Biography & Autobiography - General

In her Rime (1627-28), FRANCESCA TURINI BUFALINI included a series of sonnets under the subtitle "Principio dello stato dell'autrice." . . . These poems are unique for their truly autobiographical nature, openly declared as such by the author herself. None of the European women...

This is the one that started it all! Paul's first book, Thunder Over New England, was originally published in 1988 and comprised 103 pages. It had a great sales track record through the years. This new edition contains a large amount of added historical...

By the middle of the nineteenth century Lowell Mason (1792-1872) was probably the most famous native-born musician in America. Concentrating almost exclusively on vocal music, he built a spectacular reputation as a choir director and teacher. He published many collections of sacred music that...

This is Volume 3 of a bi-lingual edition (Polish/English) of the wartime and post-wartime correspondence of the Grycz and Poniecki families. "I have come to recognize a woman of enormous vitality, fully invested in the flow of life, with an amazing strength of character,...

I CAN HEAR THE COWBELLS RING is Lionel G. Garcia's collection of autobiographical vignettes reconstructing life in a small rural village in South Texas after World War II. With characteristic fine humor and occasional brushstrokes of nostalgia, the author succeeds in portraying a multitude...

The true story of a young man's experiences as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force and the US Army Eighth Air Force in World War II.Author: Sidney R. BolickISBN-10: 1553692241ISBN-13: 9781553692249Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/13/2002Pages: 248Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...

An annotated bibliography of Timothy Findley's work.Author: Carol RobertsISBN-10: 1550221124ISBN-13: 9781550221121Publisher: ECW PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1990Pages: 136Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.70d

This is the story of how a boy from a disadvantaged background on the outskirts of Oxford overcame all obstacles through an alliance of self-belief and inspirational grammar school teachers to fight his way into Oxford University.Author: Michael TannerISBN-10: 1546295445ISBN-13: 9781546295440Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Mentalk Health is a book full of stories. Remarkably inspiring stories from men from all walks of life and professions who speak openly and honestly about mental health issues. Within the book, amongst many, Doctors, Footballer, Business systems and Production Manager, a Territorial Army...

This is a book for all seasons that describes a mothers love of human nature and Gods creaturessometimes humorously and other times philosophically intuitiveto encourage the reader to empathize and think quietly about a place, or people, often not seen.Author: Shirley Williams-KirkseyISBN-10: 1546221298ISBN-13: 9781546221296Publisher:...

I Kept My Promise! is a story of how a murder, a question, and an accusation changed my life. It is a guide into understanding and catering to a woman who is about to lose her hair while living with cancer. It is specifically...

Today we all have less time and smaller dollars. I have addressed this by writing seven good short stories so, Hitchcock, you can turn in your grave. I have renewed short story forms in this collection of works simply entitled A Short and Essays.Author:...

This is another series of memories of unusual occurrences that happened to the author?from trips to Africa; trips to Wallgreens, unusual dates she remembers, not with pits, art galleries, being accepted in art shows, and to her son's poem to remind her of how...

Author: John BowesISBN-10: 1535811757ISBN-13: 9781535811750Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1872Pages: 602Format: PaperbackWeight: 3.03lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.22d

Anton Sie, twice successful in achieving his aspirations in music and physics, demonstrates that focus and diligent hard work can achieve great goals. But his story also shows the inter-connectedness of humanity: Anton received his musical training in Indonesia from a virtually illiterate Muslim...

This is a biographical collection of short stories about events that I expererienced during my career as a naval aviator. Most of the stories are first hand and happened directly to me. Many are humorous. Other stories are about events that I heard about...

"Yonder" is a 1912 novel written by E. H. Young. Emily Hilda Daniell (1880-1949) was an English children's writer, novelist, mountaineer, and advocate for female suffrage who wrote under the pen name E. H. Young. Despite being almost completely unheard of now, Daniell was...

Hello! My name is Harminme Love, pronounced "harmony," and first, let me say thank you for choosing to read my book. I figured just my songs alone weren't enough, and I should tell the stories that inspired them as well. Just like Tomika, I...

Author: Timothy TimpkinsISBN-10: 1514461285ISBN-13: 9781514461280Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2015Pages: 120Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44dReview Citation(s): BlueInk Review 09/07/2015

He'll Direct You "A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps." (Proverbs 16:9) Christian Directory The Bible says "write the vision". My vision appeared to me when I was refurbishing my kitchen. I asked a friend if he knew any...

"This is My Story, This is My Song is Sheila's debut autobiography of a select time in life. It took a little over two years to submit to the publisher even though she wrote the majority of it in January 2014. There was much...

Following Railway Boy and Railway Man Mitchell Deaver now describes in Transatlantic Railwayman his adventures as a former British Railways employee thrust into the midst of American railroading. Mitchell Deaver begins a new career in 1989 with the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, where he...

My tired worry feet has went with the beat I thank GOD for blessing meAuthor: Shelisha CampbellISBN-10: 1504918541ISBN-13: 9781504918541Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2015Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d

More than just a marvelously-told history of the life of the founder of Rome, this work by storyteller extraordinaire Jacob Abbott shows how early historical accounts weaved fact and fiction into a founding story so appealing that it has persisted through the millennia.Abbott pulls...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

Author: Richard PadgettISBN-10: 1499050631ISBN-13: 9781499050639Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2014Pages: 248Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Author: Corina ZalaceISBN-10: 1499039298ISBN-13: 9781499039290Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2014Pages: 178Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Author: Sue T. CarterISBN-10: 1499007728ISBN-13: 9781499007725Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/2014Pages: 190Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

You may wonder how religion and murder mix. The truth is, they don't. It wasn't religion that created the problem but it was definitely the solution. When someone is saved, he learns to let God handle his problems. When the main character, Jimmy, is...

All of the glory that had broken on me Surrounded me and saw me through and through Although I had no idea how to name A power that engulfed me totally And turned my soul onto another road. --Book XVI, lines 700-704 Preludes is...

One day, a girl was severely injured in a car accident that should not have happened. But the driver of the car she was in broke the law. The accident nearly took her life and left her and her family with a deep sadness...

Inspired by actual events, Isaiah Shores tells of a journey through heaven and hell, only to find feet firmly planted on the ground with only himself to blame. Not an authoritative account by any means, just one human voice on matters of the mind,...

Phnom Penh people punishment. On April 17th, 1975, in 48 hours, Phnom Penh has been emptied of his habitants, because the troop of young peasant armed to the teeth, spread terror in the city. Red blood headbands on their forehead, their eyes showed their...

King Richard III of England (1452-1485) only occupied the throne for two years, but his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the thirty-year long Wars of the Roses and symbolized the end of the Middle Ages in that country....

This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.Author: Anton ChekovISBN-10: 1494053373ISBN-13: 9781494053376Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 234Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.49d

The book. The first part of the book describes the life of Klara Gereb, a graphic artist in Subotica, Yugoslavia, who perished in Auschwitz. She was raised in a Jewish family in Szabadka, in pre-World War I Hungary, and attended the National Hungarian Royal...

Sales representative by day; author by night. This is the real story behind selling one of life's necessities. This is the story of The Toilet Salesman. Their official name is toilet or water closet but they have many vernacular names. Crapper, John, or Thunder...

As an undergraduate student at UMass Don Hattin recorded in detail events which colored each day with the trials and triumphs of academic life. He recounts the low cost of attending college, fun and facts about dormitory life, seemingly endless drudgery of homework, unfounded...

The Song of Our Father (cf. The Song of Hiawatha) is the story of a patriarch of the Niger Delta in West Africa, told in poetry like its homophonic cousin, and rhymed in 29 of 30 chapters. The Prologue flashes back to 1834 when...

There are three parts to this book: anecdotal narratives, poetry, and fiction. It contains autobiographical stories of family life, including times of both happiness and sadness. It emphasizes the strength of the family and their faith. The creative short stories and poetry will engage...

A fit of pique lead to the creation of the Discourse, an electronic publication of articles containing the sometimes satirical, sometimes esoteric, and often humorous writings of the man known as Graybeard after he fell prey to a kangaroo court and was dismissed as...

Bob Brawley is thumbing through the newspaper one Sunday afternoon, looking for something to distract his mind from the freefall that has left his marriage with Shelly in near shambles.He comes across an article that describes the Amish lifestyle and its customs and passes...

Some 10,000,000 women have survived breast cancer world-wide. Yet many of them still do not feel well. Problems with pain, fatigue, memory, confusion, anxiety, depression and more continue to plague a high percentage of survivors long after treatment has ended. This book, written by...

Author: Pat IveyISBN-10: 1483653420ISBN-13: 9781483653426Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/16/2013Pages: 194Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d

The Silenced Child is based on Dr Robinson's experiences. It is not based on specific cases but a compilation of spellbinding experiences that were put together to create this book to give the child a voice. It is based on facts but no one...

This book is my personal story, my journey through life. I am writing it despite what I read somewhere that it's not good to write about oneself. But how can I write about things I haven't experienced firsthand? The most difficult thing that has...

This book attempts to portray the positive side of policing. There are a myriad of negative perceptions of police stories out in our social media today. Majority of our encounters with a police officer is presented in a negative manner. This book collects and...

"If you desire an exhilarating read of a family's life during Idi Amin's savage reign, then this book's for you." Doug Abraham, Writer & Columnist. "The Jacques Family's unique Safaris passed through some of the most beautiful - often life threatening - landscapes and...

The book Howl Softly is an assortment of poems, essays, stories written over many years and then embedded into a larger work using several fictitious characters.Author: Milicent G. TyckoISBN-10: 1481722743ISBN-13: 9781481722742Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2013Pages: 334Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Author: David R. DonaldISBN-10: 1479710245ISBN-13: 9781479710249Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/28/2012Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d