Biography & Autobiography - General

This book is about the Silent Pain of A Great Man, the great man is my father Rev. Joseph V. Baxter. He is now over 80 years old, he has left a legacy for his children, childrens, children. The only pain of my father...

Author: Gracie AlisonISBN-10: 1450025439ISBN-13: 9781450025430Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/19/2010Pages: 218Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: Pauline M. HoareISBN-10: 1449096964ISBN-13: 9781449096960Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/07/2010Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.32d

In 'Walk With Me' the author invites you to embark on the journey of her life as seen through her eyes. In this book you will bear witness to trials and tribulations, love found, lost, and dreamt of. As well as an undying faith,...

The Boston Curse is a horrifying comedy set in rural Lincolnshire in 1994. This ill-fated tale begins in a small isolated village deep in the heart of the fens. M. J. Poynter is a disillusioned college lecturer, driven to the brink of despair by...

The epic life story of Arlen, driven by powerful forces inherited from his ancestors, born, into a loving free thinking family, serves in the trenches of the Western Front in WW1, raises a family during the depression to again serve during WW2 in France....

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...

KILO SIERRA FIVE ONE is part auto-biography, part history book on the policing of one of Britain's toughest cities; Portsmouth. Written by a Police officer who experienced at first hand a turbulent and violent decade, it takes us from his very first days at...

The book lists some of his many injuries and surgical procedures which have almost qualified him to be a doctor or surgeon by default. The problems that happened during and after the heart surgery are quite hard to believe but are all true Andrew...

SEARCH OVER Sex and Love by ELIOT GEORGE is the third in the 'David quartet' of which the first was SEARCH FOR THE WOMAN Sex and Satisfaction. Now in middle age and retired early from full-time work in the Nineties, David leaves England to...

So what do you do when you have trashed your savings on your vinyl collection, gig tickets, watered down beer, motorway service station food, petrol, and generally destroyed your hearing so many times its unhealthy? You write about in the hope that someone somewhere...

In and out of public schools, ESE programs, and through a stay at a psychiatric facility, Chris Moultry knew that he was meant for something bigger than the labels that were so quickly applied to him by doctors and school officials. With the help...

John Heather's first book Being the Best you can be was about self motivation and self development. His new book, Trouble with a Capital Tee, is also about self discovery but takes the form of a hilarious biographical novel. Set in Southern Africa, it...

This is about an intrepid child's struggle to reach a moral height, wasted, as the global environment, family ties, and perceptions in rural and urban societies underwent tectonic changes. Catapulted into a world least prepared for from a conservative Brahmin family, living in a...

As a school child, it was first recognised that Brenda had something of a gift with English compostion, her love of words and books has stayed with her throughout her life. Over the last 20 years, she has periodically, put pen to paper and...

This memoir is about a husband, father, doctor and friend. Jack Bartels became a success in his life primarily because of his own inner drive, but luck played a role at some critical crossroads. In his later years many could compare Jack Bartels to...

"Beyond the Blackboard" takes us deeply into the full, rich life of a dedicated teacher. However, it deals with much more than teaching Mohabir Ramnarine was born into a family well established in Guyana, at the time of his birth "British Guiana". Like many...

Author: Jay C. PowellISBN-10: 1449006345ISBN-13: 9781449006341Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/22/2010Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.73d

Domestic and familiar, vulnerable and tender, romantic and reflective, a tangle of confession and confusion intruded by shadows and heavy medicine'. this is a gentle road movie, roaming not racing, smiling not laughing, slicing through wide open spaces' of the urban and the urbane,...

Ted Bates joined the Royal Horse Artillery in 1910. Moving to France in August 1914 with the British Expeditionary Force, he fought in battles at Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne. In October 1914 the Brigade marched to Ypres and there faced...

The first full biography of the film encyclopaedist and television impresario Leslie Halliwell, who in 1965 compiled The Filmgoer's Companion, the first one-volume reference book devoted to all aspects of the cinema. In his capacity as chief buyer for the ITV network, Halliwell was...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Manfred Freiherr Von RichthofenISBN-10: 1443780138ISBN-13:...

Author: Candace Brown BeyISBN-10: 1441587608ISBN-13: 9781441587602Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/13/2010Pages: 118Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

An autobiographically indulgent reflection on the goalie's eccentric art.Author: Blaise CroninISBN-10: 1438997515ISBN-13: 9781438997513Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2009Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d

she blooms softly bobbie collins She was crazy about him... but he pursued her friend... who loved another to the exclusion of their friendship... The flower you seek says she's taken But hides quite a lot from my view Tho close once we now...

Amongst others, Noël Coward is said to have told aspiring actors that all they need to do is: 'To speak out the lines and do not bump into the furniture.' The amateur thespians in Alan Shelley's amusing new novel, Not so Private Lives, find...

Stardust Transmissions (Urban Poems and lyrics for the 21st Century) Vol 1 is the first publication by British recording artist/producer/composer- Clive Stevens. It is a compendium of many life experiences and includes translations in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swahili, French, Italian, Hindi and Sicilian. The...

Today everyone knows someone who either has or had cancer. In December of 2002, Carol Franz discovered her pain wasn't caused by the humidity in upstate New York. It was multiple myeloma-bone marrow cancer. Because she received two adult stem cell transplants to extend...

WOODPECKER ON MY SCHOOLHOUSE is the story of a bygone era in the United States, told through the personal experiences of a young teacher in her one-room school. "Miss Jean's" story demonstrates the qualities of the American people which made this country as vigorous...

Oh By Jingo is a collection of tales of childhood adventure and drama in small-town Missouri in the 1930's. The stories center around an intense sibling rivalry between the author, David L. "Dave" McKinsey and John J. "Jerry " McKinsey which culminated in an...

My mother married Albert Arthur Wisdom in 1916, whose brother Frederick was Norman Wisdoms father. Both Norman and I had similar miserable childhoods. Both being discarded by our fathers, he at the age of 14 year and I at the age of 8, who...

The book plots the life of a working class boy brought up on the dockside in Preston Lancashire in 1949 and who worked as a Youth In Training for the telephone department in the GPO. Initially wanting to be a professional footballer and playing...

Sentencia de Muerte de parte de la Doctora... Las palabras parecían salir de su boca incrustadas en plomo, "Solo tienes ocho meses de vida." Al principio no podía creer lo que estaba escuchando. Era como una pesadilla, pero sin estar dormido. La Doctora continuó,...

Nicola Jane was a heroin baby. A Mother of three children. Beaten by her jealous fiancé called Daniel. Unknowingly. She fled into the arms of a man called Niall known as the Caveman. Who at the time was on the run for murder. During...

Maybe you saw the cover of this book on a shelf in a bookstore, and opened it, thinking it was the story of a former lady gangster with secrets to reveal -- or possibly the ruminations of a partially recovered escapee from a nut...

I wanted to share with you the reasons for writing in the context that I have. I never wanted to write a step by step account of the act of abuse. I applaud others who have as this is a very courageous thing to...

J. Fitzgerald Molloy says in the preface "I have endeavoured to present a picture of the domestic life of a king, whose name recalls pages of the brightest romance and strangest gallantry in our chronicles. To this I have added a study of London...

Robert Burns (1759 -1796) was known as the Bard. He is Scotland's most famous poet. Burns wrote in the Scottish language as well as in English. He was a leader in the Romantic movement and after his death he was an inspiration to the...

Author: David Amadeus PanckeriISBN-10: 1436327652ISBN-13: 9781436327657Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2008Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36dReview Citation(s): Foreword 06/02/2015

There are countless books currently available which highlights the tragedies and hardships of service life. This book is a tongue in cheek look at the lighter side of military training. It cover's my enlistment into the Royal Engineers after four previously unsuccessful attempts resulting...

Author: Barry SinkowISBN-10: 1434343677ISBN-13: 9781434343673Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/09/2008Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d

"A first-hand account of a teacher's struggle to understand a new culture and its people. Poignant and insightful, it provides a valuable lesson in inter-cultural communication that captures all the beauty, drama, and heart of an adventure worth telling."Author: Juan C. De Los SantosISBN-10:...

Author: Ben JamminISBN-10: 1434324613ISBN-13: 9781434324610Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/11/2007Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d

TREE GOD: Behind the Iron Curtain is the story of how in 1969 a snotty-nosed young lad from Bolton set off expectantly to the Soviet Union to work as a Materials Engineer. Over those three memorable years in a town called Mogilev in Belarus,...

Some are not my words, not all anyway, but it is my story. I started writing years ago just to keep from going crazy. I was just a young, hard working man that made the mistake of driving to the store in one hell...

Poetry has been a part of Clark since childhood. His great sense of humor have evolved into many poems that have won awards. His poem 20 20 won first place in the NFSPS National contest in 2006. He was named Poet Laureate of the...

Volunteering for anything while serving in the Navy is risky business. Many a naïve Sailor found himself suffering from "volunteers remorse" shortly after stepping forward to answer the call for a special assignment. Before he could hum the first few notes of Anchors Aweigh,...

Then Came The Rain Poetry by a victim of child molestation. My name is Patti Davy and I chose to share my feelings and emotions that have occurred because of the molestation in my past. This book is filled with the raw emotions that...

The authour wrote these poems on little scraps of paper as he was too poor to buy a proper pad. The poems are a collection through the years of humorous, nonsensical and serious observations of life from 1920 to 1956.Author: Francis D. MoscardiniISBN-10: 1434306739ISBN-13:...

Critically lauded Buffalo humor writer Tom Waters sharpens his craft with essays to razor precision in his fourth published collection of wickedly subversive and laugh out loud rants, essays, and celebrity interviews. The author reloads his calculated wit on topics like babies, pornography, restaurants,...