Biography & Autobiography - General

Author: Mary DimondISBN-10: 148362286XISBN-13: 9781483622866Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2013Pages: 164Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

The first three chapters of the book offer the author's depiction of his life leading up to his cryptic odyssey through various countries and continents of the world. The symptoms and signs of his mental illness are evident throughout the book, but they do...

The book is about the trials and tribulations of Laing as a forest surveyor and partly as a community officer dealing with local forest people. In his works, he encountered the Penans and related some anecdotes of Penans and white men. He talked about...

Bill Haywood, an English, working-class, Black Country lad, saw only a lifetime of factory drudgery as his fate when he was young. He left school at fifteen without any academic qualifications and entered the workforce with various engineering companies. For five years, he served...

Five student civil engineers, including author Roy Dainty, find themselves caught up in a series of outrageous capers. No students have ever been more challenged by events than these featured in 'S**T'. They fall in it, get covered in it, and cause it. Events...

FREEDOM FOUND tells of one man's struggle in his search for independence, for the freedom to be all that he could be, to reach the unreachable star. FREEDOM FOUND tells the story of the author's achieving independence with dignity with each of his 7...

Author: Mary Ann CliffordISBN-10: 1479740551ISBN-13: 9781479740550Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/30/2012Pages: 354Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.48lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

As I have neither slept nor been able to heal from societies phsychological murder, 11 years and counting, you may find transmissions reduced...Author: Nigel AshISBN-10: 147725062XISBN-13: 9781477250624Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2013Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.10d

THE SHOTO'S TRADITIONAL KARATE KAI In this book I wanted to pass on my experience and Standards of excellence, which I have carried over from my years of service I spent in the Grenadier Guards, and of the teaching standards of N.V.Q.'s in Combat...

Author: Jackson III WindomISBN-10: 1477128298ISBN-13: 9781477128299Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/29/2012Pages: 292Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

One of the best managers in the early years of professional baseball, Frank Selee (1859-1909) built two great teams. The Boston Beaneaters of the 1890s won five National League pennants during his tenure. The Chicago Cubs won four National League pennants and two World...

Songwriters, performers and producers Erik Appelwick, Eric Fawcett, John Hermanson and Darren Jackson were important players in an early 2000s musical collective. This collective included genres such as folk, power pop, R & B, electro-funk and indie rock. Well-known bands Storyhill, Spymob, Alva Star,...

W. D. Ehrhart, named by Studs Terkel as "the poet of the Vietnam War," has written and lectured on a wide variety of topics and has been a preeminent voice on the Vietnam War for decades. Revered in academia, he has been the subject...

 The music today known as "classic country" originated in the South in the 1920s. Influenced by blues and folk music, instrumentation was typically guitar, fiddle, bass, steel guitar, and later drums, with lyrics and arrangements rooted in tradition. This book covers some of...

Writers and alcohol have long been associated--for some, the association becomes unmanageable. Drawing on rare sources, this collection of brief biographies traces the lives of 13 well known literary drinkers, examining how their relationship with alcohol developed and how it affected their work, for...

William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was one of those rare historians who effectively melded history and literature in an elegant, compelling writing style that appealed to the casual reader, while still meeting the strict criteria of the scholar. Prescott was the first American historian to...

Elkanah Watson (1758-1842) travelled everywhere and associated with everyone--soldiers, politicians, diplomats, Indians, artists, scientists, slave traders and abolitionists. He met the Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Paine and many other American revolutionaries. At 19, he smuggled funds for the...

This life story will pique the interest of its readers with the breadth of knowledge, facts, and candid disclosure of life events that are articulated and illuminated in this writing. Readers will be compelled to read this book through to the end as each...

Apart from being one of just two non-Americans in history to be honoured with America's prestigious "Golden Bandstand Award," South African broadcaster, Henry Holloway's remarkable impact on American light music during his 40 years on the air, internationally, is told in this book, in...

In 1890, the author's maternal great-grandfather Chow Chih was the firstborn son of a wealthy family in Canton, China, who could have pursued virtually any career. But China was swirling in revolutions and counterrevolutions as warlords and foreign interlopers fought for control after 2,000...

Author: Kim WellsISBN-10: 1465354301ISBN-13: 9781465354303Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1900Pages: 300Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Author: George KilbourneISBN-10: 1462876382ISBN-13: 9781462876389Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/19/2011Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53dReview Citation(s): BlueInk Review 09/29/2011

"Billy Boy" is a humorous story about an altar boy growing up in a small New England town and the many conflicts he encounters along the way. When the mysteries of faith, sex, and the world around him were rationalized with a young mind...

I'd Rather Roll Than Rattle Way back in the day, words like "fat" and "obese" were not used to describe a lady who was overweight. The usual adjectives of choice were: stout, portly, or rotund. My grandma Kingston was most definitely in that category....

A terrified child is locked in the wardrobe by her mother. She is gripped with fear and is too frightened to cry. Her mother is shouting profanities at her through the door and then suddenly everything becomes still and quiet and she hears a...

Author: Martha MarinoISBN-10: 1450259960ISBN-13: 9781450259965Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2010Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d

It takes a long time to live ninety years, but it can be done with God's grace and with the right partner in life. These are author Virginia Pentecost's recollections after losing that partner a few years ago, which have served to soften the...

A White Woman in a Red Man's World is a must read for all new teachers and for all teachers who plan to teach on an Indian reservation. Georgia Lucas is a master teacher who shares her actual classroom experiences along with enlightening glimpses...

This Book is a true Autobiography of my life, but its dated back in 1857 when Wisconsin first became a state. I made my life story in a western hoping that Kevin cozener, Michael Landon, or Disney makes a movie out of this wonderful...

The surreal life and bizarre times of a college-educated career call girl. A brave new look at the oldest profession, A Roaring Girl is, without a doubt, the most unusual book of its kind ever written. Part edgy, x-rated memoir; part sex-positive, pro-prostitution polemic,...

Author: Rebecca JohnsonISBN-10: 1449074626ISBN-13: 9781449074623Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2010Pages: 308Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Tragic fate pursues Isidore Ducasse from his childhood, when, at the age of two, he witnesses the suicide of Célestine, his mother, on Christmas Eve 1847. When he is thirteen, due to epidemics and wars in Uruguay, the boy is put on a ship...

Everyone has a right to their own opinion. This book is certainly my opinion and not a reflection on anyone else. I am not a racist and never will be, because everyone has the same goals in life and that's to be somebody. If...

The universally themed book titled, 'The Karmic Car Cycles', is a hilarious romp of car related misadventures by the author/protagonist Cliff R. Livingstone. The book hits the ground running and is still running at the end. Having led one of the wackiest, most unusual,...

A sweeping family saga across continents and through history. Based on meticulous research, Whispers Across Continents traces the Robinsons, Lincolnshire tenant farmers, to India's tea estates, Ottoman Constantinople, New York, and Wilhelmine Germany. Political intrigue, illicit relationships, and suspected espionage intertwine as the Robinsons...

Byron and Italy tackles a subject to which no book has been devoted exclusively since the early 1940s. Peter Cochran writes not just about Byron's relationships with Italian literature, not just about his relationships with Italian women, and not just about his relationship with...

This early work on Suleiman the Magnificent is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It details the life of a sixteenth century Sultan and is a fascinating work thoroughly recommended anyone interested in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Many...

Sheldon Warren Cheney was an American author and art critic, born in Berkeley, California. Cheney was one of the most significant pro-modernist theatre and art critics of the early twentieth century. He helped introduce European modernist practices in theatre to the United States. 'Men...

Author: Maria AcostaISBN-10: 1441581928ISBN-13: 9781441581921Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/25/2013Pages: 146Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d

Author: Roger L. WalshISBN-10: 1441516034ISBN-13: 9781441516039Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/06/2009Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.07d

British philosopher Michael Oakeshott is widely considered as one of a key conservative thinkers of the 20th century. After publishing many works on religion, he became mostly known for his works on political theory. This valuable volume by Edmund Neill sets out to Oakeshott's...

Beacon's River is a tale of ambition and human suffering in the mind and heart of a young man struggling for success as a novelist. Based on the life and career of nineteenth-century novelist George Gissing, the book is about a man wrestling with...

Down through the years with my unusual amount of engine failures, over 18, most pilots with total engine failures usually died. Also, how many 16 year old teenagers have thumbed and hopped the freight trains to see the states from coast to coast and...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have...

""The Powers of Europe and Fall of Sebastopol"" is a historical account of the Crimean War, written by a British officer in 1855. The book provides a detailed description of the events leading up to the fall of Sebastopol, a major Russian port city...

Milton's Samson Agonistes: With Notes (1872) is a book that contains the famous play by John Milton, Samson Agonistes. The play is a tragedy that tells the story of Samson, a biblical hero who is betrayed by his wife and captured by the Philistines....

""Ariel"" is a philosophical essay written by Uruguayan writer and philosopher Jos����� Enrique Rod������, published in 1922. The book is considered a masterpiece of Latin American literature and a seminal work in the development of Latin American cultural identity.The essay is structured as a...

""Letters of Composers: An Anthology"" is a collection of personal letters written by famous composers from various time periods. The book is edited by Gertrude Norman and includes letters from composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky. The letters offer a unique insight...

Paderewski: The Story Of A Modern Immortal is a biographical book written by Charles Phillips that delves into the life and legacy of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a renowned Polish pianist, composer, and politician. The book follows Paderewski's life from his humble beginnings in rural...

Life And Letters: Essays By J. C. Squire (1921) is a collection of essays written by the renowned English poet, journalist, and literary critic, John Collings Squire. The book is divided into two parts, the first of which is a series of biographical sketches...