Biography & Autobiography - General

MULTIPLE WORLDS TO VISIT ! A World in Conflict was presented to us as Teens in 1941. Tom Brokaw wrote a very popular Book on the 'Greatest Generation'. Simply stated that 'World no longer exist'. We were not a perfect generation, but we possessed...

The Cold War tested strategic and diplomatic relations between two superpowers competing on a global level. Billions of dollars and rubles were spent on escalating nuclear yield and accuracy, delivery vehicles, and conventional forces. Somehow the missile silos and submarines kept quivered their awful...

Author: Anthony LawrenceISBN-10: 1449021158ISBN-13: 9781449021153Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/25/2009Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d

Most people at some stage in their lives have issues that need to be dealt with and overcome. Ever since I can remenber trials and tribulations seem to have crossed my path to test my strength and my endurance. There are those times when...

Will Hay, Kingsley Amis, Deryck Guyler, Derek Bentley and NOW - Mike Harper! Could he be the fifth most famous person to have lived in Norbury? Not if you don't all buy this great book about what life was really like growing up in...

Author: Carolyn MerrimonISBN-10: 144901352XISBN-13: 9781449013523Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2009Pages: 212Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d

This story takes place in the early 1900's, on a farm near the Wabash River in northeastern Indiana. Gertie and her older brother, Bruce, are called upon to help around the farm and the house. They also find time to have adventures, some a...

Author: Alfred GrimwadeISBN-10: 1449009646ISBN-13: 9781449009649Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/14/2009Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d

NON-FICTION HISTORY "Letters from the Past" brings back and reveals the actual thoughts and experiences of our ancestors from 1816 thru 1956. The majority of the book centers on Dick Evans Arrowsmith (1862 - 1954) when he owned a horse and mule ranch in...

A true and poignant story of two "gurlz" who met and eventually fell in love. A rare thing in the transitory world of TVs where love takes a back window and everthing is fuelled by sex, parties, prostitution, alcholol, and drugs. They even run-ins...

What could a young soldier from the Pennsylvania mountains have in common with a pretty girl from St. Louis? True love, of course! Walter was a handsome man serving his country during WWII. His military orders sent him to basic training in a huge...

Author: Charles C. FinnISBN-10: 1449004970ISBN-13: 9781449004972Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/12/2009Pages: 340Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d

God's promises in the Bible are real and true. God means it when He says "Ask and You Will Receive." I have taken the Lord up at His word and He has always come through. I want the world to see how Wonderful our...

'Daffodils in December' is the true story of how the lives of two young children were changed forever, by an evil and sadistic man trusted to care for them. It is a personal journey of discovery. Max and Sophie were close as children, but...

Michigan Military - Michigan Pride is filled with short veteran's stories about their unique military experience. The book also includes interesting tidbits of history and show many of the wartime posters and pictures of WW II. Why do we sell Poppies on Veteran's Day?...

Author: Joy SearlesISBN-10: 1449000134ISBN-13: 9781449000134Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2009Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d

The life story of James Winder (1922-1981) charting his career in the British Army from training, through parachuting into Normandy on D-Day and onto being a key member of various Army bands.Author: James WinderISBN-10: 1447894936ISBN-13: 9781447894933Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2012Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 8.27h x...

In January 2004, I travelled to Zambia with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) to take up a two-year placement as a physics teacher at Kasempa Day High School in Northwestern Province. I returned to the UK in December 2005. In an attempt to piece together...

This book recalls the memories of a young English businessman, who was not in the least interested in working in Africa, however the Corporation believed that his experience of working in a rough tough and hard to bluff industry made him the perfect candidate...

"They are bloody users, Tone", the opening line of Goodbye Dave', which leads you through a personal, and occasionally emotional tour of Tony's professional and political life culminating in his decision to leave the Conservative Party.Author: Tony DruryISBN-10: 1447668545ISBN-13: 9781447668541Publisher: Lulu PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/19/2011Pages:...

This book investigates a complex layer ofmysteries and cluesconcealed in van Gogh's paintings and biography. New points of view on the painter's life are introduced and a foundation is laid for the interpretation of the iconography withinhis work. The book deduces from the painter's...

The journey of a man through the 20th century from his abandonment at birth in 1921, death of his adoptive mother, leaving school at 14, training with the RASC and Parachute Regiment and the horrors of being sent to the battle of Arnhem in...

Triple-Portrait traces over time a unique empathy with the voice of world-renowned countertenor James Bowman. First entranced by his May 1972 live performance of the Britten/Purcell realisation Sweeter Than Roses, the author later commissioned a Scena to mark his 50th birthday. A decade of...

Family portraits and neighbourhood cameos, friends and acquaintances leaving indelible marks and memories, the good and the less good. The author turns the clock back half a century to the Garston of his childhood and youth.Author: John O'NeillISBN-10: 1446647420ISBN-13: 9781446647424Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2010Pages: 120Format:...

Lynne Crockett's diary - recorded during her PDT treatment for cancer whilst in University College London Hospital. All profits will be donated to Umbrella - a charity working to improve the services for families of disabled children in Derbyshire.Author: Lynne CrockettISBN-10: 1446621340ISBN-13: 9781446621349Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage:...

The railways were the most revolutionary innovation of Victorian times. They carried Britain into the modern age with dramatic speed, transforming the pace and style of everyday life. We owe them to two men who, father and son, can lay claim to be the...

This scarce book was first published in 1891. Edward Bysshe translates the Greek historian Xenophon's writings about his greatly admired contemporary and teacher, Socrates. It comprises the author's personal apologia of Socrates and is Xenophon's longest and most well known Socratic writing. Many of...

A moving memoir from Frank Bird, one of the last of a generation of pit workers in South Yorkshire.Author: Frank BirdISBN-10: 1445295032ISBN-13: 9781445295039Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/05/2010Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.25d

Part Three of a Trilogy covering the authors time serving as a Prison Officer in English Penal establishmentsAuthor: John KennedyISBN-10: 1445299178ISBN-13: 9781445299174Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/12/2007Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.29d

Egyptian chief Queen Nefertiti wakes up inside a young woman more than 3300 years after having vanished from the historical records. The woman, now Angel Jackson is visiting Berlin's Egyptian museum and, looking at her famous Berlin bust of ancient Queen Nefertiti, rediscovers her...

'To Ghana with Love' is an extraordinary memoir of a young English woman who dares to challenge the colonial prejudices that existed in post-war Britain. Barbara describes her childhood in pre-war London. Her dreams come true when she enters university to study English. Then...

In the early days of Army flying, The Army Air Corps had to 'make it up as they went along'. The personal stories in this book explain how things could go wrong as well as right, as Army Aviation developed in the 1960s and...

Originally published in 1894, this early works is a fascinating and informative look at the subject. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in...

This book concludes fifty years of research on the empirical tradition in American liberal religious thought. At the University of Chicago, I wrestled with the issue of how to make pre-scientific religion intelligible in our scientific world. Being a student of B. E. Meland...

This eclectic collection brings together a range of critical voices, from varying disciplinary backgrounds, to comment on the life and works of Wilkie Collins. A close friend of Dickens, Collins engaged with some of the nineteenth century's most influential ideas and cultural developments. As...

Author: Gregory J. II DerrickISBN-10: 1441599363ISBN-13: 9781441599360Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/05/2010Pages: 258Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d

This book is a co-production of my father's memoirs, which I translated, covering his life from before World War I through World War II and after, as well as of my own early childhood experiences during and after World War II. The book starts...

Author: Pat ReaganISBN-10: 1441591605ISBN-13: 9781441591609Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2009Pages: 172Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Author: Armin K. WendtISBN-10: 1441582355ISBN-13: 9781441582355Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/04/2009Pages: 402Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d

Author: Khalid A. MustafaISBN-10: 1441581952ISBN-13: 9781441581952Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2009Pages: 120Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Author: Kenneth KempISBN-10: 144158031XISBN-13: 9781441580313Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/16/2009Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d

Author: Conrad Larson,Oscar R. DahlgrenISBN-10: 1441579591ISBN-13: 9781441579591Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/23/2009Pages: 206Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Deborah WarrenISBN-10: 1441574182ISBN-13: 9781441574183Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/14/2009Pages: 130Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Author: Tracey L. SpearsISBN-10: 1441571248ISBN-13: 9781441571243Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2009Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d

Author: Ronald DonaldsonISBN-10: 1441572546ISBN-13: 9781441572547Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/18/2009Pages: 136Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d

Author: Evan BakerISBN-10: 1441569618ISBN-13: 9781441569615Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/22/2010Pages: 184Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Author: Alton E. LovelessISBN-10: 1441569235ISBN-13: 9781441569233Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/14/2009Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

In the U.S., the homeless have traveled from the freight train to the shelter. Skid row was an extended stop along the way. Giamo reveals his encounter with the city and old Bowery of the 1970s. He simply followed the drift of homelessness. When...

Author: Charles H. CarterISBN-10: 1441567682ISBN-13: 9781441567680Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/23/2009Pages: 230Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d

Author: Spencer E. RobertsISBN-10: 1441565396ISBN-13: 9781441565396Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2009Pages: 462Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d