Biography & Autobiography - General

How I came about the title of this book was after seeing and hearing about the abuse. The thought that kept running through my mind was what would it take for a woman to open her eyes. In the book there are numerous topics...

Some people are dreamers, some are doers. When the two combine, wonderful things can and do happen. Following a dream can be a hard task, especially when life itself seems to be against you. This is a true story. The names of some individuals...

I was the youngest manager in the companies history. The company I worked for was the number one convenience store in the state. I was on the fast track to working a job that I liked for the rest of my life. I was...

Author: Robert J. EellsISBN-10: 142596009XISBN-13: 9781425960094Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/18/2007Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.34d

The author, Barry Sidaway, has been living with Parkinson's disease for over 16 years. In this, we hope, his first book he covers the period leading up to his diagnosis and his first 3 or 4 years with the disease. As an autobiography it...

A collection of short stories by Joellen Cook, each tale is inspired by her life in South Carolina. The series of events unfold to take you deep into the mind of a country girl whose down-to-earth perspective of life carries her along the path...

The Rising and Setting of the Sun is an inspirational story of Lourdes R. Guanlao, an acute polio victim, who wishes to share her "ups and downs" and success in life to her readers. It shows her daily response to God's Plan for her...

This book, "To Russia With Hope" is in two parts, the first part is on the Russian Tour to Moscow and St. Petersburg; the second part is on treatment in the United States, especially for the deaf alcoholic and addict. In Russia there is...

Do you ever wonder why video tapes are so hard to open? What men need to know about grocery shopping? How a bumblebee can fly? Who did a scientific study of belly button lint? When is the best time to retire? Where to get...

A warm and touching first hand experience encompassing history and sociology in one of America's most trying times ... the Great Depression, this book is poignant, factual, and a very comfortable read. The personal story goes deep into family trials, tribulations, tragedies, expectations and...

A house full of whispers is a true account of my struggle through unimaginable abuse, firstly by my foster parents and in a cruel twist of fate by my biological mother. Step-daddy loved me in a special way that became a secret. Mother allowed...

Colorfull and entertaining! If my friends could see me now might be the recurring theme of this nostalgic autobiography, shrewdly wrapped around family members and best friends growing up. It will make you laugh.it will make you cry. An interesting life indeed.Author: Stephen M....

KTWS, 98.3, The Twins plays classic rock in Central Oregon. This book humorously documents some of the radio stunts involving the author and the disc jockeys at The Twins. Those who listen to The Twins are referred to as "Twinsters" and their motto is,...

The book is an account of the author's three years in the U.S. Army during W. W. II. It is written in chronological order and includes many ordinary and extraordinary events that took place during that time. Stories range from the attack on Pearl...

Love affairs, under the best of circumstances, can have moments of intense stress. When one adds a mixture of military assignments and a distance half-way around the world, tender feelings between two lovers can become fragile and tenuous. Poignantly, "A Soldier's Letters", tells of...

For all the fans of the growing "Diana Series" his novel will keep you glued to your seat as Diana seems destined to help uncover a mystery that springs from a legend almost forgotten. Join us to learn the history and how one of...

This book is about many things that people can relate to. It is about lost love, losing faith and finding it again. It is about despair and feeling unwanted. I hope that this book will touch each person who reads it like the poems...

Club '43 is a unique group. Its members all were born in 1943 and live in the same town---Westfield. N.J. The women have celebrated their major "milestone" birthdays together and, along the way, have related interesting stories to each other about their respective backgrounds...

Author: Galliano D'AlessandroISBN-10: 1425940196ISBN-13: 9781425940195Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2006Pages: 120Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

From the jungles of Vietnam . to the asphalt jungles in the streets of San Diego. to the dark - walled - jungle of prison. The saga continues: Detective Herman Wiggins .. SDPD .. badge #681 is now Inmate Herman Wiggins .. CCS .....

This is the story of RÃ3zsi/Rose, the mother, and BÃ(c)ni/Ben, the youngest of her six children. They made their way to the United States just before the horrors of W.W.II, and the Holocaust, swept over their native Hungary. It's about her happy girlhood and...

Author: George C. Baldwin Ph. D.ISBN-10: 1425936172ISBN-13: 9781425936174Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/2006Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45dReview Citation(s): Foreword 08/21/2009

This book has a smattering of California and Texas history woven into the continuing story of the Parsons family. Like the proceeding book it has a smart dose of humor, intrigue and love - something for everyone.Author: Frederick GoodwinISBN-10: 1425934994ISBN-13: 9781425934996Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/12/2008Pages:...

Author: Carroll E. RedwineISBN-10: 1425933637ISBN-13: 9781425933630Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/23/2006Pages: 440Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d

True adventures of the author and her family as they camp and fish on Texas lakes.Author: Crickett WilkersonISBN-10: 1425931901ISBN-13: 9781425931902Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2006Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d

A true story. "Thirteen years ago he held my head under the crystal clear blue water I was scared but I new I had to fight to survive. I never would of realized how this was going to change me for the rest of...

A riveting work that continues to probe the Kennedy assassinations by the author of Tiger In The Rain, who was told by Lee Harvey Oswald that president Kennedy was to be assassinated two months before he was killed in Dallas, Texas. The author tears...

Breaking the Curse is a very entertaining and inspiring chronicle. It is a sometimes funny, sometimes serious, sometimes happy, sometimes sad, sometimes emotional and sometimes trying account of a life. It is an odyssey. It is a story about a destructive and debilitating trait...

Kelvin De'Marcus Allen has crafted a luminous narrative that speaks volumes to those of us who came of age during and immediately after the civil rights movement. Kelvin grew up as the "bastard child," the beleaguered fruit of a poor, single mother, and a...

Although many readers will find Going All the Way Round a guide to the care of their own aging parents, it is primarily the story of the author's ambivalence about her care of her parents as they aged. She hadn't expected to be a...

This book is shared to help all understand the cancer affecting the pancreas which is a vital organ in the digestion of food. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly of cancers affecting the human body. Less than 5% of those diagnosed with...

Seven children were born to a poor Methodist Preacher's wife. Doctor John was born in 1931, two years after the stock market crash of 1929. Some people were jumping out of windows and off bridges to end their lives because of the loss of...

More than 50 years ago, a young man named Lewis Bose left a successful law firm to form what he called "a different kind of law firm." He envisioned a place where friendships were important, built on a foundation of cooperation, mutual respect and...

I really wrote this book because of what happened when I was talking to four young guys at a friend's party. They seemed to be fascinated to hear about my World War II combat experiences. They kept urging me, for instance, to tell them...

Eliahu Szydlowski, a young Jew living in Krakow at the time of the Nazi invasion, was quickly separated from his family and sent to work as a prisoner of the Hasag Corporation in camps throughout Poland, Germany and Austria. Rina Najman's parents, also Polish...

The year is A.D. 882, and in the medieval kingdom of Speyron, infertility plagues the people. Rumors abound. Some whisper that the kingdom is cursed, others that the people are on the brink of rebellion, and still others say that the kingdom will soon...

"An Hour by Sun" is a trip down lanes of memory, rows of tobacco and corn on a thriving Georgia farm and amid the triumphs and travails of medicine in the last half of the 20th century. It is funny and nostalgic and informative,...

Abraham Lincoln was a frequent visitor in DeWitt County, 1839 to 1859, where he: 1. Gave four known speeches. 2. Coined the famous phrase "You can fool all the people...." 3. Served "as judge" in at least 37 court cases. 4. Represented the Illinois...

Baby Goldie looks as normal as you and I, yet concealed behind those bright blue eyes is a brain with a hole in it. Four major surgeries in the first years of her life, and not expected to live, Goldie's life begins with angels,...

A no-holds-barred account of Army Air Corps service in WWII and the year immediately afterwards. There are many detailed recollections of Army and civilian wartime people, and the places and situations involving them, that portray life in this crucial period. The emphasis generally is...

Author: Janie P. BessISBN-10: 1425798969ISBN-13: 9781425798963Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/18/2008Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d

Author: Robert Manning SmalleyISBN-10: 1425796974ISBN-13: 9781425796976Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/14/2008Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Having grown up in a small town, Harvey has many memories and observations about life and people. Going to college and pastoring churches has allowed him to observe many different events that affect people as they make their journey through life. Some of these...

Author: Robert L. KroonISBN-10: 1425792979ISBN-13: 9781425792978Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/27/2008Pages: 248Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Author: Douglas VeazeyISBN-10: 1425793150ISBN-13: 9781425793159Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/18/2008Pages: 132Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

The early 1960's were the years that segregation started to wane and civil disobedience tested police leadership. The police had broad discretion on the use of force including deadly force. Society demanded and pressured police to exhibit restraint and improve professional conduct. Police violence,...

Author: Kathleen Anne MillerISBN-10: 1425787606ISBN-13: 9781425787608Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2007Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

Author: George KesselISBN-10: 1425786316ISBN-13: 9781425786311Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/14/2007Pages: 112Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

From Don "I truly thought my reports and journals might be of interest to GM to be used as a training tool for new officers. But the idea was rejected due to security personnel being hired by outside agencies. So I put it in...

The Mississippi Byrd: From Rural to Urban to Suburban and Beyond was written at the encouragement of many of his relatives and friends to motivate a larger audience. It is filled with challenges, excitement, and scintillation as it chronicles some of his adventure and...