Biography & Autobiography - General

Author: Randall P. McIntyreISBN-10: 1425783848ISBN-13: 9781425783846Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/21/2007Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

The Forgetting of Being is a powerful rendering of a multi-faceted life that began in Berlin in 1937 and was shaped by the events of the Second World War and its aftermath. The author, Peter Paz (born Peter Goldmann) was liberated from a concentration...

"Readers will discover the failures of Kissinger s policy of detente in the early 1970s, the mistaken departure from Carter s balanced policy toward China and the USSR, and the near-collapse of the embassy due to intelligence failures"-Foreign Service Journal. "Ober s book recounts...

The protagonists of An Arctic Epic of Fame and Family Failure are the still controversial anthropologist-explorer, Vilhjalmur Stefansson and his self-described, "indispensable man," Storker Storkerson from Norway. The energy and daring of these men fuel this rare history set in the early twentieth century...

Author: Clara Baker McGrathISBN-10: 1425771815ISBN-13: 9781425771812Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2008Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d

The first boy cap on the first boy haircut, for the first day of school. All the tragedy of all change in that haircut to mother. Epochal barbering that shears away an era of life! Mother has saved one lock from the ruin. Sweetest...

Author: Roger YockeyISBN-10: 1425768776ISBN-13: 9781425768775Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/21/2007Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d

More than a memoir, "Living Scared" is a hard hitting expose' that probes complacent behavior, incompetence and widespread corruption in medicine. This shocking and frightening story takes the reader through our failing healthcare system that shamefully puts profits before patients! Learn about unethical doctors...

What would you do if you were driving a tank through the Vietnam jungle and a huge orange spider landed on your face? What happens when you cook with high explosives? What do you do when the tank you are riding in sinks out...

About this book-by Author Christopher A Thompson. Special Note to my dear readers: Making absolute difference to pave the way for a brighter future, has always been the vision of author Christopher A Thompson... From the secluded village of mountainous Saint Ann-a place where...

Author: Charles C. MiddletonISBN-10: 1425759289ISBN-13: 9781425759285Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2007Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d

Author: Marilyn Snethen Clark,Barbara Snethen Leonard,Carol Snethen ReedISBN-10: 1425755364ISBN-13: 9781425755362Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/02/2007Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d

Sand Castles: a collection of writings by Aline Dorothy Gross, who died of cancer, at age 24, in 1980. At that time she was a graduate student in biochemistry at Cornell. It includes diary entries, letters, reflections on contemporaries and culture, and poetry. Beginning...

Author: Richard Richard Seagraves,Richard SeagravesISBN-10: 1425741525ISBN-13: 9781425741525Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/13/2007Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d

Author: Imre KalanyosISBN-10: 1425735495ISBN-13: 9781425735494Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/27/2007Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d

This is the life story of a remarkable, self-made man, who grew up in Brooklyn. Carl Goldstein may not be famous, but he is well known in the textile industry. Despite not having a father figure in his youth, Carl demonstrated early on that...

Author: Barbara A. WestmaasISBN-10: 1425732658ISBN-13: 9781425732653Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2007Pages: 232Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Author: Roger HillISBN-10: 1425719406ISBN-13: 9781425719401Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/24/2006Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d

It is essential for the reader to remember that this is a memoir; in other words, a record of events based on the author's experiences and feelings. Because of the secrecy restrictions at the time these events occurred, and in some cases for many...

Autobiographical writing has a particular value as a literary form, especially when, as seems clear, the written style is quite to the point, lucid and communicates well. The richly detailed and colorful account of the life, loves and friendships built up around the most...

The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher V1 is a book compiled by George Darley that features the plays and works of playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. The book is the first volume in a series that contains a collection of their plays, including...

""John Locke and the Social Contract"" is a book written by George Catlin that explores the life and ideas of the famous philosopher John Locke. The book delves into Locke's political philosophy, particularly his theory of the social contract, which argues that individuals enter...

Author: Crickhowell Nicholas CrickhowellISBN-10: 1425191428ISBN-13: 9781425191429Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/24/2009Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d

The true story of Harriet Bolt, born in 1885 into a poor family liviling in Bedminster, Bristol. Harriet's fight for survival reflected the world's social, economic and cultural changes.Author: Sheila HaywardISBN-10: 1425177840ISBN-13: 9781425177843Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/22/2008Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...

Many have dreamed - few had dared! Family adventure in 1975 on a one way journey from Manchester to Pembrokeshire. Bizarre, often hilarious situations including the 'Broad Haven Triangle' where UFO's came to visit.Author: Vera WyattISBN-10: 1425176941ISBN-13: 9781425176945Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/26/2008Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight:...

A first person account of the ordeal of being a Prisoner Of War in Germany during World War II. This short story as seen through my eyes, chronicles the events before, during and after capture. Operational confusion in our sector sealed my fate. My...

The story of an unconventional man; tales of adventure, travel and inspirational meetings. From hazardous sports to bold business ventures, music, and dance - all life is here.Author: Malcolm SnookISBN-10: 1425157599ISBN-13: 9781425157593Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2008Pages: 348Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.72d

A vivid, engaging and humorous true story of how naive but enthusiastic sponsors help an elderly Kosovar couple realize their lifelong dream of finding peace, freedom and democracy.Author: Anne Black,Dave BlackISBN-10: 1425143776ISBN-13: 9781425143770Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/21/2007Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...

I, Elizabeth, is the personal recounting of a post depression, southern "rural poor" woman's journey through the onset, flowering, and moderation of symptoms of bipolar illness. Her "falling down" occurred in 1965, although symptoms had appeared much earlier. The first twenty years were an...

Imprisoned in a body in search of a way out.Author: Deborah DuffieldISBN-10: 1425116299ISBN-13: 9781425116293Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/06/2009Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32d

The true story of a modern-day confidence man and the havoc that he and the unscrupulous attorneys who aided him brought to the lives of two elderly Americans.Author: Michael M. CeperichISBN-10: 1425113338ISBN-13: 9781425113339Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/14/2007Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...

This book, the story of one man's desperate attempt to be rid of his car, recounts an American medical student's Middle Eastern odyssey in a classic Volkswagen Beetle.Author: Richard A. MasonISBN-10: 1425111939ISBN-13: 9781425111939Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/16/2007Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x...

A compassionate memoir about the physical, emotional and spiritual journey of a loving couple when an unexpected diagnosis invades their lives.Author: Dianne KlancirISBN-10: 1425109497ISBN-13: 9781425109493Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/05/2007Pages: 248Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d

Of Peter's life one could say, "He ate what was set before him."Author: Bernard Woolston-YoungISBN-10: 1425108830ISBN-13: 9781425108830Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/18/2007Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.14d

An entertaining and enthralling account of the author's experiences and escapades in the Church Lad's Brigade, Home Guard, and 6th Airborne Division from Pegasus Bridge to Palestine.Author: Ted HoldISBN-10: 1425105386ISBN-13: 9781425105389Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/06/2006Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.27d

Dispatches from Kilimanjaro is a series of thirty emails sent to family, friends and colleagues between 1996-2000. It depicts the adventures and life of the author sharing the culture, language and customs of the people of Tanzania.Author: David B. PomfretISBN-10: 1425106102ISBN-13: 9781425106102Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage:...

A disturbing look at the suffering of one small orphaned, Irish boy and the abuse he endured between 1939-1948, when the Irish legal system and the church had gone mad with regard to the care of children.Author: Toni O'KeeffeISBN-10: 1425104576ISBN-13: 9781425104573Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Farm life from the 1930s to present times. Changes that have taken place with anecdotes about various characters, each chapter describing different farm chores and rural events.Author: Dick JeffersISBN-10: 142510522XISBN-13: 9781425105228Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/08/2006Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d

The narrator illustrates just how easy it was to become an enemy of the People's Republic and a freedom fighter in the Hungary of 1956.Author: Wynne Stuart StaggISBN-10: 1425102506ISBN-13: 9781425102500Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2006Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d

This book is the life story of the author who grew up under Communist rule in Hungary, escaped to Austria following the defeat of the 1956 uprising and immigrated to America.Author: Alexander T. NagyISBN-10: 142510200XISBN-13: 9781425102005Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/30/2006Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.50h...

Napoleon's father, Charles Bonaparte, was the honored progenitor of thirteen children, of whom the man who subsequently became the Emperor of the French, by some curious provision of fate, was the second. That the infant Napoleon should have followed rather than led the procession...

Recollections of the Life and History of the Hunt Family is a book about the life of John Edwin Hunt, Sr. He reflects on the history of the Hunt clan and gives an autobiographical account of his life, both personal and professional. "Senior" vividly...

Author: Marcus GrantISBN-10: 1420888641ISBN-13: 9781420888645Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/05/2005Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.39d

Rubber Guns 'Bout a Little Boy in a Texas '20s Town This is the story of my adventures and escapades as a little Texas boy in the 1920's. The most vivid and some of the most pleasant recollections of my boyhood are about rubber...

ABOUT THE FINE LINE Manuel Vega was not unlike other Mexican immigrants who worked the farmlands of West Texas. Poor and uneducated, Manuel struggled to feed a growing family on the meager wages paid to farm hands of his time. But, to seven children...

Memoir of Emili-Rose is set in a time that represents one of the nation's most socially regressive eras. For Emili-Rose, times could not have been worse. She was the victim of a society that afforded her few opportunities. She was black, female, and like...

The author was a cloistered contemplative monk for a total of twenty years in the most strict and austere Order of the Church, the Carthusian Order. He writes under the name Father Benedict out of continuing respect for Carthusian anonymity. In his first published...

A 20th Century Bridge opens with the Industrial Revolution underway. The majority of our citizens are illiterate and telegraphers will soon lose their jobs to telephone operators. The reader is taken on a journey with transportation by steam locomotive and "hoss cars" at the...

This is a true story about a few not so ordinary American people born of and/or married into the Roler, Campbell and Popp family lines. Stigmas, Sagas and Curses have been strongly attached to the family line of Roler. Along the way, there have...

The settling of British America was a unique event in modern history. For the first time, an entire continent was available to those from many cultures and religions who wished for new opportunities free from the feudal remnants and rigid class distinctions of Europe...