Biography & Autobiography - General

Carolann Kelleher was born in London UK and came to Australia in January 1970 aged 25 years, looking for a new life with her 2 children. One was very sick and needed a warm climate to survive, which he did. Carolann faced many trials...

Touched By Breast Cancer is about providing a space for all those who have been touched by breast cancer to share their stories. Stories include those who have been on their own breast cancer journey, those who have supported others, those who have been...

PRINTED IN COLOUROn May 5th, 1994, at 9.30 am on a chilly, sunlit day, Linda Ford and Geoff Wright, left the safety of Lyttelton Harbour in New Zealand, to venture into the unknown, where nothing would be predictable. The voyage plan was to follow...

Comedian, astronaut candidate and general troublemaker Josh Richards knows his days on Earth are numbered: short-listed from over 200,000 applicants for the first human mission to Mars, and launching without any hope of ever returning, it's increasingly likely he'll die on the red planet....

Don't Look Away! Snapshots of Congo and the Pygmies of Mubambiro chronicles the remarkable journey of Barbara Rose Ferguson, an Australian whose life became intertwined with the tumultuous landscapes and resilient people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Spanning eight transformative years, Ferguson's...

Two young boys go joy-riding on a trail bike and only one survives, but with an acquired brain injury. This is a story of hope and survival in the face of adversity and prejudice for a person living with a disability.Author: Steven Clayson,Sharon WelgusISBN-10:...

Dr Paul Roe is a historian with a foot either side of Australia's Great Dividing Range. One foot planted in suburban Sydney - the other in the outback town of Bourke. In a community on a large-scale farm, he taught students how to bring...

From the Top Turret is a true story of courage, faith, family and commitment. It takes readers on Gerard Caporaso's tumultuous journey from training in the U.S. Eighth Air Force during World War II to the moment when his plane crash landed in a...

This is kind of a memoir that uses the author's privileged 'white' middle class perspective and experiences to try and understand 21st Century Homelessness in the United States. She attempts to examine it by describing its current conditions and how they relate to historical...

A manual on how to survive wonderfully terrible hedonism. This is the memoir of Kristian 13, a young man walking a razor-sharp line between hero and villain. An antihero navigating the nighttime, neon wastelands of American Youth. How many times can one young man...

Jason Dowd is a gifted artist and photographer who faced issues while growing up that not only challenged his beliefs, but his own sanity. He has always had a special gift that attracts the paranormal to him. Since the age of six, Jason has...

Jeremy Hooper's Good As You website (www.GoodAsYou.org) is known for blending passion and wit, making the case for LGBT equality worldwide. In If It's a Choice, My Zygote Chose Balls: Making Sense of Senseless Controversy, Jeremy continues that style, blending a unique mix of...

How do you handle a crisis in your life? Alzheimer's is just one condition that requires loved ones to be caregivers. We become caregivers not by choice and once we are, we lose our choices. This is a story of a woman who faced...

"One More Sunset" recounts the poignant and often humorous childhood and life of author Evelyn Huckaby. With true southern flavor, Ms. Huckaby paints a colorful portrait of life in and around New Orleans and Baton Rouge.Author: Evelyn HuckabyISBN-10: 0615258417ISBN-13: 9780615258416Publisher: Huckaby PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2008Pages:...

WILLOW RUN FARM, the initial book in a trilogy, records the author's experience of growing up on a working farm in the rural Midwest during the Great Depression. In her Pulitzer Prize-winner, "The Shipping News," E. Annie Proulx states: "What don't happen is also...

An award-winning journalist and columnist, Sylvia Coleman garnered most of her accolades chronicling the chaotic lives of others in her articles. On the outside, she appeared to have it all: a burgeoning writing career, a wonderful man and a supportive family. But behind closed...

Stories from the Origin invites you to enter the life of Australian Aboriginal communities in the central desert of Australia through delightful and respectful stories that reveal their history and culture. It is in ordinary moments of every day life that the author and...

Marie Smith is a cellist with a story to tell. On April 14, 1997, Marie fell asleep an ordinary wife and mother. She woke up the next morning to her worst nightmare: the first symptoms of a rare, progressive, illness and cancer. Life Music...

Thomas Jordan's diary is a day-by-day account of farm life in rural Maine during the 1840s. The writer, an intelligent and industrious farmer, provides us with an unparalled look at the past as our country was entering a new age. Extensive annotation by one...

Born and raised in the northern Idaho woods, this member of "The Greatest Generation" saw the world change dramatically as he saw transportation evolve from horse and buggy to space shuttles and email replace weekly rural postal delivery. With humor, wit and brutal honesty,...

8 years of being molested by my brother and what that has done to me emotionally, physically, and psychologically. The scars that have been left and the obstacles I have overcome are all here, as well as how to identify any problems and how...

Thrilling, frightening, amusing, deep, fearful, joyful and peaceful. All describe Nickie's Nook: Sharing the Journey. Through the use of essays, journal entries, papers and other reflections, Nickie's Nook explores the life of a young college student. Nickie uses writing to understand her journey as...

"We're taking a shortcut." So began another one of what became known as "Dad's Famous Shortcuts". They were never short, never what Dad expected, and they were never (well, almost never) boring. As kids, we had a love/hate relationship with Dad's shortcuts. They usually...

On her 47th birthday, after a very difficult and stressful three months, Joan was performing a self breast exam when she felt a lump in her left breast. Despite a normal mammogram just two months before, she persisted in having a full evaluation. What...

Dr. Ron Deigh began his study of the German language as a California community college student, and his very humorous experiences associated with learning German began on the very first day of his exposure to the language. Little did he know that the fun...

As I have recalled my life in order to create this memoir, I've wondered what physical traits and abilities will be passed down to future generations of this family. I've also wondered if my love of the visual arts is a family inheritance I've...

I didn t realize it early on, but Bertha was emotionally insuring my survival in order that I become an M.D.and reciprocate.I carefully avoided any meaningful relationship for many years and focused on fulfilling the covenant with my mother. I had kept my mother...

When teenagers John and Alvetta married in the 1950s, many predicted that their marriage wouldn't last. Early on, however, they made promises to each other that would see them past their 50th anniversary. Although this book focuses more on the last two years of...

Seymour Bandes was born in 1917 in the Bronx and lived there until 1942 when he was drafted into the Air Corps. He graduated from New York University and attained his Master's Degree in Education at Columbia University. After the war, he worked for...

Margit Heskett still eats seafood with a knife and fork and politely thanks those who serve her. Her walls are covered from floor to ceiling with artwork, and her shelves overflow with books. Her garden boasts a sculpture collection, and she loves to travel...

Anorexia and bulimia are eating disorders not to be taken lightly. This is a true account of one person's incredible journey of survival once the residual effects take over the body. It appears fashionable for adolescence, young adults even pre-teens to experiment in such...

This book consists of a series of letters written by a young man during WWII. He went from banker to bombardier. He underwent starvation, depravation and his moral conflict with killing the enemy to a fear of being able to do his duty. Dead...

Frank Westmoreland has lived most of his life in a small town in Alabama. He is a retired engineer who served in the Navy and who worked several years in the textile industry and over thirty years in the Department of Defense. His work...

This is a true story of a woman growing up in a life of privilege. With good family background and all the right things, nevertheless she found herself chronically incarcerated and homeless, due to drug and alcohol addiction. World travel, modeling jobs, and surf,...

A severe chronic disease can debilitate you but also make you stronger. One woman's journey and how she is able to share the things she enjoys most with you, her family and her recipes.Author: Emilia FuscoISBN-10: 0595368549ISBN-13: 9780595368549Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/2005Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize:...

Can we live in America without being defined by race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion? In No Place to Hide, authors Denys Blell and Bob Kreisher share the true stories of one immigrant's struggle to remain a man with no race or ethnicity...

Flight Of The Harlem Pigeon Man was written for both men and women. The collection of essays in this book takes you on a literary journey inside the heart and mind of a man and situates you at a roundtable discussion about the many...

The biography of Michael Stiedler is an inspirational tale of a triumph of the human spirit. Seriously brain-injured when he was four days old, Mike, now thirty two, learned to walk, talk, see, and take care of himself through fifteen years of therapy. More...

Rich Shull like many of his counterparts worldwide grew up in an era before Autism was diagnosable and as such we have figured out Autism from end-to-end. With our Personal experience in Autism thinking and real life we blend together Autism (Picture Thinking) and...

Finding Falafel is the story of a young American woman's discovery of her Jewish heritage as a student in Israel and a fascinating portrait of the many Israelis she encountered. The book is an account of the author's travels and study in Israel in...

Sitting at the breakfast table in the old farmhouse on the hill, Mama holding the baby and Daddy buttering the kids' biscuits while they're hot, helps tell the story of a family's struggles and joys during the drought and depression on a West Texas...

This coming-of-age story gives the author's lighthearted viewpoint on growing up in the West Virginia countryside in the 1960's and 1970's. Readers will laugh along with the author as they discover that despite the situations in which we grow from children to adults, there...

Every minute of every hour a boy meets a girl, and a romantic, sexual interlude happens. It sAuthor: S. CIO BurrellISBN-10: 0595256546ISBN-13: 9780595256549Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/27/2002Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.14h x 6.40w x 0.45d

It Takes Star Dust To Create a Star is one man's journey from choosing his parentsin the forests of Pennsylvania to returning to the stars on or about the year 2033.An altar boy and a paper boy he enjoyed the sanctity and sanctuary of...

Author: David LaursenISBN-10: 0595239730ISBN-13: 9780595239733Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2002Pages: 332Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d

Author: Margaret S. TullerISBN-10: 0595238424ISBN-13: 9780595238422Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2002Pages: 280Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.14w x 0.69d

Author: Lynn DawsonISBN-10: 0595202136ISBN-13: 9780595202133Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2001Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.81d

Author: Raymond G. HicksISBN-10: 0595176259ISBN-13: 9780595176250Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2001Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.02w x 0.45d

Author: Patricia SmithISBN-10: 0595005136ISBN-13: 9780595005130Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2000Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.03w x 0.52d

A parents' and family's journey learning their child is deaf and subsequent grassroots advocacy experience and insights to get a law passed. Written in the tradition of stories like Erin Brockovich and Norma Rae, this story is about a woman who stood up for...