Biography & Autobiography - Historical

Peasy's Childhood: Stories For Children, And For All Who Remember That They Have Been Children is a book written by Louisa Whitney and published in 1878. The book is a collection of short stories that are aimed at children, but also appeal to adults...

Robert Hall was a true Texian: a pioneer settler, Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, and veteran of three wars (the war for Texas Independence, the Mexican War, and the Civil War). He joined the Texas Army shortly after the Battle of San Jacinto, and married...

In 1872 Congress established Yellowstone National Park, and its vast wonders soon mesmerized early sightseers. One of them, William Wallace Wylie, visited in July 1880. The school superintendent was immediately smitten. He returned to Bozeman, Montana, and arranged his first tour group a few...

Covers the life of John Letcher a virtually unknown significant leader of the Confederacy John Letcher, governor of Virginia from 1860 through 1863, is one of the significant leaders of the Confederacy who is still virtually unknown. This study, covering Letcher's entire life with...

Daniel Harmon Brush came to southern Illinois from Vermont with his parents in the 1820s and found a frontier region radically different from his native New England. In this memoir, Brush, the eventual founder of Carbondale, Illinois, describes his early life in the northeast,...

One of the great minds of the 19th century, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was responsible for some of the most impressive engineering feats of his day. By the age of 26, he had been appointed chief engineer of the Great Western Railway, linking Bristol to...

Janusz Korczak (1879-1942) is one of the legendary figures to emerge from the Holocaust. A successful pediatrician and well-known author in his native Warsaw, he gave up a brilliant medical career to devote himself to the care of orphans. Like so many other Jews,...

On November 4, 1979, Iranian radicals stunned the world by storming the U.S. Embassyin Tehran and taking the entire diplomatic staff hostage. The attackers called themselves the "Muslim Students of the Imam Khomeini Line" and claimed the backing of Iran's fiercely anti-American revolutionary leader,...

In my first book, * I wrote about pivotal moments about which our memories seem to revolve. But every moment is not a turning point. It's the memorable events, "slices of time," that provide depth, texture, feelings, and color. Those stories tend to put...

Unmask the intrigue behind one of Russia's most tumultuous power struggles. In The Chef's Rebellion, acclaimed author Gregario Palermo unveils the astonishing transformation of Yevgeny Prigozhin from a humble St. Petersburg restaurateur to the formidable leader of the Wagner Group-a private military company that...

Based on true events from Hazel's journal, this book tells the story of a proud and resilient woman, her husband Olaf, and their seven children as they leave Wisconsin in search of a better life in California. After selling their small farm and heading...

Wolfe Tone was the founder of Irish republicanism. A unique figure within Irish nationalism, as an English-speaking Protestant of settler-colonial origin, Tone underwent a dramatic political transformation in his relatively short life: from an elite playboy with colonial fantasies to a radical Jacobin who...

For decades Americans imagined life under Communist regimes to be grim, frightening, and oppressive. Not so, Bulgarian-born Zlatko Anguelov reveals in this eye-opening memoir. For the most part, life was just normal. People adjust; bread must be earned; families enjoy each other's company. If...

Delia Austrian's biography, "Juliette Recamier," offers a captivating glimpse into the life of one of the most celebrated figures of French society during the tumultuous years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Juliette Recamier (1777-1849) was renowned for her beauty, wit, and...

Biographical sketches of noteworthy Americans.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations....

Alone among American novels, Uncle Tom's Cabin forever changed the social fabric of the United States. It sold more than a million copies, energized abolitionism, and helped to spark the Civil War--but the book also transformed its author. After Uncle Tom's Cabin follows Harriet...

The Mind of a Patriot presents an intellectual life of a major figure who has traditionally been seen as an anti-intellectual "child of nature." This was the view of Patrick Henry that William Wirt presented in his Life of Henry, and it has pervaded...

Tall tale or fact? The author authenticates claims of South Carolina Patriot, Nicholas Prince, in his Revolutionary War pension application. A unique blend of military, historical and genealogical research, this book offers new information about Prince and the men who fought in the 4th...

Author: Bahman KhakiISBN-13: 9798996152100Publisher: Khaki PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/23/2026Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d

Author: Ochiagha Reagan UfombaISBN-13: 9798896013938Publisher: Hawes & JenkinsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/21/2026Pages: 428Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.69lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.16d

Author: Julia WolbrookISBN-13: 9798235585133Publisher: Serena CapuozzoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/12/2026Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35d

Author: Zachary HutchisonISBN-13: 9798181820876Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2026Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d

Author: Neris V. WynthorneISBN-13: 9798181676909Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2026Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d

Author: Paula Kennedy,Tina Lawson SanderfordISBN-13: 9798181209275Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2026Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d

Author: Emilia Brandt-Von HessISBN-13: 9798233730672Publisher: UmarLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/04/2026Pages: 182Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d

Author: David PearsallISBN-13: 9798198046832Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/08/2026Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d

Author: Gordon J. MacKenzieISBN-13: 9798180455635Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/07/2026Pages: 158Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d

Author: Marston WatsonISBN-10: 0806322160ISBN-13: 9780806322162Publisher: Genealogical Publishing CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2026Pages: 500Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.53lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.01d

He condemned the most famous man in history.For two thousand years, Pontius Pilate has been remembered as the Roman governor who sentenced Jesus of Nazareth to death. His name is spoken every Sunday in churches around the world. Yet the man himself remains one...

The Medal of Honor is America's highest military award, reserved for acts of courage that go far beyond ordinary duty.This book tells the stories of 100 extraordinary recipients whose actions became part of American military history. From the Civil War to World War II,...

Author: Holger CahillISBN-10: 1026097754ISBN-13: 9781026097755Publisher: Tradd Street PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/14/2026Pages: 338Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.70d

In an age when science and technology promise progress yet threaten to destroy our humanity, this book asks a difficult question: can civilization survive its own success?Exploring the deep divide between the "Global West" and the "Global South," Stanislav Ovcharenko reflects on how freedom,...

Northern Ireland is on fire. But rather than attending to the conflict raging around her, the young Siné ad Morrissey is obsessed with the Cold War, East Germany and the utopia of the USSR.Set against the distinctive cultural milieu of Belfast Communism - its...

In this memoir James E Roghair recalls growing up as a South Dakota farm boy in the sixth decade after statehood. He, his parents and three younger siblings shared a small house without indoor plumbing, electricity, or telephone, near unincorporated Okaton, with its small...

"Was Christopher Columbus a Jew" by Walter F. McEntire is a compelling historical investigation into one of the most enduring mysteries of the Age of Discovery: the true ethnic and religious origins of the man who bridged the Atlantic. This work explores the scholarly...

"Sir Francis Drake" is a masterful biography written by E. F. Benson that chronicles the life and legacy of one of the most formidable figures in English history. As a pioneer of the Elizabethan Age of Discovery, Drake's exploits as a navigator, privateer, and...

"Alaric the Goth" by Marcel Brion is a compelling historical biography that explores the life and legacy of the legendary Visigothic king who forever altered the course of Western history. Set against the turbulent backdrop of the declining Roman Empire, the narrative traces Alaric's...

"LEARN KRIOLU - Part 1" is much more than a language book. It is an invitation to discover Cape Verdean Creole through its history, its culture and its people.Before learning a language, you need to understand where it comes from. This first volume immerses...

He captured a king, defied a throne, and changed the course of history forever.But almost no one knows his full story.In the heart of medieval England, one man dared to challenge the most powerful office in the land, not out of reckless ambition alone,...

She was born in 1931, the youngest of seven, raised on a goat's milk, and stubborn from the start. By the time she was done, she had sat in a military prison, earned a doctorate from the University of London, married an Indian anthropologist...

Before the war, there was ordinary life.Summer heat along the Vrbas River. Family gatherings crowded with cigarette smoke and coffee. A father carefully hanging wallpaper to make a house beautiful. A mother singing while she cooked. A sister studying medicine. A future that seemed...

This sweeping new biography-turned-novel follows the events of one family across 100 years, born from the author's search for the truth hidden behind a handful of old photographs. Charlotte grew up in the slums of York, and George in the respectable coastal terraces of...

Roy and Dale Onstage and In Between is a lighthearted, visually rich journey through the lives of America's King of the Cowboys and Queen of the West, both in the spotlight and beyond. Told through photographs, little known trivia, and memorable quotes, the eclectic...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of Ten Years' Exile pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. "Ten Years' Exile" offers a unique window into 19th-century France through the eyes of Anne Louise Germaine Necker, the...

He was seventeen years old, surrounded by enemies, and about to change the world.In 1611, Sweden was a small, debt-ridden kingdom fighting three wars it could barely afford. Its new king had no military record, no guarantee of survival, and no margin for error....

Egypt was conquered by outsiders, but one foreign dynasty would become more legendary than the pharaohs themselves. What you're about to discover will change how you see ancient Egypt forever. In The Ptolemaic Empire: Greek Pharaohs, Cleopatra VII, and the Fall of Ancient Egypt,...

He crossed the Sahara with so much gold that entire economies struggled to recover. History remembers kings, conquerors, and emperors. But few names still echo across centuries like Mansa Musa, the ruler of the Mali Empire and the man many historians believe was the...

Edmund Burke was one of the most powerful political minds of the Georgian age.He did not rule as a king, command armies, or dominate government as a prime minister. His power was different. Burke shaped the moral language in which power itself was judged....

Unveil the Dark Secrets of History and Discover the Shocking Truth Behind the Spanish InquisitionFew people know that the Spanish Inquisition-an institution that shaped the lives of millions-was not just about religion. It was a tool of fear, power, and control that spanned centuries....

They were stolen from ordinary days. Walking home. Working in the fields. Feeding their children.And then they were gone.What happened to the estimated fifteen million African people swept into the transatlantic slave trade is not simply a chapter of history. It is the story...