Biography & Autobiography - General

The fi rst anecdote recounted in this book relate to a deranged man, Bobby Joe Burns, who killed and mutilated his mother in 1958, under the infl uence of the Book of Revelation, terrifying the town including the author and his lifelong best friend....

Author: Linwood T. Sr. DayeISBN-10: 1450014860ISBN-13: 9781450014861Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/04/2010Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d

Author: Millie V. DuranISBN-10: 1450014763ISBN-13: 9781450014762Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2010Pages: 120Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Gerald "Jerry" Kerr was born in 1920 in Kansas, the Heartland of the United States. In his early years, there were no modern appliances, and everything was done by manual labor. He describes how movies went from black and white, silent films to sound...

"People are important. Although some persons may consider that people with disabilities cannot live ordinary lives, as long as they believe in themselves, they will survive. Never allow a person or a situation to overpower you." These words are as true today as they...

Author: Bob Auteur MitchellISBN-10: 1450004342ISBN-13: 9781450004343Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/22/2010Pages: 458Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d

I am on a mission to bring awareness, understanding, and a humbling toward those who suffer from all forms of mental illness by exposing psychiatric procedures, where they may be reviewed and changed for the better. My mission includes how important honesty and communication...

This is my little hope book. It reminds me I've gone through the tunnel of depression and come out enlightened to who I am today. I'm no longer a depressed person. I am a person living with depression. There is a difference between them....

I have been involved in these wars ever since 2005. My first overseas contract was in Iraq. I started working for Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) November 5, 2005 in Balad, Iraq. I started out as lead mechanic and soon moved up to a...

As a pastor and teacher, Anthony Weber tried to help people deal with the grief that accompanied the death of a loved one. In 2003, he experienced that loss for himself when his father, a minister and counselor, died of pancreatic cancer while still...

Author: Deborah Ann NorsworthyISBN-10: 1449716911ISBN-13: 9781449716912Publisher: WestBow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2011Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.17d

"I did not have time to read this, but once I started, I could not stop. I read until 11 p.m. and then woke up at 2:30 a.m. and finished at dawn, January 6, 2010. This account of life in a southern hamlet, just...

Hopeless? Emotionally paralyzed? Under the Eye traces the journey of one woman in the same condition who against hope... found it. Sweeping from a prosperous early life into extreme adversity and struggle, Brenda Lane's Under the Eye traces the encouraging life of one woman...

Chris Penhaligon is a spy for hire. He has worked undercover for MI5 and Special Branch on covert operations that cannot be traced back to the British Security Services, more commonly known as "Deniable Black ops" Serving with 2 Para in Belfast, Northern lreland,...

This book truly has something for everyone, especially if they want to be happy! Larry Brooks realized that he was a very contented person. So, when he retired, he found the precious time to write his memoirs describing his legacy of love and happiness....

"Professional papers and personal articles, primarily in the Sullivan (Indiana) Daily times."Author: Stephen W. Reiss,Irv ReissISBN-10: 1449088732ISBN-13: 9781449088736Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2010Pages: 452Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d

Read this book at your own risk! As you will inevitably see, bits of yourself reflected from the pages. Take comfort from the fact that you are, only human'. [Aren't you?] History, truth, rumours and downright lies fester between horror and humour. Just like...

Based on a true story The story starts out while in a line company in the Central Highlands of Vietnam where he was a standout machine-gunner, getting the praise and slaps on the back he so cherished; by killing the enemy and keeping his...

This book is about the life of a loving and responsible father who has lost his relationships with his adult children. This circumstance provides the background for a captivating, human story which will ring true for a soberingly large number of loving parents to...

At the outset of my cancer treatment, whilst at Spring Harvest 2008, I gave my cancer to God to use for His good, whilst wanting to be healed. Then when the news of my cancer spread, I found I quickly lost track of what...

It's chapter after chapter of tears and laughter, highs and lows, and the amazing journey of the author and his family and their emigration to Spain. They went, as so many do, without any idea as to how they would live, Spanish customs, language...

This book is interesting because millions of young and older people have a spiritual gift and lot of them are seeking the How's and the Why's for answerAuthor: JoshISBN-10: 1449070205ISBN-13: 9781449070205Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/2010Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.06d

A young mother, Sophia, fled Warsaw in 1905 to escape the vicious pogroms in her native Poland. Living in a London slum in squalid, overcrowded conditions, she found that her family could not survive on her husband's meagre wages. Ambitiously, she set about establishing...

A description of life, past and present, as enjoyed or tolerated by the Irish community both North and South. Their aspirations, expectations, and their sometime colourful history provided a palette for the author to paint a picture of current Ireland. The many encounters and...

Louise's letters give a first person history of how difficult life could be in a large family in a small town in a very cold climate in the early part of the 20th Century.Author: Mary Shepard PhillipsISBN-10: 1449066801ISBN-13: 9781449066802Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/11/2010Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight:...

"My father in Me" is a compilation of stories experienced by Andy Kelley, former Underwater Demolition Team member (Navy Seal), and his son, Patrick Kelley. This book illustrates how the life of one person can positively influence multiple generations through example, word and intent....

The story of one man's comeback from adversity to a life in the sun, including many adventures with ladies on the wayAuthor: John WalshISBN-10: 1449063926ISBN-13: 9781449063924Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/27/2010Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d

Author: Becky Allen MartinISBN-10: 1449065570ISBN-13: 9781449065577Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/26/2010Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d

"This is the story of a young man who becomes immotionally disturbed with life after his parent's divorce at the age of seven. In life we take for granted the importance of a giving our kids a stable home that gives them a great...

In this five character play, a young Italian American man crosses the cultural divide into Black Caribbean America provoking this comedy-drama. Chiaroscuro pits a spirited Trinidadian woman with her brother against a backdrop of an old world Italian father and over protective mother. Chiaroscuro...

Author: William Jefferson TaylorISBN-10: 1449053378ISBN-13: 9781449053376Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/20/2009Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

In April 1982, more than 26,000 service personnel from all branches of the services formed a Task Force, one of the largest ever assembled and set off to travel 8,000 miles to the Falkland Islands in a bid to regain them from the Argentine...

It is a storyteller's tale told by Harry Hinchcliffe, my great grandfather, on a stormy October afternoon in 1913. Harry joins his friend George, the barkeeper of the Tudor Bar, in the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England, to while away several hours while waiting for...

These memories of a small rural community in the Irish Midlands tell us of life during the mid 20th century, a way of life different in many ways from now, somewhat slower, harder and more dangerous, but full of humour, intrigue, sadness and love....

Author: Hugh A. HarterISBN-10: 1449049672ISBN-13: 9781449049676Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2009Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.28d

"Meguriai" in Japanese means "chance meeting." "Meguriai: Nobuko's American Journey" is about a Japanese girl named Nobuko who dreamed of studying in America just as her father had done in the early 20th century. Nobuko was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1927 to a...

Why is 9/11 more important to Catalans? Who was Wilfred the Hairy? When is a wolf's fart edible? Why are bumper stickers of donkeys ubiquitous in Catalonia? What explains the ambivalence of many Catalans to their war generation? Why does Football Club Barcelona have...

Author: Roni Jenkins,Selena JenkinsISBN-10: 1449046665ISBN-13: 9781449046668Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2009Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.14d

Bye bye white guy is a diary of news events that have taken place over the period of a year in South Africa, and how I, an average, middle class, middle aged white man interpret them and depict the implications I feel they have...

The book is a true account of my life and how i had to fight to survive .The world was so cruel to me and i was always in the wrong place at the wrong time. I left my parents house at the age...

A Matter of Conscience, is the story of a young man's journey through the most turbulent years this country has ever experienced. Growing up on the upper Cumberland River in south central Kentucky in the mid nineteenth century, Martin, accepted slavery as a normal...

Dream Interrupted records the sublime joy of falling in love in a society where love was frowned upon and considered to be a threat to the very fabric of the joint family system. It describes vividly the life of fulfilment following marriage, migrating to...

This is a story of survival, my survival. While walking home from a resturant where we had been to bid farewell to my friend, who was going to live in Greece I was hit by a car, leaving me almost dead. I spent 8...

my book contains poetry and personal experiences. my book is based on my life, growing up in a world of abuse, and inevitably being taken into care as a teenager and entering the world of mental health illneses as a young woman. my aim...

In 1974 Dick VanderVeen made national news when he became the first Democrat from Grand Rapids elected to Congress in 60 years. His campaign calling for President Nixon's resignation had turned the race into a referendum on Watergate, and the victory was a historical...

In the nineteenth century Bartle Frere was one of the great heroes of the British Empire. His achievements in India brought him a knighthood and a baronetcy. His opinion was sought by politicians, military men and civil servants. He was a favourite of Queen...

While the cat's away, the mouse is at play what did we do? We went to Granddad's marijuana plantation, stole a small amount and made ourselves three spliffs after which we started to have a smoke. Before my spliff was finished, I had to...

This is a diary that my Granddad Ora Bowen wrote to his wife and my mother (the oldest of 5 children) during his tour of duty in World War I. He started writing in his diary April 4, 1918 and continued until May 16,...

Wounded Minds is a lynch pin for those veterans who believe no one cares about their past, and functions as a curtain for society to step through in order to see and feel the veterans trauma first hand. It is about the dark plateau...

Life has many twists and turns along its path, you never know what might be around the next corner. A story about Jane feeling isolated and depressed because of her blindness and lack of mobility. A two year old Golden Retriever called Sam transforms...