Autobiography: historical, political and military Books
Woodfield Publishing The English Electric Lightning... and Me: A Former Royal Air Force Airframe Mechanic's Recollections of a Classic Jet Fighter Aircraft
£14.25
Woodfield Publishing A Journey from Blandford: The Wartime Memories of T/99589
£17.59
Riverside Publishing Solutions Ltd Belonging To 2 Troop: A memoir of the Falkands War 1982
Book SynopsisThis authentic account is a tribute to the courage and resolve with which soldiers and their loved ones confront uncertainty, fear, hardship and the loss of their comrades. Subjected to continual changes of affiliation as the Falklands campaign unfolds, 2 Troop has to create its own identity and sense of belonging drawing on its professional belief, strength of leadership, and intrinsic camaraderie. This is the story of how they did it, and the contribution they made, in one of the toughest campaigns since World War 2. A ‘must read’ for aspiring junior commanders and students of the realities of war.
£17.63
Dunort Publications Together in Biafra
Book SynopsisWhen a country experiences a civil war, media reports are mainly brought to the attention of the outside world by those who can only report on the surface impressions obtained during a short visit or from the comfort of a studio thousands of miles away. My experiences, living and working at the grass roots level, during and after the crisis in Nigeria in the 1960s has a different perspective. As a young Scotswoman married to a Nigerian from the breakaway republic of Biafra we lived as refugees with our young family, forced to leave our home seven times in the 30 months of the civil war as the war raged around us. Cut off from the outside world, in a situation the British High Commissioner in Nigeria had predicted at the onset, would be over in two weeks, we lived a life full of experiences which gave me a `qualification in survival' no university could have imparted. Without electricity, gas, petrol or phones, and often without money, medicine or safe drinking water we learned to appreciate the basic necessities of life. I was 18 years old, living in Dunfermline, Scotland when the man I was to marry asked me for a dance at the Kinema Ballroom. Two years later my career plan to qualify as a nurse was over and I was married to Len Ofoegbu, with a baby daughter and we were on our way to a new and very different life. Our first home was in the capital, Lagos, and was a big culture shock to Len and I. The newly independent West African country was already experiencing political and civil unrest, leading to violence, massacres, coups, and the inability of the central government to control the situation. Hundreds of thousands of Easterners who had settled throughout the whole of the country now `went home' as they had become the targets of slaughtering mobs. The secession of the Eastern Region, calling itself Biafra, followed and a David and Goliath bitter conflict ensued. The word `kwashiorkor' and pictures of starving children and adults appeared in the Western press for the first time. I was one of around a dozen, mainly British, foreign wives of Biafrans who remained with their husband throughout the civil war. I worked voluntarily with relief agencies in feeding centres, clinics, an orphanage and, after Biafra surrendered in January 1970, in a children's hospital in return for food for my growing family. In May 1970 we moved back to live in Lagos where we went through more crises as a family. I became an early member of Nigerwives, an organisation for foreign wives and partners of Nigerians which became like an extended family as we gave mutual support and strove to resolve anomalies in Nigerian laws which put unnecessary restrictions affecting our particular circumstances. By the 1980s I accepted that my husband and I had grown so far apart that I could no longer remain with him. My legal reason to remain in Nigeria was `to accompany him' and he could withdraw his immigration responsibility for me at any time. I needed a security which he could not give me and I left him and Nigeria to begin a new life and career in Britain in 1985. I was advised when I completed the original manuscript in the 1970s not have it published as Nigeria was extremely sensitive about any account which was sympathetic to the Biafran side of the civil war. In 1986 a much shorter version of Together in Biafra, titled Blow The Fire, telling the story up to 1970 was printed by Tana Press in Nigeria. I retain the copyright. It was published under my married name Leslie Jean Ofoegbu. It has been cited in academic papers. An example is A Lingering Nightmare: Achebe, Ofoegbu and Adichie on Biafra, Francoise Ugochukwu 2011.
£17.63
Anagrama El Nazi Perfecto: El Descubrimiento del Secreto
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Taylor & Francis Ltd De Gaulle Profiles In Power
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Taylor & Francis Management Laureates
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Cambridge University Press The Austen Chamberlain Diary Letters The Correspondence of Sir Austen Chamberlain with his Sisters Hilda and Ida 19161937 5 Camden Fifth Series Series Number 5
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Cambridge University Press Richard Symondss Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army
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Cambridge University Press Richard Symondss Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army 3 Camden Classic Reprints Series Number 3
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Cambridge University Press The GladstoneGranville Correspondence
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Cambridge University Press The GladstoneGranville Correspondence
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Cambridge University Press Bismarck Gedanken Und Erinnerungen
Book SynopsisThis book contains the German text of selected sections of Otto von Bismarck's three-volume autobiography Gedanken und Erinnerungen. It covers Bismarck's youth briefly before delving more deeply into his political achievements from 1847 until retirement. Gibson summarises each chapter and provides explanations for biographical and historical references made in the text.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Abbreviations; 1. Bis zum ersten vereinigten Landtage; 2. Das Jahr 1848; 3. Erfurt, Olmütz, Dresden, 1849–51; 4. Diplomat, 1851–3; 5. Wochenblattspartei. Krimkrieg, 1854–5; 6. Besuche in Paris, 1855–7; 7. Zwischenzustand, 1859–62; 8. Rückblick auf die preuzische Politik; 9. Dynastien und Stämme; 10. Der Frankfurter Fürstentag; 11. Schleswig-Holstein; 12. Nikolsburg; 13. Der norddeutsche Bund; 14. Die Emser Depesche; 15. Versailles; 16. Kulturkampf; 17. Der Dreibund; 18. Kaiser Wilhelm I; 19. Kaiser Friedrich III; 20. Prinz Wilhelm; 21. Zunehmende Uneinigkeit zwischen Bismark und dem Kaiser; 22. Die Kaiserlichen Erlasse von 4 Februar 1890; 23. Wandlungen; 24. Meine Entlassung; 25. Kaiser Wilhelm II; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III.
£36.09
Cambridge University Press My Life
Book SynopsisAlfred Russel Wallace (1823?1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer and biologist, best remembered as the co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection. His extensive fieldwork and advocacy of the theory of evolution led to him being considered one of the nineteenth century''s foremost biologists. He was later moved by a variety of personal experiences to examine the concept of spirituality, but his exploration into the potential for compatibility between spiritualism and natural selection alienated him from the scientific community. He was also a social activist, highly critical of unjust social and economic systems in nineteenth-century Britain, and one of the first prominent scientists to express concern over the environmental impact of human activity. This autobiography was first published in 1905. Volume 2 deals with his many eminent acquaintances, including Darwin and Huxley, his lecture tour in America, and his involvement with spiritualism and with social activism.Table of Contents25. My friends and acquaintances – Darwin; 26. My friends and acquaintances – Spencer, Huxley, Mivart, etc.; 27. My friends and acquaintances – Sir James Brooke, Professor Rolleston, Mr. Aug. Mongredien, Sir Richard Owen, Dr. Richard Spruce; 28. My friends and acquaintances – Dr. Purland, Mr. Samuel Butler, Professor Haughton; 29. Sketch of my life and work, 1871-1886; 30. An American lecture tour – Boston to Washington; 31. Lecturing tour in America – Washington to San Francisco; 32. Lecturing tour in America – California to Quebec; 33. Literary work, etc., 1887-1905; 34. Land nationalization to socialism, and the friends they brought me; 35. Mesmerism to Spiritualism – correspondence with scientific and literary men; 36. Two biological inquirers: an episode in the history of Spiritualism; 37. Spiritualistic experiences in England and America; 38. The anti-vaccination crusade; 39. A chapter on money matters – earnings and losses – speculations and law-suits; 40. My character – new ideas – predictions fulfilled; Addendum; Index.
£37.99
Cambridge University Press An Octogenarians Reminiscences
Book SynopsisIn this 1902 published work teacher and historian James Bonwick (18171906) recalls his lifelong contribution to the fields of education and historical writing. The author traces his life from boyhood to the years he spent in Australia, establishing schools and recording the lives of the Tasmanian aborigines.Table of ContentsPreface; Part I. Boro' Road School Recollections: 1. The Old Boro' Road Boys' School; 2. Greek and Egyptian pupils; 3. My own further training; 4. John Thomas Crossley; 5. Transition from home to abroad; Part II. My Life in Australia: 6. Tasmania; 7. South Australia, 1849–52; 8. Life in Victoria; 9. New South Wales; 10. Queensland; Part III. Later Life in England: 11. After my return home; Part IV. World Wanderings: 12. Egypt and the Egyptians; 13. Impressions of America; 14. Visits to other lands; Part V. Family Records: 15. Family records; A small selection of poems; My literary work.
£33.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Hero
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc 9 Rules of Engagement
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The House of Yan
Book SynopsisThrough the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family’s history through early 20th Century to present day.The history of the Yan family is inseparable from the history of China over the last century.Trade Review“A powerful memoir… A thoughtful, astute narrative that helps Western readers understand the rise of the new China from the ashes of terror.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "[A] comprehensive debut memoir… Yan expertly captures a tumultuous period in this smart, colorful family history." — Publishers Weekly "A touching, essential account for anyone interested in 20th-century Chinese history and highly recommended for fans of personal family memoir." — Library Journal (starred review) "Some of the most arresting passages are about the warmth of family life: homely activities like pickling cabbages together or cooking dumplings. You can almost smell the fragrant steam, and what happens when the familiar, the commonplace, is stripped away and existence loses all logic with book burnings, head shavings, ransackings and meaningless cruelties . . . . For its personal insights and universal warnings about what humans are capable of, both good and bad, Yan’s readable and touching memoir of her family deserves to be told, and she tells it well." — Washington Post
£12.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Were Better Than This
Book SynopsisOne of Essence''s Best Books of the Year. NAACP Image Awards Winner for Outstanding Literary Work in the Debut Author category.With a foreword by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.“There was no greater friend to the poor, to the lost, to the left out, and to the left behind. If you want to understand this great man, read his historic, important book and learn the lessons and values from his ‘moral voice crying in the wilderness’ on behalf of our American democracy.”—Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) Known for his poise, intellect, and influence until his death in October 2019, Elijah Cummings was one of the most respected figures in contemporary politics, a politician who held fast to his beliefs but was not afraid to reach across the aisle in the name of friendship and progress. Since his earliest days
£23.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Were Better Than This
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In Congress, we miss his wisdom, his warm friendship, and his great humanity. In Baltimore, we miss our champion. God truly blessed the United States with the life and leadership of Elijah Cummings. What a blessing that, with this wonderful book, generations of Americans—our ‘living messengers’ to the future—will now be able to read his words and learn from his beautiful life!” — From the Foreword by Speaker Nancy Pelosi "Impressive on multiple levels . . . an urgent call to action, imploring us to defend our democracy as it is assailed by threats internal and external. And, perhaps above all, it is a poignant reminder of just how much the nation lost with his death. . . . To read this book is to join the ranks of his admirers." — NPR "Moving insight into a remarkable man, which remains a touching tribute to his accomplishments in the later years of his life." — Library Journal (starred review) "A forceful valedictory. . . . Cummings’s paeans to family, faith, and general idealism make this a moving tale worth reading." — Publishers Weekly "The legendary, late Baltimore congressman shares the stories of his past with an eye to the future in this apt-for-our-times memoir." — Newsweek “Excellent political memoir by the late Democratic representative from Baltimore…A thoughtful and inspiring exhortation to do better by a much-missed leader.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “I absolutely love the late Rep. Elijah Cummings’ book ‘We’re Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of our Democracy.’ It was his last call to action before he passed away.” — Suzanne Malveaux, CNN National correspondent “This memoir serves as an urgent call to action for all Americans as we strive to live up to our nation’s pledge of ‘liberty and justice for all’ as only Elijah could deliver it. He and I often spoke of our shared backgrounds and experiences, probably the most significant of all was that we each grew up as the son of a preacher…He is missed, but his message lives on in this powerful testimony of how we can best move our country toward the promise of ‘a more perfect union.’” — Rep. James E. Clyburn, House Majority Whip (D-SC)
£12.34
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Book SynopsisSomeone should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies there, give them messages of support from back home, and share a few laughs over a can of beer.
£22.39
Penguin Books Ltd My Bondage and My Freedom
Book SynopsisEx-slave Frederick Douglass's second autobiography-written after ten years of reflection following his legal emancipation in 1846 and his break with his mentor William Lloyd Garrison-catapulted Douglass into the international spotlight as the foremost spokesman for American blacks, both freed and slave. Written during his celebrated career as a speaker and newspaper editor, My Bondage and My Freedom reveals the author of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) grown more mature, forceful, analytical, and complex with a deepened commitment to the fight for equal rights and liberties. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by John David SmithTrade Review“My Bondage and My Freedom, besides giving a fresh impulse to antislavery literature, [shows] upon its pages the untiring industry of the ripe scholar.”—William Wells Brown
£13.11
Penguin Putnam Inc King of Spies The Dark Reign of an American
Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14 returns with the untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War, and its legacy In 1946, master sergeant Donald Nichols was repairing jeeps on the sleepy island of Guam when he caught the eye of recruiters from the army's Counter Intelligence Corps. After just three months' training, he was sent to Korea, then a backwater beneath the radar of MacArthur's Pacific Command. Though he lacked the pedigree of most U.S. spies—Nichols was a 7th grade dropout—he quickly metamorphosed from army mechanic to black ops phenomenon. He insinuated himself into the affections of America’s chosen puppet in South Korea, President Syngman Rhee, and became a pivotal player in the Korean War, warning months in advance about the North Korean invasion, breaking enemy codes, and identifying most of the targets
£14.45
Penguin Random House India The Kargil Girl
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£8.95
OUP India Karukku
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The University of Chicago Press The Complete Civil War Journal and Selected
Book SynopsisThis work is a comprehensive edition of Thomas Wentworth Higginson's journal. Including a selection of Higginson's wartime letters, the volume offers a picture of the radical interracial solidarity brought about by the transformative experience of the army camp and of American Civil War life.
£48.22
Yale University Press Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An
Book SynopsisThe powerful story of slavery that has become a classic of American autobiography, in an authoritative editionTrade Review“None so dramatically as Douglass integrated both the horror and the great quest of the African-American experience into the deep stream of American autobiography. He advanced and extended that tradition and is rightfully designated one of its greatest practitioners.”—John W. Blassingame, from the Introduction
£9.43
Little Brown and Company Oath and Honor
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Necessary Trouble
Book SynopsisAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA memoir of coming of age in a conservative Southern family in postwar America.To grow up in the 1950s was to enter a world of polarized national alliances, nuclear threat, and destabilized social hierarchies. Two world wars and the depression that connected them had unleashed a torrent of expectations and dissatisfactionsnot only in global affairs but in American society and Americans' lives.A privileged white girl in conservative, segregated Virginia was expected to adopt a willful blindness to the inequities of race and the constraints of gender. For Drew Gilpin, the acceptance of both female subordination and racial hierarchy proved intolerable and galvanizing. Urged to become well adjusted and to fill the role of a poised young lady that her upbringing imposed, she found resistance was necessary for her survival. During the 1960s, through her love of learning and her active engagement in the civil
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc The Death of Santini The Story of a Father and
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A painful, lyrical, addictive read” (People) by the cherished author of The Great Santini that brings his extraordinary career full circle Pat Conroy’s great success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. As the oldest of seven children who were dragged from military base to military base across the South, Pat bore witness to the often cruel and violent behavior of his father, Marine Corps fighter pilot Donald Patrick Conroy. While the publication of The Great Santini brought Pat much acclaim, the rift it caused brought even more attention, fracturing an already battered family. But as Pat tenderly chronicles here, even the oldest of wounds can heal. In the final years of Don Conroy’s life, the Santini unexpectedly refocused his ire to defend his son’s honor. The Death of Santini is a heart-wren
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WW Norton & Co The Kennan Diaries
Book SynopsisA landmark collection, spanning ninety years of U.S. history, of the never-before-published diaries of George F. Kennan, America's most famous diplomat.Trade Review"George Kennan's diaries are arguably the most remarkable work of sustained self-analysis-and certainly self-criticism-since The Education of Henry Adams. Frank Costigliola has assembled them with great skill and sensitivity." -- John Lewis Gaddis, author of George F. Kennan: An American Life "The Kennan Diaries are a vivid journey into the private thoughts and often contrary opinions of the diplomat whose influence permeated U.S. Cold War foreign policy. Eloquent and perceptive, Kennan left a moving personal record of the historic events he experienced and helped shape." -- Henry A. Kissinger, former Secretary of State "An informed mind, a clarity of expression, candor in a private diary-all are present in George Kennan's fascinating commentary on a period when the tectonic plates of the world changed. Read, enjoy, agree or disagree, and be stimulated to think." -- George P. Shultz, former Secretary of State "Frank Costigliola's superb edition of George Kennan's diaries is a major addition to the literature on America's role in the twentieth-century world. It reminds us of why Kennan should be remembered as one of America's most astute commentators on the limits of our power and influence abroad." -- Robert Dallek, historian and author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 "The diaries provide a window onto the intellectual and emotional life of the great American diplomat and thinker who had a more profound influence on American foreign policy than he recognized. [They] make fascinating reading." -- Jack F. Matlock Jr., former ambassador to the Soviet Union and author of Autopsy on an Empire "[T]he publication of The Kennan Diaries is a major event. University of Connecticut historian Frank Costigliola has ably culled Kennan's herculean, 20,000-page private diary (which he kept for 88 years and which is now housed at Princeton University's Mudd Library) into an erudite, reader-friendly volume." -- Douglas Brinkley "The Kennan Diaries is an illuminating, fascinating and sometimes disturbing book." -- Fareed Zakaria "Valuable insight... Intellectually and literarily compelling." -- Edward A. Turzanski "Irresistibly readable... Mr. Kennan has come through one last time with a book that illuminates in intricate and imaginative ways not only his times, but himself." -- James A. Warren "Fascinating." -- David Greenberg
£30.39
WW Norton & Co The Wolf and the Watchman A Father a Son and the
Book SynopsisWhat happens when a father asks his son to lie for the greater good?Trade Review"A beautifully written memoir, and a cautionary tale about double lives. . . . I couldn’t put this book down." -- Robert Baer, former CIA case officer and author of See No Evil"Scott Johnson has written a fine book of unusual honesty; he grapples with the nature of his beloved father’s secret life and the profound consequences it has had in his own. This is an extraordinary story, astonishingly well-told." -- Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara"A mesmerizing book . . . beautifully written, deeply moving, and compulsively readable." -- David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers"Brave and memorable . . . a rare glimpse into the private life of a spy that digs into the love, lies, and ambiguities between father and son." -- Megan Stack, author of Every Man in This Village Is a Liar"An aching, lyrical father-son story of the spy world that is dark and intriguing." -- Evan Thomas, author of The War Lover"This stunning memoir could be ripped from the pages of a John le Carré novel. . . . A fascinating and important book by one of the great American foreign correspondents of his generation." -- Michael Hastings, author of The Operators"[A] searingly honest memoir… [Johnson] deftly explores the eerie parallels between these professional worlds: the CIA case officer who labors to recruit sources to provide secret information to assist the United States in its pursuit of foreign policy objectives worldwide, and the journalist who also recruits inside sources, but ones who will speak for publication." -- San Francisco Chronicle"Evokes John le Carré’s dark autobiographical thriller The Perfect Spy." -- Washington Post"An enthralling look at a complicated father-son relationship and a painful investigation of the messiness of truth in journalism, intelligence ops, and life." -- Booklist"Johnson’s engrossing memoir, through the layers of subterfuge, uncovers many basic truths of familial conflict." -- Publishers Weekly"Gripping, emotional depictions of the conflicts that rage in the interior and exterior worlds of a spy—and of a journalist." -- Kirkus Reviews"Though there’s plenty of covert action and espionage in this fabulous book, the real heft of it is in Johnson’s moving account of his relationship with his father and how the secrets of the CIA affected that relationship." -- School Library Journal"With rare emotional subtlety, and in finely etched prose worthy of Evelyn Waugh or Graham Greene, [Johnson] captures the perspectives of people on various sides of [a] bloody equation." -- Emma Garman - The Daily Beast
£19.94
WW Norton & Co Helgas Diary A Young Girls Account of Life in a
Book SynopsisA New York Times Bestseller "A sacred reminder of what so many millions suffered, and only a few survived." —Adam Kirsch, New RepublicTrade Review"Touches raw nerves and contains the potential to send shock waves through the oeuvre of Holocaust memoirs…Astonishing." -- Linda F. Burghardt - Jewish Book World"The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank." -- Daily Telegraph"Describes the unfolding horrors of the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of a young girl. The young Helga responds to hardship with indignation and defiance, maintaining a sharp sense of observation while trying to make sense of the upheaval and suffering she sees." -- New Yorker"Fascinating…A youth’s contemporaneous view of life and death." -- Jewish American World"Reads with refreshing immediacy, describing how a smart, spirited young girl negotiated increasingly desperate circumstances." -- Jewish Daily Forward"She is one of few children to survive Auschwitz. Even with all the books that have been published, this one, with its immediacy and child’s point of view, is hard to forget." -- Jewish Week"Resounds with a ferocious will to endure conditions of astonishing cruelty." -- David Casarani - New Statesman"Helga’s Diary is another moving testimony to the courage, endurance and painfully premature maturity of the young victims of the Holocaust." -- Financial Times"A breathtaking account…a chilling testament to the tragedy of the Holocaust." -- Publishers Weekly"At times the struggle of this young girl in the face of evil becomes so real that you’ll notice yourself adjusting your blanket and thermostat right along with her as she shivers in the worst of conditions." -- The Daily Beast"What's startling, throughout, is the resilience with which her buoyant spirit keeps bobbing up past the hardships, indignities, and cruelties of her captors." -- Francine Prose
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WW Norton & Co The Wolf and the Watchman A Father a Son and the
Book SynopsisLonglisted for the National Book Award and named a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year.Trade Review"A beautifully written memoir, and a cautionary tale about double lives. . . . I couldn’t put this book down." -- Robert Baer, former CIA case officer and author of See No Evil"A fine book of unusual honesty; he grapples with the nature of his beloved father’s secret life and the profound consequences it has had in his own. This is an extraordinary story, astonishingly well-told." -- Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara"A mesmerizing book . . . beautifully written, deeply moving, and compulsively readable." -- David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers"Brave and memorable . . . a rare glimpse into the private life of a spy that digs into the love, lies, and ambiguities between father and son." -- Megan Stack, author of Every Man in This Village Is a Liar"An aching, lyrical father-son story of the spy world that is dark and intriguing." -- Evan Thomas, author of The War Lover"This stunning memoir could be ripped from the pages of a John le Carré novel. . . . A fascinating and important book by one of the great American foreign correspondents of his generation." -- Michael Hastings, author of The Operators"[A] searingly honest memoir… [Johnson] deftly explores the eerie parallels between these professional worlds: the CIA case officer who labors to recruit sources to provide secret information to assist the United States in its pursuit of foreign policy objectives worldwide, and the journalist who also recruits inside sources, but ones who will speak for publication." -- San Francisco Chronicle"Evokes John le Carré’s dark autobiographical thriller The Perfect Spy." -- Washington Post, A Notable Book of the Year"With rare emotional subtlety, and in finely etched prose worthy of Evelyn Waugh or Graham Greene, [Johnson] captures the perspectives of people on various sides of [a] bloody equation." -- Emma Garman - The Daily Beast
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WW Norton & Co The Lost Café Schindler
Book SynopsisAn extraordinary memoir of a Jewish family spanning two world wars and its flight from Nazi-occupied Austria.Trade Review"Affecting.... Ms. Schindler’s insight-filled reckoning with the past can’t help but leave behind a bitter taste that no amount of Sacher torte can disguise." -- Diane Cole - Wall Street Journal"Intimate and often moving." -- Glenn C. Altschuler - Jerusalem Post"An extraordinary and compelling book of reckonings—a journey across a long, complex, and deeply painful arc of history, grippingly told—a wonderful melding of the personal and the political, the family and the historical." -- Philippe Sands, author of East West Street and The Ratline"Meriel Schindler takes us on a journey that spans 150 years and threads across countries and continents as she uncovers her family’s history. Weaving her relatives’ personal lives into the turbulent frame of European history, Schindler moves back and forth between the public and the private realms. Lovingly written and astutely observed, The Lost Café Schindler is a meditation on loss: personal loss and loss of historic significance." -- Debórah Dwork, coauthor of Flight from the Reich: Refugee Jews, 1933–1946"This almost unbearably touching book traces an extraordinarily diligent and sensitive process of family rediscovery. Meriel Schindler shows us how short the window of opportunity for Central European Jews was and how lasting an imprint they nonetheless left behind." -- Peter Hayes, author of Why? Explaining the Holocaust"Meriel Schindler’s research is prodigious, her writing compelling, and her discoveries large and small reunite her with her far-flung family and with the community that exploited them, impoverished them, persecuted them, and even murdered some of them. Through the history of one family, the entire history of the Holocaust and the struggle to rebuild after the Holocaust unfolds.…I was moved to take this journey with her." -- Michael Berenbaum, professor of Jewish studies and director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust, American Jewish University, Los Angeles"An extraordinary story—so cadenced and so moving." -- Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes"The Lost Café Schindler seamlessly melds two riveting histories, the tumultuous story of Jewish life in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the gripping tale of a remarkable family. Meriel Schindler’s account is a powerful personal journey of discovery. This extremely well-researched and beautifully written story is one that will linger long after the last page." -- Gerald L. Posner, coauthor of Mengele: The Complete Story"Powerful.... Beyond the compelling personal details, the author chillingly documents how the livelihoods of Austrian Jews were destroyed, ‘systematically stripped of their assets, at bargain-basement prices’.... Throughout, Schindler writes vividly about representation, memory, and the aftermath of atrocity. A significant addition to the literature on the Holocaust." -- Kirkus, starred review"Skillfully crafted.... reads like a novel.... A must-read work of narrative nonfiction that's highly recommended for readers of memoirs or 20th-century European history." -- Library Journal, starred review"Vividly rendered.... Schindler seamlessly weaves together the historical and personal, offering fresh revelations." -- Booklist"Rigorously researched, The Lost Café Schindler successfully weaves together a compelling and at times deeply moving memoir and family history that also chronicles the wider story of the Jews of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.…It distinguishes itself through its combination of mystery and reconciliation." -- Anne Joseph - The Times (UK)"The most fascinating—and devastating—family history.… not just a genealogical exploration.… it sets out the wider experiences of the Jewish population of the Austro-Hungarian empire, weaving in the story of how antisemitism took root.… The stories could scarcely be more powerful." -- The Sunday Times (UK)
£21.84
LUP - University of Michigan Press Olof the Eskimo Lady
Book SynopsisOlof Krarer may be one of America's most effective impostors of the 20th century. Born in Iceland in 1858, she moved to the US at age nineteen. Because she was a dwarf, the only job she could get was as the wife in a dwarf couple at a circus. This book tells a story of a dwarf who made a living in 19th-century America posing as an Eskimo.
£26.06
Vintage Espanol El Diario de Anne Frank novela gráfica Anne
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Penguin Putnam Inc Diario de Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl
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£12.56
Beacon Press Gandhi An Autobiography The Story of My
Book SynopsisMohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, which propelled the Indian struggle for independence and countless other nonviolent struggles of the twentieth century.In a new foreword, noted peace expert and teacher Sissela Bok urges us to adopt Gandhi's attitude of experimenting, of tesing what will and will not bear close scrutiny, what can and cannot be adapted to new circumstances,in order to bring about change in our own lives and communities. All royalties earned on this book are paid to the Navajivan Trust, founded by Gandhi, for use in carrying on his work.
£15.90
Northwestern University Press Venetian Life
Book SynopsisDuring the 1860s, W.D. Howells was the American consul in Venice. This text is his humorous portrait of the city. He swam in the Grand Canal, dined with the rich and mingled with the humble. Howells tells his story with wit and curiosity.
£15.26
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Learning from Experience
Book SynopsisGeorge P. Shultz recounts a lifetime of experiences in government, business, and academia and describes how those experiences have shaped the way he thinks. Far more than a simple biography, Learning from Experience makes a unique contribution to political, social, and economic thought, offering the author's reflections on experiences that have influenced his worldview.
£21.20
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Russia in War and Revolution
Book SynopsisFyodor Sergeyevich Olferieff (1885-1971) led a remarkable life in the shadows of history. This book presents his memoirs for the first time, translated and annotated by his granddaughter Tanya A. Cameron. Born into a noble family, Olferieff was a Russian career military officer who observed firsthand key events of the early twentieth century, including the 1905-7 revolution, the Great War, the collapse of the imperial state, and the civil wars in Ukraine and Crimea. Olferieff wrestles with moral and political questions, wondering whether his own advantages could be justifiedand whether, if born a peasant, he might have thrown himself into the revolution. As Gary Hamburg writes in an illuminating companion essay, Olferieff wrote to understand himself and to record his broken life for posterity as a privileged observer of a bloody, historically pivotal era.Trade ReviewFedor Sergeevich Olfer'ev, a former Imperial Page and officer of the Russian General Staff, has gifted to us a remarkably forthright and captivating account of the first thirty years of his life (which also happened to be imperial Russia's last). Yet, as Professor Gary M. Hamburg reminds the readers in his insightful and lucid prolegomenon, Olfer'ev did not write his memoirs to settle old scores or 'to be understood by his contemporaries.' His goal was loftier-to understand himself and to record his broken life for posterity.' Masterfully translated by his American-born granddaughter and splendidly contextualized in Hamburg's extraordinary learned historical essays, Olfer'ev's reflections on the challenges and choices of his generation, which was groomed to serve the monarch but ended up abandoning His Majesty to save the country, offer an indispensable guide to life and polity of old Russia during its last and most consequential years of wars and revolutions." - Semion Lyandres, professor of modern European/Russian history, University of Notre Dame"Accurate, clear-eyed, and unsentimental, Fyodor Olferieff's memoirs provide valuable insights into the last years of imperial Russia, World War I, the Revolution, and the civil strife that followed. Gracefully translated and augmented by Gary Hamburg's insightful companion essay, these recollections can be read with pleasure and profit by specialists and the general public." - Richard Robbins, professor emeritus, University of New Mexico"Fyodor Olferieff's memoir is a fascinating account of a tsarist officer's life and journey through Russia's revolutionary era. Olferieff was a perceptive observer who witnessed a host of important events and figures, and Gary Hamburg's detailed introduction enhances his memoir's value as historical source." - Sam Ramer, associate professor of history, Tulane University"This memoir of a Russian nobleman and officer, not titled but of high rank, who lived through the entire drama of the decline of the monarchy, war, revolution, and civil war, to a classic escape through Odessa in 1919 and eventual American exile and citizenship, fluently translated into English by his granddaughter, tells a story that is familiar-the landed gentry childhood, the Corps of Pages, the Horse Grenadiers, the Imperial Military Academy, active duty in the imperial army, and then survival in the incredible confusion of Kiev in 1918-yet one that is extraordinarily textured, detailed, and thoughtful. The background is expertly set in Gary Hamburg's historiographically up-to-date introductory review of the decline of the old regime, the war, revolution, and civil war, followed at the end of the memoir by his meticulously well-informed running commentary on the contents of the memoir (best consulted, I should think, in a back-and-forth with the reading of the memoir itself). Altogether, a remarkable contribution to historical knowledge." - Terence Emmons, professor of history emeritus, Stanford University
£39.96
Michigan State University Press Angelina Grimke Rhetoric Identity and the Radical
Book SynopsisThis work provides an understanding of Grimke's purposeful engagement of the rhetoric of confrontation, her rhetorical use of violence in antislavery discourse, and her emergence as a witness to the moral truths of her time.
£21.56
Michigan State University Press Watergate Prosecutor
Book SynopsisWilliam Merrill was the Special Prosecutor who sent the plumbers to jail. Not just any plumbers, but the Nixon plumbers, hired by the White House to stop leaks by any means necessary. Unofficially, they were the dirty tricks squad, whose illegal actions caused the President to resign his office. This work reveals how Merril procecuted them.
£19.35
MP-MAS Uni of Massachusetts VietnamPerkasie A Combat Marine Memoir
Book SynopsisAn autobiographical account of one soldier's experiences as he fought in the Vietnam war.Trade Reviewbrutal, honest, funny and tragic...Ehrhart's sense of timing, his imagery, his poetic sensitivity, and his passion make his book as enjoyable as to read as it is troubling to endure" —Philadelphia Inquirer"unrelenting, authentic...eloquent" —Samisdat
£999.99
Academy Chicago Publishers When the Diamonds Were Gone
Book SynopsisAfter a grueling and dramatic escape from occupied Poland in 1939, at age eight, Julian and his mother arrive in America in 1941 with big plans. Julian's beautiful, former socialite mother Barbara wants to write a memoir and regain her former social position. Julian just wants to fit his war-damaged psyche into the American way of life.
£15.26
River Market Press Tommy Atkins at Home and Abroad
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£16.96
Little Creek Press Spoke
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£16.10
