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  • "An Arch Rebel Like Myself"

    Dan Showalter and the Civil War in California and Texas

    Dan Showalter was Speaker Pro Tem of the California State Assembly at the outbreak of the Civil War and the exemplar of treason in the Far West among the pro-Union press. He gained notoriety as the survivor of California's last political (and actual, fatal) duel, for his role in the display of a Confederate flag in Sacramento, and for his imprisonment after an armed confrontation with Union troops ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • "Big Foot" Wallace: Noted Ranger on the Texan Frontier

    "Big Foot" Wallace: Noted Ranger on the Texan Frontier is a short biography of the famous Texas Ranger who fought in the Mexican-American War. ... Read more

    $2.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Bleib schön sitzen!"

    Erlebnisse aus den ersten siebzig Jahren

    by Eugen Freund ...
    Aufgewachsen am Klopeiner See in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren, war er später ein Vierteljahrhundert lang eines der bekanntesten TV-Gesichter des Landes: Eugen Freund erinnert sich an seine Kindheit und Jugendjahre am Land, wo Katzen im Wasserbecken ertränkt wurden und Hühner mit abgeschnittenem Kopf noch eine letzte Runde machten … Wo sein Vater, der Landarzt, mit Prinzessin Marie Cecile von ... Read more

    $19.99 USD $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Chaotic Freedom" in Civil War Louisiana

    The Origins of an Iconic Image

    by Bruce Laurie ...
    Series Book 8 - Working Titles
    "Chaotic Freedom" is the story of two men transformed for the better through the Civil War. It is also the biography of an iconic photograph. The men are printer and newspaper publisher Henry S. Gere and currier and carpenter Marshall S. Stearns, both from western Massachusetts. The photograph they eventually collaborated to produce became the Civil War emblem featured in Harper's: the carte de ... Read more

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  • "Co Aytch"

    In the Civil War with the First Tennessee Regiment. Fascinating tale of the war between the states. ... Read more

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  • "Dear Darling Loulie"

    Series series Continuing Education
    This compilation of the letters of Cordelia Lewis Scales originally was transcribed and annotated in the 1950’s by Dr. Benjamin Gray Lumpkin and Martha Neville Lumpkin. The genealogical interest the pair took in their ancestors centered on family research into the life of Dabney Minor Scales, who served as a second lieutenant on the Shenandoah, the most important and famous ship of the Confederate ... Read more

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  • "Dearest Pa" - Prince Philip and Princess Diana, Story of a Deep Relation

    Royal Tales from Britain, #1

    by Oswald Eakins ...
    Series Book 1 - Royal Tales from Britain
    From "dearest Pa" to a "judgemental father-in-law", how did Prince Philip's and Princess Diana's special bond wither away in the backdrop of a disastrous marital life between Prince Charles and her? Was Prince Philip critical of Princess Diana from the beginning or did their relationship go downhill after her and Charles' separation and eventual divorce? The British Royals have repeatedly been in ... Read more

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  • "Der Franzi war ein wenig unartig"

    Hofdamen der Habsburger erzählen

    Von Maria Theresia bis Kaiserin Zita: Das Privatleben der Habsburger ganz aus der Nähe. Am Hof der Habsburger war Diskretion oberste Maxime. Nur in privaten Briefen und intimen Tagebuchaufzeichnungen berichten die Hofdamen über das Familienleben der Kaiserfamilie, über Skandale, Feste, Freud und Leid. Die schönsten Stellen sind hier ausgewählt, darunter Louise von Sturmfeders Beschreibungen der ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Dies Kind soll leben"

    Die Aufzeichnungen der Helene Holzman 1941-1944

    In drei Kladden hat Helene Holzman, Malerin, Buchhändlerin und Deutschlehrerin, gleich nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges aufgeschrieben, was sie in den Jahren zuvor an einem der finstersten Orte des Holocaust, im litauischen Kaunas, erlebt und erlitten hat.Im Juni 1941, unmittelbar nach dem Einmarsch der deutschen Wehrmacht, verschwindet ihr jüdischer Mann für immer. Kurz darauf wird ihre ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • "Don't Thank Me, Thank Your Recruiter"

    by Ken Conklin ...
    "Don't Thank Me, Thank Your Recruiter" is a story of a US Army Soldier who served for over 9 years as a Human Resources Specialist. During this time he traveled to a total of 14 countries to include Iraq, Kuwait, Korea, and Afghanistan. Through the years he met various people from all walks of life. During his journey he learned a lot about himself and the world as a whole. This is a story of true ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • "Edward Hickey Whelan": A Catholic Irish-American immigrant at the turn of the 19th Century

    by Hugh Whelan ...
    The life of "Edward Hickey Whelan" -- a Catholic Irish-American immigrant at the turn of the 19th Century. From Ireland to Nebraska to San Diego, Edward directly participated in the fascinating and tumultuous Irish-Catholic and anti-immigrant politics of his day. Settling in Nebraska at a time influenced by Fenian General John O'Neill, Edward went from the US Army to Jesuit Creighton University ... Read more

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  • "En L'air!" (In The Air) Three Years On And Above Three Fronts [Illustrated Edition]

    Sergeant Bert Hall belonged to an elite brotherhood; he was a founded member of the Lafayette Escadrille which fought in the colours of France during the First World War. Highly decorated individually and as a unit; Hall flew alongside the first American aviators such as Kiffin Rockwell, John Thaw, Victor Chapman and Raoul Lufbery.His first autobiography is gritty and adventure filled; recording ... Read more

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  • "Get the hell off this ship!"

    Memoir of a USS Liscome Bay Survivor in World War II

    James Claude Beasley was a typical American teenager in the 1940s--a child of the Great Depression with an abiding commitment to family and country. With the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the Navy at 18.His plainspoken, personal memoir recounts three years of service (1942-1945), from his induction at Winston Salem, North Carolina, to the sinking of his ship, the escort carrier USS ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • "Happiness Is Not My Companion"

    The Life of General G. K. Warren

    The valorous but troubled career of the Civil War general best known for defending Little Round Top and averting a Union defeat at Gettysburg.The lieutenant colonel of a New York regiment and rising star in the Army of the Potomac, Gouverneur K. Warren performed heroically at Gettysburg. For his service at Bristoe Station and Mine Run, he was awarded command of the Fifth Corps for the 1864 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Hass und Begeisterung bilden Spalier"

    Horst Wessels politische Autobiographie

    Wie wurde ich eigentlich Nationalsozialist? Diese Frage stellte der junge SA-Mann Horst Wessel ins Zentrum seiner bislang unveröffentlichten politischen Autobiographie, die er wenige Monate vor seinem gewaltsamen Tod im Jahr 1930 schrieb. Es handelt sich um eine einzigartige Geschichtsquelle, die bezeichnende Schlaglichter auf die politische Kultur der Weimarer Republik und auf den frühen ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "I Sure Wish this Dam Thing Was Over"

    The WWII Letters And Experiences Of Private Carl E. Meyers

    This book outlines the World War II experiences of Carl E. Meyers, an Ohio man, from registering for the draft in 1940 to fighting in the European Theater of Operations in 1944. A large part of the book is the letters Meyers wrote home from his basic training and from Europe. This volume traces his military experiences from 1940 to 1944, showing how an average American went through registering for ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • "Ich bleibe zurück wie eine Gefangene"

    Elisabeth Christine und Friedrich der Große

    Series series Biografien
    Friedrich der Große lehnte Elisabeth Christine (1715–1797), die schüchterne und etwas unbeholfene Welfenprinzessin aus dem Hause Braunschweig-Bevern, von Anfang an ab. Gleich nach seiner Thronbesteigung 1740 "verbannte" er sie nach Schloss Schönhausen und sah sie nur noch zu offiziellen Anlässen. Kinder gingen aus dieser Ehe keine hervor. Die abgeschobene Königin litt entsetzlich unter der ... Read more

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  • "Ich habe so viel zu erzählen..." Von Luxemburg ins Ruhrgebiet - eine Lebensgeschichte

    Das Buch stellt eine Zeitgeschichte "von unten" dar, d. h. aus der Sicht einer Arbeiterfrau, geboren 1928 in Düdelingen in Luxemburg, in der politisch bewegten Zeit vor, während und nach dem 2. Weltkrieg. Diese Epoche ging auch mit einer persönlichen Migrationserfahrung der Protagonistin einher: Die Familie kam 1939, über ein Aussiedlerheim in Mettmann, nach Oberhausen ins Ruhrgebiet. Der Leser ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Ich hatte nichts gegen Deutsche, nur gegen Faschisten."

    Die Lebensgeschichte des Ferdinand Matuszek

    „Nachdem Sie letztes Mal hier waren, habe ich nachts davon geträumt. Da ist das alles wieder vor mir gewesen. Schrecklich.“ Die Lebensgeschichte des Mannes, von dem dieses Zitat stammt, steht im Mittelpunkt des Buches. Ferdinand Matuszek musste die nationalsozialistische Herrschaft und ihre furchtbaren Verbrechen „hautnah“ miterleben. In seinem Lebensalltag als Zwangsarbeiter erfuhr er, was ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • "Ich war mit Freuden dabei."

    Der KZ-Arzt Sigbert Ramsauer. Eine österreichische Geschichte

    Series series Zeitgeschichte
    "Die Juden mögen wir nicht", schwadronierte Sigbert Ramsauer, ehemaliger SS-Arzt im KZ am Loiblpass, amnestierter Kriegsverbrecher und praktischer Arzt in Klagenfurt, Anfang der 1990er Jahre in einem TV-Interview. Und zu seiner Rolle im NS-Getriebe erklärte vor laufender Kamera freimütig: "Ich war mit Freuden dabei!" Mit der Biografie des bis dato wenig bekannten österreichischen KZ-Arztes folgen ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Ich will unsterblich werden!"

    Friederike Beer-Monti und ihre Maler

    Friederike Maria Beer (1891–1980): Wie ein Wirbelwind trifft sie auf die Wiener Künstlerszene der 1920er Jahre. Die Tochter der Besitzerin der berühmten Kaiserbar nimmt Schauspielunterricht, wird zum lebenden Modell für die Kleider der "Wiener Werkstätte". "Fritzi" verliebt sich in den Industriellensohn und Maler Hans Böhler, mit dem sie eine lebenslange innige Freundschaft und Arbeitsbeziehung ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "In her hour of sore distress and peril"

    The Civil War Diaries of John P. Reynolds, Eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

    John Perkins Reynolds, a member of the "Salem Zouaves" (Company I, Eighth Massachusetts Infantry), left behind a unique record of one company's service during the early months of the Civil War. His diary documents his company's hourly activities each day, forming a rare chronicle of a Union "three-month" unit. Reynolds was a talented and perceptive writer, and he meticulously recorded details ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • "Into the Mirror, Into the Past"

    Tales of the Tribe, #1

    by Ludij Peden ...
    Series Book 1 - Tales of the Tribe
    The contrasts associated with being born during the Nazi occupation of Holland, and then a few years later, emigrating to the tropics of Australia with my parents made a lasting impression on my memories. I vividly remember the amazing differences of the life and lifestyles in bustling Amsterdam from the laid-back approaches to the lifestyle and culture of tropical North Queensland in those ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • "Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"

    Memories of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

    This classic New York Times bestseller is an illuminating portrait of JFK—from his thrilling rise to his tragic fall—by two of the men who knew him best.As a politician, John Fitzgerald Kennedy crafted a persona that fascinated and inspired millions—and left an outsize legacy in the wake of his murder on November 22, 1963. But only a select few were privy to the complicated man behind the Camelot ... Read more

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