Biography & Autobiography - Historical

Author: Joseph MonetISBN-10: 1589631579ISBN-13: 9781589631571Publisher: International Law and Taxation PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2001Pages: 292Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 8.46h x 5.52w x 0.78d

"Only Yesterday" 1941-1958, is a memoir of my life growing up in Romania during the Holocaust and during the Communist regime Romania. The first part titled "Darkness, My Life during WWII, the Romanian Holocaust, 1941-1945" describes the beginning of the horror and fear of...

Sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf have long been celebrated for their central roles in the development of modernism in art and literature. Vanessa's experimental work places her at the vanguard of early twentieth-century art, as does her role in helping introduce many key...

""The Mystery Man of Europe Sir Basil Zaharoff"" is a biography written by Dr. Richard Lewinsohn, detailing the life and exploits of one of the most enigmatic figures of the early 20th century. Sir Basil Zaharoff was a Greek-born arms dealer and financier, who...

""Glory Of The Mohawks: The Life Of The Venerable Catherine Tekakwitha"" is a biography written by Edward Lecompte about the life of Catherine Tekakwitha, a Mohawk woman who lived in the 17th century. The book explores her life from her childhood in the Mohawk...

""Josephus: The Man and the Historian"" is a comprehensive biography of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, written by H. St. John Thackeray. The book delves into the life and times of Josephus, who lived during the first century AD and was a witness to...

""Francisco Franco: The Times and the Man"" is a biographical account of the life of Francisco Franco, a Spanish military leader and politician who served as the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. Written by Joaquin Arraras, a Spanish journalist...

Until the 15th century, Spain was only a distant participant in the general movement of European affairs. The different kingdoms sharing the Spanish peninsula were individually too weak to pursue an energetic foreign policy. The marriage of royal cousins, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Felix E. SchellingISBN-10: 1406700878ISBN-13: 9781406700879Publisher:...

Author: Ralph Chester HenryISBN-10: 1258507463ISBN-13: 9781258507466Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/20/2012Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.66d

Author: Irene D. Jaworski, Alexander JosephISBN-10: 1258430762ISBN-13: 9781258430764Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2012Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.47d

The ""Journal of Charles Carroll of Carrollton: During His Visit to Canada, in 1776, as One of the Commissioners from Congress, with Memoir and Notes"" is a historical book written by Charles Carroll himself. The book was published in 1876 and provides a detailed...

""A Walloon Family In America V2: Lockwood De Forest And His Forbears, 1500-1848"" is a historical book written by Emily Johnston De Forest and published in 1914. The book is a detailed account of the ancestry of Lockwood De Forest, an American artist and...

The Life of B. Giovanni Colombini is a biographical book written by Feo Belcari in 1874. It tells the story of Giovanni Colombini, a 14th-century Italian merchant who became a prominent figure in the Catholic Church. The book describes Colombini's early life as a...

Fourteen Months In American Bastiles is a book written by F.K. Howard that chronicles his experiences as a political prisoner during the American Civil War. The book provides a firsthand account of Howard's imprisonment in various Union prisons, including Fort Lafayette, Fort Warren, and...

The Era Of Charles Mahon, Third Earl Of Stanhope, Stereotyper 1750-1825 is a book written by George A. Kubler that delves into the life and work of Charles Mahon, the Third Earl of Stanhope. Mahon was a prominent figure in the field of stereotyping...

""John Cary: The Plymouth Pilgrim"" is a historical non-fiction book written by Seth Cooley Cary and published in 1911. The book tells the story of John Cary, one of the original Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower and settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620....

""Robert Burns and Freemasonry"" by Dudley Wright is a comprehensive exploration of the life and work of the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns and his connection with the Masonic fraternity. The book delves into the history of Freemasonry in Scotland and its influence on...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

The Macdonalds of Clanranald is a historical book written by Alexander Mackenzie in 1881. It is a detailed account of the Clanranald branch of the Macdonalds, one of the oldest and most powerful clans in Scotland. The book traces the history of the clan...

Memorials Of The Descendants Of William Shattuck: The Progenitor Of The Families In America That Have Borne His Name is a book written by Lemuel Shattuck in 1855. The book is a comprehensive history of the Shattuck family in America, tracing their lineage back...

""The Life and Confession of Asenath the Daughter of Pentephres of Heliopolis Narrating How the All-Beautiful Joseph Took Her to Wife"" is a historical fiction novel written by Mary Brodrick in 1900. The story is set in ancient Egypt and follows the life of...

This book is a snapshot of the people and daily life in the Monumental City in the years between the conclusion of the War of 1812 and the onset of the Panic of 1819. Author Robert Barnes has included all biographical references found in...

This highly regarded social history of Nantucket treats the purchase and settlement of the island, the early proprietors, and various events in Nantucket history, such as Nantucket's role in the Revolution. The balance of the work consists of histories of some thirty founding families....

Glastonbury, a small town in Somerset, England, stands at the epicenter of a longstanding tradition placing the Holy Grail in Britain. Legend holds that Joseph of Arimathea traveled to Britain, bringing with him both a gathering of followers and the cup that Jesus used...

This book is a non fiction autobiographical account of an American expat's experiences with Iranians and Iran. It is a series of 12 short stories in chronological order. At age eleven he went to boarding school in Rome with the grandson of Sardar Homayoun...

The Donauschwaben, a mostly unknown ethnic group of Germans, migrated to Yugoslavia in the late 1700s. Endless boundary conflicts varyingly defined their land as Hungary, Yugoslavia, or Serbia. During World War II their ethnicity unfairly marked them as Nazi sympathizers despite their noncombatant status....

This book is a story of a young couple-a Jewish boy from Ukraine and a Russian girl from Yaroslavl who met in college in the mid-seventies of the last century in the realm of the Soviet Union. The couple is trying to build their...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

From Mary Rowlandson's story of her capture by Indians in the mid-seventeenth century to Mary Paik Lee's story of being a pioneer Korean woman in America at the beginning of the twentieth century, the autobiographical form has provided our most vivid, intimate glimpses of...

In My Brother's Image is the extraordinary story of Eugene Pogany's father and uncle-identical twin brothers born in Hungary of Jewish parents but raised as devout Catholic converts until the Second World War unraveled their family. In eloquent prose, Pogany portrays how the Holocaust...

"His memories flow as naturally as his writing. . . . The reader is transported back to the day when a six-year-old stepped from the train into a new life."--Smithsonian As a grown man, Percy Wollaston almost never spoke of the homestead where he...

From modest beginnings in a Pennsylvania coal mine to the height of success in Tampa, Florida, there was one constant threat in the Scarpo family's lives--the mafia.In small-town Pennsylvania, Tony Scarpo's grandfather Antonio, an immigrant from Bari, Italy, ran afoul of a gangster who...

Unmasking the Klansman may read like a work of fiction but is actually a biography of Asa Carter, one of the South's most notorious white supremacists (and secret Klansman). During the 1950s, the North Alabama political firebrand became known across the region for his...

For the 50 years that followed its publication in 1901, Up from Slavery was the most widely known book written by an African American. The life of Booker T. Washington embodied the legendary rise of an American self-made man, and his autobiography gave voice...

Edmund Booth was born in 1810 and died in 1905, and during the 94 years of his life, he epitomized virtually everything that characterized an American legend of that century. In his prime, Booth stood 6 feet, 3 inches tall, weighed in at 210...

Charles Peterson was the first historically important Latvian to emigrate to Ireland, and his last name to this day serving as a title for the world's oldest continuously operating briar pipe company, Kapp & Peterson of Dublin, founded in 1865. He arrived in the...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

""William Richardson Davie: A Memoir, With His Letters And Notes"" is a biographical account of the life and career of William Richardson Davie, a prominent political figure and military leader in early American history. The book is written by J.G. De Roulhac Hamilton, a...

She walked the streets of Richmond dressed in farm woman's clothing, singing and mumbling to herself. Soon her suspicious and condescending neighbors began referring to her as "Crazy Bet." But she wasn't mad; she had purpose in her doings. She wanted people to think...

Author: J. Franklin TilleryISBN-13: 9798823017640Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/27/2024Pages: 136Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d

As England's most celebrated royal dynasty, it's often overlooked that the Tudors have their origins in rural Wales, far from the urban centres of English power where they dared to become great. When Henry Tudor won the English crown by defeating Richard III in...

Jack Ruby changed history with one bold, violent action: killing accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV two days after the November 22, 1963, murder of President John F. Kennedy. But who was Jack Ruby--and how did he come to be in...

A bizarre kidnapping, a mysterious disappearance, crimes of passion and intoxication, accidents, poisoning, thefts, murders, a gunfight, and more. This book contains events of long forgotten tragic stories of Standish, Maine. These stories are a reminder that Standish wasn't just a quiet, bucolic farming...

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THE VIBRANT TAPESTRY OF LIFE ON EARTH IS UNRAVELING, AND IT'S TIME TO ACT.Are you concerned about the rapid decline of species? Are you curious about the solutions that can protect our natural world? If you answered yes, keep reading.In a world where the...

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence is a gripping account of the Arab Revolt during World War I. Blending memoir and historical narrative, Lawrence's vivid prose and keen insight illuminate the conflict, the landscape, and the people, offering an unparalleled look at war...

"The way we spend our days, is, after all, the way we spend our life," said Annie Dillard. These are stories of my days growing up in a traditional family in middle America - an American childhood. They are the day-to-day stories (as I...

In 1936, the year Fritz Schwalm was born, Adolph Hitler had high approval ratings. Fritz's parents supported the national socialist state, and his father was an SS officer employed in the Race and Settlement Office (Rasse and Siedlungs Hauptamt, RuSHA). The office became the...