Biography & Autobiography - General

The Poet In The Desert is a book written by Charles Erskine Scott Wood and published in 1915. The book is a collection of poems that reflect the author's experiences and observations during his time in the American Southwest. The poems explore themes such...

Author: Bill PetersonISBN-10: 1436396484ISBN-13: 9781436396486Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/05/2009Pages: 300Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Author: Rick BergerISBN-10: 1436354528ISBN-13: 9781436354523Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2008Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d

Author: Mary Ellen Baldree ForlinesISBN-10: 1434390330ISBN-13: 9781434390332Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/06/2008Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d

As we reach the later years of life, I am sure all of us have experienced the thought, If I could do it over again. You know the feeling . if only I had . This realization toward the end of our lives, when...

The Gift of life is a true story of life before and after an organ transplant. Jack was given a lung transplant in 1998, he survived for almost a decade. Jack started keeping his thoughts and memories on paper in 1997, he requested that...

Author: Michael BentonISBN-10: 1434330710ISBN-13: 9781434330710Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2007Pages: 112Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Author: Thomas BlightISBN-10: 1434317722ISBN-13: 9781434317728Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/17/2007Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

Life story, memories, and photographs of Allie Rae Setterington Williams and her family. Includes her childhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; her marriage to Harold Williams from Ardmore, Oklahoma; their many moves around the United States; and their life together with their children and grandchildren.Author:...

The autobiography of Glade Marvin Lyon, including his birth and childhood in Tetonia, Sugar City, and Ashton, Idaho; his military service in Germany, France, the Philippines, and Japan; and his marriage, family, and career in Ashton. Includes his military history, his letters home to...

Shabazz Born Allah (The Bazz), has faced many unfortunate life experiences. Fortunately he found ways to turn those adversities, into talents that help as well as entertain others. In 2006 his first book (The Trials of a Made Man) was published by Outskirts Press...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Chance and Choice covers the first third of my life (1923-1952) from my childhood in a small German town to my early career as a biologist in London. While concentrating on family and friends, I have tried to convey the spirit of the times...

This book is based on the life and times of a Canadian soldier in World War Two. Other men and women tell their story, too. Stanley George Anderson and his family lived in the small town of St. Laurent, Manitoba. Stan grew up with...

ALL HAIL THE QUEEN! Visit castles, meet princes and princesses, attend a royal wedding, and travel the world through the story of Queen Elizabeth II of England. This Level 3 Reader tells the true story of a girl who never thought she would be...

South Africa - Land of Gold, Diamonds and Adventure.Author: Helga KayeISBN-10: 1425979637ISBN-13: 9781425979638Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/09/2007Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.24d

My Experience of Truth is the first publication by the author Angelika Preston. It is in part a by-product of her career in brand consulting that relies heavily on visual and verbal communications. She has written industry articles and spoken at conferences on trends...

You and I are surrounded by stories. Wherever you live makes no difference. Things happen to you and to me and take on all aspects of living. Some are humorous; others can be sobering. Sometimes the event causes real thinking, and it is still...

Immigrant # 99840 and Canecutter # 7074: The Story of an East Indian Family in Guyana is a most valuable document that fills a major gap in the writings which deal with the East Indian presence in Guyana. In focusing on an individual family's...

This is one international student's account of the American experience. Each immigrant's story is different depending on the person's age, ethnicity, skills and location. The author wants to make this work available to everyone intending to enter the United States of America as a...

This book is a collection of short stories, poetry and recipes gleaned from the "Growing Up Years" of the nineteen-thirties, forties and fifties, on Chesnut Hill. I was born in the big old white clapboard house where we lived. It was a large, airy,...

Author: Svein JenshusISBN-10: 1425784879ISBN-13: 9781425784874Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2008Pages: 484Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.90lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d

About the Book On the morning of July 24, 1863 William Lucas, a seventeen year old boy, the youngest of four brothers, all of whom served in the Union Army, tied his shoe strings together, draped the shoes over his shoulder and set off...

This fascinating fast-paced autobiography delves deeply into every imaginable human emotion. It will make you laugh, cry and question your own life values. It is certain to be controversial.Author: Robert MacgowanISBN-10: 1425149847ISBN-13: 9781425149840Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/18/2008Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

A story of Chieveley, a Berkshire village situated on the edge of the Downs, its schools, shops, farms, public houses, and sporting venues, and the changes which have taken place since the early 1930's, particularly the impact of the Second World War on village...

Self educated, a boy grows up having a brilliant knowledge in electronics whose inventions contribute measurably to mankind and in the process, he becomes a successful man while enjoying life.Author: Harry SampeyISBN-10: 1425109004ISBN-13: 9781425109004Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/05/2007Pages: 380Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w...

Armchair travellers can follow the adventures of seasoned Tour Manager John Howes as he leads readers through many surprises in more than two dozen countries. There's certainly more to a holiday trip than appears in the brochure.Author: John HowesISBN-10: 1425101852ISBN-13: 9781425101855Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This book is about adoption, prejudice and the ravages of war. It is about one woman's successful battle against prejudice which made it possible for her to save one precious life. It is about a little boy who managed to survive the ravages of...

Have you heard about Raunchy? Who was he? Or how about the night the Cabbie sold two greenhorns cold tea in place of scotch? These are just two examples of why you should read this book You will not only find out more about...

Author: Brigitte AngelISBN-10: 1413495524ISBN-13: 9781413495522Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/23/2005Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d

Unique memoirs of a nonagenarian, including over fifty years of global travel, and of working to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants of some less developed countries.Author: A. H. StonehamISBN-10: 141209528XISBN-13: 9781412095280Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/26/2007Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w...

John James Bezer was a minor but entertaining activist during the later years of the Chartist movement that resulted in two years imprisonment in Newgate. Further involvement on his release and subsequent move to Australia provides an interesting account of a self educated radical...

Nancy Shippen was born into a wealthy family at a fascinating point in American History, her journals provide a unique insight into the role of women in the social and political landscape.Author: Ethel ArmesISBN-10: 1406739928ISBN-13: 9781406739923Publisher: Beston PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/18/2007Pages: 392Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 8.50h...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Hugh MorrisonISBN-10: 1406732133ISBN-13: 9781406732139Publisher: Smyth...

What to do when you're no good at football in a city that's obsessed with it? Keep playing, keep trying and see where things will lead. An old Scouse expression proclaimed "He couldn't kick a ball down Havelock Street" and, given the steepness of...

Margam Servicing Depot was built on a landfill site and opened during March 1964. Its function was to service locomotives operating to and from Margam Knuckle Yard, which was acclaimed as being the most highly mechanised in the United Kingdom when it was opened...

The days of my life began by a decision of God. I was not born either by a decision of mine, or by a one of my parents, since they did not know me until the moment I was born. - After this moment,...

The Lion Within is an autobiography. T.L. Sears takes you on the road trip of her life. Jump on in and buckle your seat belt. You'll make stops in New York and Los Angeles. Then she will take you overseas to Korea. Along the...

As a legless amputee and only with one arm, Alex got invited by a friend to the USA. There he get married by a woman who is a big drunk and who love male amputees. But he get deported and end up in Brazil,...

The distinguished scholar-diplomat Sir Ernest Satow's retirement began in 1906 and continued until his death in 1929. From 1907 he settled in the small town of Ottery St. Mary in Devon. He was very active, serving as a British delegate at the Second Hague...

During the Civil War, 15 year old E. G. Koenig wrote a series of letters to his mother describing his experiences and feelings. Koenig was a German immigrant who enlisted as a volunteer substitute enlistee. The appendices contain original copies of his letters, an...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Gail Crawford was once a confident, well educated girl from the Island of Trinidad. But over the course of her twenty-seven-year marriage, her husband beat her down and robbed her of her sense of self-worth. She had to get her husband out of her...

Some people say that "gay" people are born that way; it's in their genes.Author: Michael BruceISBN-10: 1326656538ISBN-13: 9781326656539Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/16/2016Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.31d

Set between the two world wars, an impoverished family live through some of the most arduous periods of the twentieth century. They attempt to survive, not always by the most considered and constructive means, but in the only way they know how. Not every...

This story is about an extraordinary journey of an ordinary Indian Immigrant to the UK. He grew up in a middle-class Indian family, had troubled childhood, struggling working life, and failed relationships. Despite all personal and professional setbacks, his desperation to keep moving forward...

From November 1982 until January 1985, Ginette was a visitor and then a regular member of the women's community at Orange Gate, part of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp. Orange was one of seven gates into RAF Greenham Common. All the gates had...

Part 1: Rosetta Taylor started writing stories and poems as she was raising 11 children. She wrote about the struggles and triumphs of living in a big family. She wrote about her friends and family. She wrote about John Taylor, the love the of...

A memoir of a life beginning 5 months after the onset of WW ll, escaping the Russian invasion, living out the war in Frankfurt and immigrating to America. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, being a pizza maker and then eventually graduating from the...

As many as five million Americans have been diagnosed and are living with Alzheimer's. This number will triple in fifteen years. This disease is real and has no boundaries. Before my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, I knew little about the disease. I now...