Biography & Autobiography - General

Author: Deborah Bishop-MalamouISBN-10: 1456879103ISBN-13: 9781456879105Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/18/2011Pages: 200Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

'Wild Child' is set between the wars in Clewer newtown Windsor, and follows the life of Albert and his baby daughter Kathy. Albert had been shocked to learn that at the age of fifty one he was to become a father again for the...

Author: Lynne C. HoldenISBN-10: 1456765345ISBN-13: 9781456765347Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2011Pages: 228Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

"A Little Girl Named Squeaks," is a must-read for anyone who has struggled with addiction, abuse, or feelings of worthlessness, or for anyone who wants insight into the feelings and challenges of those who struggle so. It takes place in the downtown eastside of...

Author: Margaret BrooksISBN-10: 1453576940ISBN-13: 9781453576946Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2010Pages: 294Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d

Author: Dion McInnisISBN-10: 1453564411ISBN-13: 9781453564417Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/24/2010Pages: 338Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Author: Arline Boucher TehanISBN-10: 1453548270ISBN-13: 9781453548271Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/13/2010Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d

A brave and deeply personal memoir of one man's quest to rise above the the political and religious rhetoric that had divided and diminished the human spirit for thousands of years. Aaron Anson engagingly writes about his own experiences of growing up a black...

This novella passes on knowledge as a reminder to be a conscious being. The memoir begins with a catalyst that possessed me on my soul journey. It happened at a Bob Marley and The Wailers reggae concert in Sydney, Australia, in 1979, when I...

Lovable Courageous Callie This memoir spotlights Callie during her early years living in the country. She lives through a severe illness. As she grows older, she marries a handsome man who decides he wants to farm for a living. Living in the depression years...

Amy Johnson's stunning portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi in Poetry Prose shows the true trajectory of an astonishing life and career. From a staunch political household and apparently an idyliic childhood, her disciplinarian and inspirational Father, the liberator of Burma, History has revealed...

Wars are started by a person or persons and are usually a quest for power for a person or a group of people and they don't really care how many people are killed nor how many families are losing a father, mother or brothers...

An absorbing autobiography unusually combining the world of football, athletics and business, all of which have shaped the life of the author. From humble beginnings, little by little, he made his mark in both sports and the textile industry, drawing the reader into a...

For years, Boyce and Kay Quinn dreamed of living abroad. They'd traveled extensively, but they wanted a deeper experience; one they felt could not be achieved by simply traveling through a country. They did not, however, want to renovate a villa or raise goats...

When a child is removed from a home and forced to live a life with strangers, it can be a traumatic experience accompanied by pain and shame that never goes away. This is the story of Ron Huber and his unforgettable journey through a...

Author: Francis LeeISBN-10: 1450017142ISBN-13: 9781450017145Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/11/2010Pages: 302Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

The fi rst anecdote recounted in this book relate to a deranged man, Bobby Joe Burns, who killed and mutilated his mother in 1958, under the infl uence of the Book of Revelation, terrifying the town including the author and his lifelong best friend....

This book is the diary of an Egyptian soldier of Armenian descent who served the Egyptian Army during the critical years 1968 through 1972, when Egypt was making preparations for the 1973 war with Israel. The book relates the details of his compulsory draft,...

Sarah Ellen Denton Baun (nee Byrd) lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband, Glenn Baun, a retired Nazarene pastor. She has long visualized this project, although she felt somewhat intimidated by the sheer volume. Sarah has enriched these memoirs considerably by drawing from her...

This book will appeal to a variety of people living in the North Cotswolds and particularly for those living in Moreton-in-Marsh and Chipping Campden. It will provide nostalgia for those who have lived there all their lives and insight for those who have arrived...

Have I Got Dogs For You! continues its exploration of daily life in London's Paddington Recreation Ground. The society pictured in this account is a unique one, an ever-changing kaleidoscope of dogs and their owners. The dogs represent most of the popular breeds and...

When he defended his nation; why was the battalion commanding officer of former Sergeant Joseph Luca reluctant to defend reasons the Congressional Medal of Honor not be awarded to this United States Marine as recommended by Lucas' commanding officer? Why was the Congressional Medal...

It is my desire to share my genealogical accomplishments with anyone who feels the deep passion which comes from asking the questions, "who are my ancestors and where is my extended family?" I hope to lead readers down my path of exploration, where I...

Watershed: Service in the Wake of Disaster was written with the help of many individuals who have the same goal of describing how Indiana was able to recover from devastating 2008 flooding and tornadoes. With three presidentially declared disasters, nearly every county in the...

'One of my earliest memories is of the first time I tried to burn our house down. My mother had refused to give me something I wanted so I went out into the back court - or drying green - raided the dustbins and...

Andy Frazier likes living in France, it gives him a bit more time to watch the world go by. But it also gives him too much time to consider it, and then complain about it. Sometimes his complaints turn in rants. He rants about...

An account written by Thomas Robinson Butler of his time as a pupil at Christ's Hospital School in the mid-nineteenth century. It gives detailed descriptions of school customs, individual masters and pupils, the food, the punishments, and the lessons.Author: Thomas Robinson ButlerISBN-10: 1447668022ISBN-13: 9781447668022Publisher:...

A story of cancer, pregnancy and childbirth. This book is a spiritual journey through adversity; adapted from a blog written by the author while pregnant and undergoing treatment for cancer.Author: Daniella SlabbertISBN-10: 1447722639ISBN-13: 9781447722632Publisher: Lulu PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/11/2011Pages: 130Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.25w...

The system failed. Life as we had become accustomed to, changed. So did we. No longer content to work eighty hours a week only to be as penniless as before. Not happy with the monotony of the modern consumer lifestyle, a little family struck...

Originally published in 1933. One of the first serious publications to deal with this subject. Contents Include: General Psychological Principles of the Problem of Homosexuality Primary Infantile Survivals and Maternal Influence as Cause of Sexual Inversion Homosexuality and Sensualism Erotic Narcissism among Homosexuals Homosexuality...

One autumn night in the eighties a young Irishman of twenty-seven, who had passed most of his life in Germany, took his place in the orchestra pit of the Metropolitan Opera House to play the cello. His name was Victor Herbert. He had just...

JEAN - PAUL MARAT- THE PEOPLES FRIEND by ERNEST BELFORT BAX. CHAPTER I: MARATS EARLY YEARS. JEAN-PAUL MARAT, or Mara, the t having been added to give the name a French look, was born at the village of Boudry, on the lake of Neuchatel,...

A BOOK ABOUT MYSELF by THEODORE DREISER. Text extracted from opening pages of book: CHAPTER I. DURING the year 1890 I had been formulating my first dim notion as to what it was I wanted to do in life. For two years and more...

ROOSEVELT AND THE CARIBBEAN ROOSEVELT AND THE CARIBBEAN by HOWARD C. HILL, PhD. KfV The University of Chicago. PREFACE: THEODORE ROOSEVELT came to the presidency at a significant moment in the history of the United States. The old era of isolation, initiated in a...

Author: Kelly S. MedinaISBN-10: 1441559183ISBN-13: 9781441559180Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/29/2009Pages: 142Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Events at Pearl Harbor angered 9th grade English teacher Norman Edward Robinson. At the age of 34 he left his teaching job at the school (in Monmouth, Indiana, ) and joined the United States Navy. While he was gone, from 1942-1945 the school held...

"Exile In The Promised Land" is a personal story of a ten thousand mile journey around England, following Stoke City. As unwelcome gatecrashers at the Premier League party, they defy ridicule and ultimately secure survival. It is a unique insight into a unique season...

We are all born complete and yet go about trying to find ourselves with that elusive thing we think we lack while all along it lies within us. This is the real life journey of an Indian woman who, from being a wild child,...

"Should Have Gone to Blackgang Chine" tells the story of playing football simply for the love of the game, a quality too easily lost in the modern day professional game. It talks of friendships forged through football that have stood the test of time...

Author: Sue WattsISBN-10: 1438968833ISBN-13: 9781438968834Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2009Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.71d

This book is a sequel to The Color Red, a mother's account of her head-long plunge into the world of autism. Believing strongly in the need for research, funding, and--most of all--connecting with others who are traveling this bewildering path or, as she describes...

Author: Stephen CliffISBN-10: 1438960980ISBN-13: 9781438960982Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/05/2009Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d

Author: Todd RichardsonISBN-10: 1438951876ISBN-13: 9781438951874Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/11/2009Pages: 344Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d

I have always been rather an optimist and I do believe, as I have discovered during my life time, that when one door closes another will most likely open. Now some 5or 6 years ago, my dear wife had been suggesting that I should...

Growing up in the back streets of Cardiff and being one of 10 children could never have prepared William for what life was about to ask of him.at 18 years of age his whole world would be changed forever! This is Williams' story.from a...

Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century short story writer and novelist. The Scarlet Letter is his most famous novel. The years Hawthorne spent in England were some of his happiest and most trying. President Pierce appointed Hawthorne United States Consul at Liverpool. He held...

Michael Faraday was a 19th Chemist and physicist. He worked in the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Faraday studied the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a DC electric current, and established the basis for the magnetic field concept in physics. John Tyndall was...

Alexander Whyte (1836 - 1921) entered the ministry of the Free Church of Scotland. In 1909 he became principal, and professor of New Testament literature, at New College, Edinburgh. His works include Characters and Characteristics of William Law (1893), Bunyan Characters (4 Vols, 1893-1908),...

Thomas Henry Huxley was a 19th century British biologist known as DarwinZs Bulldog. Huxley's famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution. Huxley was instrumental in developing scientific education in Britain. He became perhaps the finest...

Edgar Saltus (1855 -1921) was an American writer known for his highly refined prose style. Saltus wrote two books of philosophy, The Philosophy of Disenchantment and The Anatomy of Negation. Imperial Purple was published in 1892. Imperial Purple is a series of sketches about...