Leaders & Notable People

215

Books

4.7★

Avg Rating

Books in Leaders & Notable People (Page 2)

Showing 25-48 of 215

House to House: A Soldier's Memoir

John R. Bruning

Staff Sgt. Bellavia brings it. This is life in the infantry, circa right now. They used to say that the real war will...

House to House

John R. Bruning

Staff Sgt. Bellavia brings it. This is life in the infantry, circa right now. They used to say that the real war will...

India’s Most Fearless

Shiv Aroor

About the Author Shiv Aroor is an editor and anchor with India Today television, with over a decade covering the Indian...

Legend: A Harrowing Story from the Vietnam War of One Green Beret's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines

Eric Blehm

“Roy Benavidez is a real badass, a modern day Spartan, the heart of what every warrior praysxa0for when everything...

The Expendable: The true story of Patrol Wing 10, PT Squadron 3, and a Navy Corpsman who refused to surrender when the Philippine Islands fell to Japan

John Floyd

We are losing our World War II veterans by the thousands daily and along with them we all too often lose their stories....

Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POW

James N. Rowe

The Most Important Book Ever Written About The Vietnam Experience.xa0xa0The people of the United States can be...

Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut

R. Mike Mullane

From Publishers Weekly With a testosterone-fueled swagger and a keen eye for particulars, Mullane takes readers into...

FDR

Jean Edward Smith

About the Author Jean Edward Smith is the author of twelve books, including the highly acclaimed biographies Grant (a...

An American Life

Ronald Reagan

San Francisco Chronicle Reagan's charm, as displayed throughout this book, is incontestable; so is his grace under...

40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles

Cynthia Kraack

About the Author JOSEPH TACHOVSKY is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and the son of Frank Tachovsky,...

By Honor Bound: Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage

Dick Couch

A compelling and highly readable excursion into the actions of valorous men facing improbable odds." -Admiral Eric T....

Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

T. E. Lawrence

T.E. Lawrence was born on 16th August 1888 in Tremadog in Wales. He was one of five illegitimate children born to the...

Platoon Leader

James R. McDonough

Col. James McDonough , USA (Ret.), graduated from West Point and served in Vietnam as an infantry platoon leader in the...

Descent into Darkness

Edward C. Raymer

Commander Edward C. Raymer was one of the divers who assisted with the salvage of the battleships at Pearl Harbor. He...

Closing the Ring (5) (The Second World War)

Winston S. Churchill

Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) has been called by historians "the man of the twentieth century." Prime Minister of...

The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace

H. W. Brands

“Comprehensive, dramatic, and highly readable . . . H.W. Brands has written an authoritative, action-packed, and...

JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy

L. Fletcher Prouty

About the Author Academy Award-winning Oliver Stone has written and directed over 25 feature films and 6 documentaries,...

Silent Warrior: The Marine Sniper's Vietnam Story Continues

Charles Henderson

Praise for Silent Warrior “Will thrill buffs and servicemen alike.”— Publishers Weekly Charles Henderson is a...

Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Gordon S. Wood

“This is an engrossing story, which Wood tells with a mastery of detail and a modern plainness of expression that...

The Way of Perfection (Dover Thrift Editions: Religion)

Saint Teresa of Avila

About the Author One of the great mystics and religious women of the Roman Catholic Church, Teresa of Avila (1515...

When the Tempest Gathers: From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War

Andrew Milburn

Milburn uses an effortless style, navigating the reader from Marine Corps Boot Camp to Somalia to the wars in Iraq and...

Making a Night Stalker

David Burnett

David Burnett takes readers inside the elite world of SOAR, the most accomplished and secretive special ops aviation...

The 56: Liberty Lessons From Those Who Risked All to Sign The Declaration of Independence

Douglas Mackinnon

About the Author Douglas MacKinnon is a former White House and Pentagon official and bestselling author working with...

Somme Mud

E. P. F. Lynch

It is not written by a polished or professional writer but is a participants true story told in an authentic Australian...