreign counterintelligence matters for the FBI during a thirty-three-year career, presents...

Once in a while someone comes along who raises the bar in some field of endeavor in his or her own unique way, displaying a drive to achieve the noblest aspects of the American Dream. Bill Murff is such a person. In The Bill...

Harry Rosenberg grew up near the hottest place on Earth-Death Valley-in a very unusual dwelling: a red caboose. His father repaired bridges for the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, which hauled ore from remote mines. During the Depression, the Rosenbergs traveled from washout to washout...

This is a biography of my grandmother's family that is shown in both pictorial and anecdotal fashion.Author: Tim ConleyISBN-10: 1491244100ISBN-13: 9781491244104Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/30/2013Pages: 90Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the...

When the American whaler Era, George Comer, Captain, sailed from New Bedford, Mass, for Hudson Bay in the spring of 1903, some American newspapers warned that there might be forcible intervention by the Canadian government, for the expidition conincided with sudden alarm about the...

Four Great Americans is an introduction to four of the greatest Americans; George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln. The stories of each give insight into the trials and successes which helped mold their character and create the successes they eventual became....

Author: Crampton Harris HelmsISBN-10: 148367018XISBN-13: 9781483670188Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2013Pages: 496Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d

Author: Walter K. TuzeneuISBN-10: 1483667960ISBN-13: 9781483667966Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2013Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d

Author: Janie BlakeISBN-10: 1483650731ISBN-13: 9781483650739Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/06/2014Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d

Author: John E. HinrichsISBN-10: 1483629236ISBN-13: 9781483629230Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/2013Pages: 140Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

The threat of nuclear war in the 1950's drove the United States government on a path to build facilities with the sole purpose of producing an atomic bomb. The unintended consequence was the destruction of families in their path. This story, set in the...

Even those whose knowledge of De Sade is limited to knowing that the wordAuthor: James Bruce, Ivan BlochISBN-10: 1482605775ISBN-13: 9781482605778Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/23/2013Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.54d

The publisher is William R. Parks: www.wrparks.com A remarkable true story. As a young seminarian, Lucjan Kr likowski, who was accepted into the Franciscan Order by St Maximilian Kolbe, was arrested by the NKVD and deported to labor camps in Northern Siberia. Leaving the...

Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 - 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, and futurist. He is best known for his contributions to the modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system. Tesla's patents and theoretical work helped form the...

Slave narratives by African slaves from North America were first published in England in the 18th century. They soon became the main form of African-American literature in the 19th century. Slave narratives were publicized by abolitionists, who sometimes participated as editors, or writers if...