Biography & Autobiography - General

Coming out of a dark place takes the reader on a gripping journey about mental endurance, self-reliance, which includes disappointments, anxiety, stress and a strings of emotional ups and downs. It tells the true story of a teenage boy Dalmar, struggling with a medical...

The Face I Made is a historical documentation of Jonathan "JO" Newby's journey and battle with Lymphoma cancer... in his own words, his own strength, and his own sense of humor. A private video is included inside this sacred text as a testament to...

Mel Gibson, Mariah Carey, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Carrie Fisher, Winston Churchill...all famous people that dealt with Bipolar Disorder. Chris Kelly is living a much different life and in every one of life's situations he has proven that resilience is the key to success....

It's time to unlock and unblock yourself and discover the joy of a purpose-driven life. Do you think there's only one right way to live life? Do you find yourself harshly judging yourself and others? Maybe it's time to break out of the situation...

I came from a well-to-do family. I lived in a beachfront house with a swimming-pool, sauna and all the amenities of an affluent life. I studied in the best private schools money can afford. I vacationed abroad, owned boats, cars and motorcycles, and was...

A wild, disobedient boy leaves his home near Chicago at the age of 14, believing he can do it all, alone. But everything he tries, goes bad. What will it take for Doug to get his life turned around? One word: prison. Because of...

Author: Henry AdamsISBN-10: 1731700024ISBN-13: 9781731700025Publisher: Simon & BrownLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2018Pages: 448Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d

Harry Parr-Davies was no more than a name to me until I saw the documentary play about Gracie Fields and realised that the songs Sing as We Go, Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye, Pedro the Fisherman, and I Leave My Heart...

I cut, I just do it with a pen. I write with no identity. Just one of the many flawed humans. I should have been a bat. At least then I would be labelled out of shape. Unlike the dozens of self-portrayals full of...

I would like to welcome you to the journey of my life. I will share the trials and tribulations that I've had to endure throughout my lifetime to become who I am and what I understand about mental illness and its effects today. I'm...

I got to know my grandfather Johann Vorndran in 1945 in the Hochtief barracks in Walldorf/Hesse when want and misery reigned everywhere in Germany. He didn't tell much about his life in Turkey. Only occasionally did he speak Turkish with his wife Minna when...

The mental basis for this book began 72 years ago when I was age 17. I wrote and defined the "Great Beyond" as my future from age 17. I asked the question, "Who am I?" I traced through the years the Miller genealogy to...

"Publish my stories, Linda, and take good care of Honey," my mother said to me right before she moved on to her Heavenly Home. At the end of her life, our mother was concerned that the living history of her 92 years be preserved...

Alexander Bell Filson Young (1876-1938) was a journalist, who published the first book about the sinking of the RMS Titanic, called Titanic, published in 1912 only 37 days after the sinking. He was also an essayist, war correspondent in the Boer War and World...

Steve Campion never planned on being a drunk, and he certainly never planned on writing about it. But things just have a way of happening. In The Man Beside, he offers a very personal look at addiction and recovery, offering hope tempered with the...

Born to a privileged family, Jin-Chen Camilla Wang's life was quickly turned from prosperously affluent to less than modest when communists overtook the Chinese Mainland. Her family, like many others, fled to Taiwan. They lost all their wealth and possessions in the process. Her...

This is the real life story of Brian a retired marine engineer. The book starts with his memories from World War 2 when he lived in Essex during the Battle of Britain and the following years. He tells many humorous stories about his travels...

This religious autobiography is meant to inspire the reader to remain focused on God's leadership. Choosing to be a servant of God may not be common but nothing can match His blessings. Regardless of anyone's deprived beginning or current bleak dark state, God can...

Sarah Knowles Bolton (September 15, 1841 - February 21, 1916) was an American writer. She was born in Farmington, Connecticut. In 1866, she married Charles E. Bolton, a merchant and philanthropist. She wrote extensively for the press, was one of the first corresponding secretaries...

Sarah Knowles Bolton (September 15, 1841 - February 21, 1916) was an American writer. She was born in Farmington, Connecticut. In 1866, she married Charles E. Bolton, a merchant and philanthropist. She wrote extensively for the press, was one of the first corresponding secretaries...

We believe there are people in the world who are extraordinary, ordinary human beings. These are not people whose accomplishments are remembered through centuries; rather, they are people who work to improve the world in small increments, one action or one person at a...

The story of Elliott Thompson's remarkable life proves that it's never too late to overcome obstacles and reinvent yourself. A rebellious teen, Thompson left school and joined the Navy during the Great Depression. After sailing the world, he began a lengthy government career, immersed...

Author: Patsy McNeilISBN-10: 1628061561ISBN-13: 9781628061567Publisher: Salt Water Media, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/02/2018Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.08d

A true accounting of two gay men, Clive and C. Robert, decades-long friends, who set out from Malibu, CA to New York City in a Land Rover, loaded to the roof with two dogs and most of Clive's belongings, so that Clive, a multi-talented...

You simply say, "Oh, no, this can't be cancer!" You talk to God like never before. And you realize it is time to get in touch with your inner self to learn who you really are. You ask questions like: "How will I come...

When he was a student at Oxford University, C. S. Lewis wrote to a friend expressing his great admiration of and enthusiasm for the novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne, particularly The House of the Seven Gables and Transformation (British title of The Marble Faun). This...

The Bard is back with an all-new classical tragedy! This monumental drama does NOT take place in ancient Scotland; rather, in our own times.William Shakespeare's tremendous literary intelligence takes as its material: John MacCain's Vietnam captivity, his sponsorship by intelligence agencies, his Operation Phoenix...

This Workbook contains activities & questions to help you build the qualities, skills, and experiences most helpful in fulfilling your dreams and keeping you on the road to success.Author: Myra Miller,Amos BorntregerISBN-10: 160645157XISBN-13: 9781606451571Publisher: Bookwise PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/21/2016Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.99w...

May F. Lindsey Reed recounts events, people, and experiences through the years. She was born in Mounds, Pulaski Co, IL. She grew-up in Muncie, IN. She is a 1959 graduate of Muncie Central. She excelled in Eleanor Bly's speech class. She sang with the...

Author: Gregory the Gre Saint Gregory the Great,Gregory,Saint Gregory the GreatISBN-10: 1602065810ISBN-13: 9781602065819Publisher: Cosimo ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2007Pages: 116Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.31d

Diary of the White Bush Clover is the remarkable story of a Japanese woman's peace pilgrimage, walking alone three hundred miles from Kyōto to Tōkyō, praying for those who died in the war. It is an inspiring story of devotion, compassion and spiritual awakening,...

This work looks at cross-cultural lives and identities in the multicultural landscape. It covers such topics as: lives in China along the Yangtze River and the Yellow River before, during and after the cultural revolution; cross-cultural lives in China and Canada; and more.Author: Ming...

Merriam Press Vietnam War Series First Edition 2017 The United States Amy was ill-prepared to engage in a major conflict in Vietnam. This was the consequence of President Lyndon Johnson deciding that the National Guard and the Reserves would not be called up to...

What can you do when your world falls apart? Can you blossom after the trauma of abuse and divorce?Are there really new beginnings and better days ahead? Behind the walls of homes and churches, many women suffer in silence. The one who vowed to...

Along Came a Soulmate, the true memoir by Armenia Jess, tells the story of poverty, survival, faith, hope, grit and pure love. Armenia was born in an impoverished village in Southern Mindanao in the Philippines. Her father passed away when she was only twelve...

Born in 1946, in Murton, a mining village in County Durham, in the aftermath of WWII, Thomas was to find himself growing up in interesting times. Coming from a working-class family where his parents had struggled to make a good home in which to...

This is about the adventures of a perpetual outsider. She is unsure of who she should be. Through the accident of her birth, the author records the changing values of the times she lived through. There are many stories of adopted children and their...

This is a collection of more than 120 short, mostly humorous stories from the twenty-eight-year career of a Nevada deputy sheriff. These stories are from patrol, SWAT, civil, detectives, and the jail, along with several animal stories. Cops, crooks, kids, and animals of all...

This is a personal history from age three to four years from Rangoon (Yangon), Burma to China, back to Burma, and onto the USA between the years 19392017. This is an introduction to American life, hospital training, and life in general.Author: John K. LimISBN-10:...

Streets don't last. The purpose of this book is to turn the minds of folks who think that the streets is the only way and give them light at the end of the tunnel with Christ. The project is for the readers to learn...

The author also includes in her book, memories of her beloved high school in Jamaica, her family history and travel experiences. Author: Sheila Mindola GreenISBN-10: 1543445071ISBN-13: 9781543445077Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/07/2017Pages: 108Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

with an account of his trials and sufferings as an evildoer, also the bright side of his life and success as a preacher of the Gospel among the working classes c. 1877Author: Henry HollowayISBN-10: 1535815809ISBN-13: 9781535815802Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1877Pages: 102Format:...

Author: James CampkinISBN-10: 1535814780ISBN-13: 9781535814782Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1859Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.24d

Author: William CliftISBN-10: 1535814322ISBN-13: 9781535814324Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1908Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.29d

Author: Ned BuntlineISBN-10: 1535813776ISBN-13: 9781535813778Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1848Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.27d

Author: John ClayISBN-10: 1535813873ISBN-13: 9781535813877Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1846Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.49d

Author: Ned BuntlineISBN-10: 1535813768ISBN-13: 9781535813761Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1848Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.27d

Author: Thomas Laming LidgettISBN-10: 1535813326ISBN-13: 9781535813327Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1908Pages: 58Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.12d

Author: Ellen LangdonISBN-10: 1535813296ISBN-13: 9781535813297Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1909Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.22d

Author: J. Arthur TurnerISBN-10: 1535813210ISBN-13: 9781535813211Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1901Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.20d