Biography & Autobiography - General

Author: Hannah HightmanISBN-10: 1389027074ISBN-13: 9781389027079Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/14/2018Pages: 24Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d

Author: Amaarah GrayISBN-10: 1006368299ISBN-13: 9781006368295Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2021Pages: 156Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Jules Verne's tale of Phileas Fogg and his bet to travel around the world in 80 days. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions and study questions.Author: Jules Verne,Henry...

The John Muir Trail follows the backbone of the Sierra Nevada Mountains from Yosemite National Park to the top of Mt. Whitney. This is the story of one couple's adventure as they follow what is perhaps the most magnificent and beautiful trail in the...

Author: Duse,1866-1945 Duse MohamedISBN-10: 1569023433ISBN-13: 9781569023433Publisher: Red Sea Press(NJ)Language: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2011Pages: 205Format: Hardcover

The mid-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century was a time of illustrious achievements in the world of botanical art. Artists who once sought to please the whims of wealthy patrons were turning to scientists for inspiration, and they now had access to countless new botanical specimens...

Václav Havel claimed to want a quiet life dedicated to writing, but he lived exactly the opposite: as the most famous dissident--via his poetry, plays, and essays--in Czechoslovakia under Communist rule. This biography is the first to pay close attention to Havel's beginnings as...

"The most amazing, inspiring, ball busting, loving bloggers out there. [These] chicks rock." --Jenny McCarthy The Thinking Moms' Revolution (TMR) is a group of twenty-three moms (and one awesome dad) from Montana to Malaysia who all have children with developmental disabilities. Initially collaborating online...

Twenty plants, including familiar trees like the aspen, birch, spruce, and poplar, as well as lesser-known plants like Labrador tea, cow parsnip, and buffalo berry, form the soul of herbalist Robert Rogers's medicine kit. Herbal Allies chronicles the journey that led Rogers to become...

Doing Nothing, the spiritual classic by Steven Harrison translated into twelve languages, offers relief to the weary seeker. In a world that's always encouraging us to do more, Harrison invites us to make the simple yet radical choice to do nothing. Discard your ideologies...

The Roots and Philosophy of Dynamic Manual Interface is a personal account of the development and evolution of Frank Lowen's hands-on therapy. A former program director and popular instructor at the Upledger Institute, Lowen begins with his own history and an account of the...

English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-95) was the foremost advocate of Darwin's theory of evolution, which he was "prepared to go to the stake" to defend. The controversies surrounding Darwin in the Victorian age became a vehicle for Huxley to gain power in intellectual,...

Three people stand out as representative of those willing to enter the conflict that was nineteenth-century Texas: Jane Long, who was in her early twenties when she first entered the province; Sam Houston, a former congressman and ex-governor of Tennessee; and Mirabeau Lamar, a...

Praise for the hardcover edition: "The 53 stories here, De Porti writes, have been selected for their historical and scientific importance and also for their 'sheer fascination.' . . . Readers will be fascinated by these journeys." -- Booklist (starred review) "Imaginatively designed book...

Published just after the execution of King Charles I in 1649, Eikon Basilike is a defence of the king's motivations and actions prior to and during the British civil wars. Nine chapters of Eikonoklastes, John Milton's response to Eikon Basilike, are also included in...

This book is a collection of stories about the real secret life of several autism mothers, detailing their stress, their joys, their tears, their laughter, and their disappointments. They describe the struggles they have faced in battling the schools, the state, the media, public...

Despite the increased visibility of Victorian women artists in museum exhibitions and historical studies, the art produced by Victorian women has been viewed through a restrictive lens. Scholars have focused on works produced for the marketplace, but have overlooked art created and displayed outside...

Schaefer profiles pioneers of the West--the doctors, explorers, and cowboys who settled the challenging landscape and built communities in the Old West.Author: Jack SchaeferISBN-10: 0826357660ISBN-13: 9780826357663Publisher: Unm PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/30/2016Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d

W. E. B. Du Bois was the preeminent black scholar of his era. He was also a principal founder and for twenty-eight years an executive officer of the nation's most effective civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)....

Novalis traces the meteoric career of one of the most striking--and most strikingly misunderstood--figures of German Romanticism. Although Friedrich von Hardenberg (better known by his pseudonym, Novalis) published scarcely eighty pages of writings in his lifetime, his considerable fame and influence continued to spread...

The position of the pharmacist in the structure of health care in the United States evolved during the middle half of the 19th century, roughly from the founding of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1821 to the passage of meaningful pharmaceutical legislation in...

In the early years of the twentieth century medical research in Canada was the job of a select few. By mid-century it had grown into a systematic, large-scale venture that involved teams of professional scientists and dozens of laboratories in universities, government, and industry....

Priscilla J. Henken lived at Taliesin with her husband David as part of The Fellowship, the group of acolytes who made Taliesin an architectural colony from the 1930s through the 1950s. Her lively description of day-to-day life on a communal working farm in south...

An impressionistic memoir offers images of a life in progress, including scenes from Boyer Rickel's rural Tempe, Arizona, childhood in the 1950s; his relationship with a physically shrinking father; his eccentric teenage friendships; his growing awareness of his sexuality among young, Hispanic gays; and...

An authoritative treatise on the history of botanical studies and exploration in Angola. For any region, cataloging, interpreting, and understanding the history of botanical exploration and plant collecting, and the preserved specimens that were amassed as a result, are critically important for research and...

In these selections readers are treated to a rare opportunity to see the world through the eyes of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and sensitive scientists. Conceived by Chandrasekhar as a supplement to his Selected Papers, this volume begins with eight papers...

Author: Richard SillsISBN-13: 9798994849606Publisher: Legacies & MemoriesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2026Pages: 76Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.21d

Author: Islande MompremierISBN-10: 1665792906ISBN-13: 9781665792905Publisher: Archway PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/08/2026Pages: 130Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Author: Gary PacelliISBN-10: 1489753273ISBN-13: 9781489753274Publisher: LiferichLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/2026Pages: 162Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

A Gallery Book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.Author: Jill BidenISBN-10: 1668222884ISBN-13: 9781668222881Publisher: Gallery BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/02/2026Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Porch Stories is a collection of stories drawn from eight years spent living and working on Mackinac Island, most of them answered from the front porch of The Inn at Stonecliffe.As General Manager of the historic mansion hotel, Stefanie Congdon heard the same questions...

Author: Nicole VoISBN-13: 9798993283159Publisher: Amazon eBook Self PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2026Pages: 102Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Author: Bill DavisISBN-13: 9798295694288Publisher: Bill Davis ImprintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/16/2026Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d

Author: David ProwlerISBN-13: 9798234015075Publisher: Readymade PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2026Pages: 82Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 6.50h x 6.50w x 0.22d

Author: George PorcariISBN-13: 9798234015044Publisher: BannedforlifeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2026Pages: 182Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d

Author: Donald C. HambrickISBN-13: 9798994937419Publisher: Donald C. HambrickLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/16/2026Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d

Author: Jeremy MillsISBN-13: 9798994389010Publisher: Jeremy Mills ProductionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/24/2026Pages: 194Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56dLarge Print

Author: Jeremy MillsISBN-13: 9798994389003Publisher: Jeremy Mills ProductionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/24/2026Pages: 194Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d

Author: Donna DavidgeISBN-13: 9798295693052Publisher: Donna DavidgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/2026Pages: 22Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.08lbsSize: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.06d

Author: Russ RobertsonISBN-13: 9798234022431Publisher: Leading Regular Folks LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/15/2026Pages: 322Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d

Author: Russ RobertsonISBN-13: 9798234022363Publisher: Leading Regular Folks LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2026Pages: 322Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d

Author: Ajit DattaISBN-10: 9391256694ISBN-13: 9789391256692Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2021Pages: 238Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d

Author: James A. GormanISBN-10: 1665790350ISBN-13: 9781665790352Publisher: Archway PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2026Pages: 202Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: James A. GormanISBN-10: 1665790334ISBN-13: 9781665790338Publisher: Archway PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2026Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d

Author: Rhodann BlockerISBN-10: 1641387106ISBN-13: 9781641387101Publisher: Page PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/26/2026Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d

Author: From The Teachings of Rav BergISBN-10: 1571899960ISBN-13: 9781571899965Publisher: Kabbalah Centre InternationalLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2020Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.61d

Author: Gail SouthwellISBN-10: 1068313153ISBN-13: 9781068313158Publisher: Centaury PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/06/2026Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.43d

Dawn of a New Day takes the reader through mid-twentieth-century life in the British Virgin Islands from 1942 to 1967. It addresses the turbulence of the period in economics, education and politics. The people have been dominated by the UK government all their lives,...

Sometimes, life does not go to plan. Sometimes, things change in a heartbeat. Yes, sometimes life does the completely unexpected--and it is truly remarkable.Finding Our Grove follows a small group of college football fanatics as they set out to visit a different college town...

A vibrant blend of memoir, humour, poetry, nostalgic storytelling, and eccentric observations, this wide-ranging collection captures the unforgettable life journey of John Ernest Day. From wartime childhood memories and the grit of post-war Britain to military service, working-class adventures, quirky anecdotes, and imaginative comic...