Biography & Autobiography - Historical

William Randolph Hearst was one of the most colorful and important figures of turn-of-the-century America, a man who changed the face of American journalism and whose influence extends to the present day. Now, in William Randolph Hearst, Ben Procter gives us the most authoritative...

Henry Stuart's life is the last great forgotten Jacobean tale. Shadowed by the gravity of the Thirty Years' War and the huge changes taking place across Europe in seventeenth-century society, economy, politics and empire, his life was visually and verbally gorgeous. NOW THE SUBJECT...

Author: Kalister M. (Pendelton) Green-ByrdISBN-13: 9798385044313Publisher: WestBow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/19/2025Pages: 158Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: Kalister M. (Pendelton) Green-ByrdISBN-13: 9798385044306Publisher: WestBow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/19/2025Pages: 158Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d

Author: John SobieskiISBN-10: 166730609XISBN-13: 9781667306094Publisher: AntiquariusLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/18/2025Pages: 138Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

Jose Luis Fernandez fought an underground war against the dictator of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista, late 1950s. Jose was imprisoned and tortured twice, but he never stopped believing in the cause, he never stopped believing in the revolution, he never stopped believing in their leader,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

A Washington Post Noteworthy Book of March "[A] richly textured history . . . This story holds numerous lessons for our era." --The New Yorker "From Joyce Chaplin's engaging, wide-ranging pages a fresh Franklin emerges." --Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Revolutionary "A...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

Author: Sara A. UnderwoodISBN-10: 1018303367ISBN-13: 9781018303369Publisher: Legare Street PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2022Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

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. Within the United States,...

In her exciting first book, Emmy writes about her tumultuous childhood in a religious household. Her father is a well respected minister and her mother is a school teacher. When her mother is caught having a sexual relationship with one of her students, the...

Author: Timothy ColeISBN-10: 1977282555ISBN-13: 9781977282552Publisher: Outskirts PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 278Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

It is as a diarist that Peter Garrioch (1811-1888), teacher, free trader, trail-blazer, contrarian, smuggler, farmer, community leader, has taken his place in the history of Rupert's Land and Western Canada. From 1837 to 1847, Peter kept a sporadic personal journal, setting down in...

In Victorian England, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, a daring sensation novelist, defies societal expectations to pen the scandalous Lady Audley's Secret. With six children in her care, one on the way, and a controversial partnership with a married man, Mary balances the weight of public...

In Victorian England, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, a daring sensation novelist, defies societal expectations to pen the scandalous Lady Audley's Secret. With six children in her care, one on the way, and a controversial partnership with a married man, Mary balances the weight of public...

A stubborn, precocious young girl is caught in the front line of the clash of cultures, as her remote tribe confronts new modern possibilities.In 1970s Kenya, modernity's edge has finally made it up the hills to the Samburu tribe's secluded highland home. As her...

Echoes Across Continents A Memoir of Resilience Through Tumultuous TimesA sweeping saga that spans three continents and four decades.K. D. Ray's remarkable journey begins in 1931 with the death of his father, a prominent judge in India. At just eight years old, he returns...

So, you want Adventure in Alaska! How about this? Would you marry a daring WWII pilot and head for Alaska, America's final frontier? Would you go even if it meant surviving a harrowing trip over the Al-can highway, including a breakdown, a wild tow,...

Drawing on three decades of firsthand experience in Asia, bestselling author Brad Good delivers a riveting insider's view of the complex US-China relationship in The China Blueprint. This compelling narrative weaves personal anecdotes with sharp analysis, presenting a fresh perspective on one of the...

Perseverance, family, and God guided a family through one hundred years of American history when America was finding its way. The story begins in 1850 England and follows an incredible journey out of poverty and into Civil War, frontier life, and the development of...

The pages of the novel resurrect before the reader the events of a hundred years ago from 1912 to 1925 in the Balkans, in particular, in Bulgaria during the two Balkan wars, the echo of which was the Great War, which drew all countries...

Gripping, inspirational, ahead of his time - visionary.Follow Charles Nelson Teeter in this inspiring true narrative during the mid-1800s as he ventures from the established world of New York and tackles the undeveloped territory of Wisconsin and beyond.Through adventures, hardships, and victories, his actual...

In the early twentieth century, money, power, and reputation were king. With outlaws like Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson roaming the streets, it was a lawless time, with lawless individuals taking their fates and fortunes into their own hands. Emmett Long was...

The book follows four tracks. The first and most obvious is my military career, both Active and Reserve. The first half of my book covers my life leading up to Vietnam and through the year in Vietnam. The second track of the book covers...

The story of the Kelker family begins with a tragic 1743 transatlantic voyage from Switzerland to America and continues through ten generations to the 21st century.It is told from biographies of family members whose lives are in some manner distinguished, some by accomplishment and...

Among the encyclical letters of the Popes, none is more remarkable than those of Leo XIII, especially with reference to the teaching of the Church on social, economic, and political questions.Etienne GilsonThe Social Teaching of Leo XIII"Just as the sun," a person wrote at...

Pain travels through family lines. Until someone is ready to heal it in themselves. By going through the agony of healing you no longer pass the poison chalice onto the generations that follow. It is important and sacred work. Author Unknown Author: J. Franklin...

B. F. Nuckolls' Sketch Book is the story of a life of faith. Nuckolls begins this journal with an account of his early life, and his search as a young man for his religious identity. The book chronicles Nuckolls' growth in faith, even as...

A FOUNTAIN OF FRIENDSHIP is the true story of a sailor, a ship, and a song. The sailor's name is Duane Hodges, the ship the USS Pueblo, and "The Lonely Bull," by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, was the Pueblo's theme song. On...