Biography & Autobiography - General

Letters of a Family during the War for the Union. 1861-1865 - Vol. I is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking...

Diary of the Siege of Detroit in the War With Pontiac - Also a Narrative of the Principal Events of the Siege by Major Robert Rogers is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1860. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on...

The Life and Letters of Rev. Lewis Alfred Wickes - being a brief narrative of his life, and the letters connected with his labors in revivals in northern New York is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884. Hansebooks is editor...

The Story of the Great March - From the Diary of a Staff Officer is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking...

The Wound Dresser - A Series of Letters Written From the Hospitals in Washington During... is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions,...

Female Warriors - Memorials of Female Valour and Heroism, from the Mythological Ages to the Present Era. Vol. II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and...

Anecdotes of Great Musicians - three hundred anecdotes and biographical sketches of famous composers and performers is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and...

The Early Pioneers and Pioneer Events of the State of Illinois is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,...

Music and Manners - Personal reminiscences and sketches of character. Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition,...

Black-robes - or Sketches of Missions and Ministers in the Wilderness and on the Border is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions,...

Battle Echoes - Or, Lessons From the War is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1866. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres....

Literary Sheaves, or, La Littérature au Canada Français - The Drama, History, Romance, Poetry, Lectures, Sketches, etc. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1881. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel...

Kathrina - A Poem is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1882. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we...

Practical Educationists And Their Systems of Teaching is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1876. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As...

Stories from China is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1876. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus...

The English Church in the Nineteenth Century, 1800-1833 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres....

Chapters in an adventurous life Sir Richard Church in Italy and Greece - With a Portrait is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and...

A History of the Richmond Theological Seminary - With Reminiscences of Thirty Years' Work Among the Colored People... is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science,...

This book, was written with the intention of making the life and writings of Rosalie de Constant better known. Living during one of the most colourful and unpredictable periods of European history, with relatives and friends serving on either side in the many armed...

The work examines Grillparzer's dramatic production from two differing but complementary viewpoints. Various aspects of human existence as acting are analysed, among them: the loss of self through identification with a role, the attempt to influence others' acting of their roles, the influence of...

A group of resourceful kids start "solution-seekers.com," a website where "cybervisitors" can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the...

An autobiography detailing the long-term effects of childhood trauma from age six to retirement.This child who became a bilingual educator would experience the "triggers" of 1st grade throughout her professional career. Meet the student who was made to comply with the racist practices of...

The WordPOWER Book Series highlights the power words truly have. Everyone has a story and everyone has words that have impacted their lives. WordPOWER, a new initiative by Fig Factor Media, brings together 12 authors and 12 powerful words to create 12 meaningful books....

This book which I am introducing to you, is the mirror on the early life of the author, and chronicles the path that was taken by one sister who is the product of a Diaspora.Ellen Patricia her early beginnings started in a number of...

About the life of a Benjamin Franklin descendent who was not told until he was 28 years old, He was told at work by a coworker that he hardly knew, a love hate relationships with both parents, a very bad marriage. The descendent seem...

A group of Philippine people became concerned with the welfare of the huge numbers of Filipina engaged in overseas work. Whilst most were well cared for and renumerated, there were many reports of ill-treatment and abuse especially of domestic workers. They approached the Philippine...

The odyssey of a "mountain boy" from the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe, via the Nazi concentration camps of the Holocaust, to become the principal of a prestigious parochial school in the Rocky Mountains of the United States of America.Author: Rosenfeld IsraelISBN-10: 1947857207ISBN-13: 9781947857209Publisher:...

This book provides an account of the progress I have made over the five years since I experienced my stroke and was written to help those who suffer a stroke and, more importantly, to help others prevent a stroke. The book is not a...

High Tides & Open Hands is Katherine Plucinsky's debut novel, a courageous and intimate memoir about her experience surrounding the loss of her "person" and best friend. Through a mixture of poetry and prose, Plucinsky reveals what it is like to be completely consumed...

Abusive childhoods span far beyond the stereotypes of uneducated families, drunken brawls and resounding neglect. In a kind, gentle voice, author Judith Villemain walks readers through her memories of a childhood that was darkened by degradation and harsh realities while sometimes also enlightened by...

George from Jindivick is a cracking yarn - complete with dynamite! Vickie Janson has cleverly constructed the narrative around the themes of George Ronalds' life. It is at times heartwarming, suspenseful and entertaining. The tale is as authentic and upbeat as the man himself....

In the decades following the Second World War Australia fostered close relations with many nations, most newly independent, throughout the world, especially in Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Richard Gate, a member of Australia's fledgling diplomatic service from the late 1950s,...

Michael Sexton has taken part in and recorded some of the most interesting history of Australia's post-war years. He tells the story here of his major cases as a lawyer, many of them as Solicitor General for New South Wales, and of his long...

This book is for everyone who's finding it hard to move forward and heal. It's here to help you understand that what you're going through is something many others experience too, and you're not alone in it. Whether you're dealing with heartbreak, loss, or...

This is the story of how one man came to accept his gradually deteriorating eyesight and eventual sight impairment, despite his fear, bitterness and rage. At first David Lucas is terrified of being perceived as a blind man because he believes that society will...

Volume four of an odd boy begins in Bristol, England, and ends in Heights Café in Brooklyn, New York. The author conjoins the cerebrally rarified Claudette Gascoign and joins a household with her three friends-music and drama students-and explores Jazz-Classical fusion - for three...

After coverning horror film icons Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Vincent Price, Midnight Marquee Press wanted to go in a slightly different direction for our fifth edition of the Actors Series, by highlighting quasi-horror man Peter Lorre. While the other entries...

SEE THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF A CREATIVE GENIUSSHARON ESTHER LAMPERTProdigy, Prophet, Poet, Philosopher, Poet, Paladin of Education, Peacemaker, and PrincessSharon Esther Lampert Is Listed as One of the World's Greatest Poetshttp: //famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/sharon_esther_lampert/biographySharon Esther Lampert has a WORLD POETRY RECORD: 120 Words of...

Extensive collection of excerpts exploring the psychological, spiritual, supernatural, social aspects of Japan. Including Lafcadio Hearn's Farewell and letters from 1894 to 1904.Author: Louis Allen,Jean WilsonISBN-10: 1873410026ISBN-13: 9781873410028Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/17/1995Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d

My name is Donna Marie McCully, and I am a homicide survivor. This book is a true story of my lived experience. Some names were changed to protect privacy. I wrote this book partly because I thought it would be therapeutic. For anyone who...

Author: Alex IngramISBN-10: 1847477402ISBN-13: 9781847477408Publisher: Chipmunka PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/11/2008Pages: 50Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.13d

Description Caught up in the migration boom of the 1960s, the small child moved as a "Ten Pound Pom" for this "better life" promised by her quarrelling parents. From their first new home... a dry, dusty mineral mining town in North Western Australia, Riannon...

More than any other family, the Verney's - a dynasty of Buckinghamshire squires - embody the tragic conflicts and divided loyalties of the English Civil War. The family patriarch, Sir Edmund Verney, was a courtier and former close friend of King Charles I, even...

"LAUREL - Stage by Stage" is the prequel to Marriot's previous Laurel and Hardy's "Tours" books; and is a companion to "CHAPLIN - Stage by Stage." It narrates for the first-time-ever all of Stan Laurel's stage shows, from his earliest appearances in British pantomime...

The Lives of Stories traces three stories of Aboriginal-settler friendships that intersect with the ways in which Australians remember founding national stories, build narratives for cultural revival, and work on reconciliation and self-determination. These three stories, which are still being told with creativity and...

'I am sir [sure] you will act as human bean, ' wrote one distressed pensioner to Prime Minister Robert Menzies in 1953, pleading for assistance. Robert Menzies received 22,000 letters during his record-breaking 1949-1966 second term as Australian Prime Minister. From war veterans, widows,...

Keyes delivers a magical story of transformation after being challenged to awaken by her soul's calling. In this grueling, bare-all account she delves into her past to uncover what rendered her "asleep," her entire life. In the process, she is forced to confront her...

Jeremiah Gridley (1702-1767) is considered "the greatest New England lawyer of his generation," yet we know little about him. Most of his renown is a product of the fame of his students, most notably John Adams. Gridley deserves more. He was an active participant...

Among the many extant volumes of Civil War correspondence penned by military men, few can boast of the writing quality of Dear Courier: The Civil War Correspondence of Editor Melvin Dwinell. This Yankee-turned-Rebel was both fighter and journalist: second lieutenant of the Rome Light...

In this first critical study of Zheng Guanying's career, cultural milieu, political and economic thoughts, as well as his spirituality, Guo Wu steers us into examining Zheng Guanying as a hybrid product of the late Qing treaty port culture, professionalism, and tradition, and he...