Biography & Autobiography - General

The Shelf2Life Weapons and Warfare Collection is an intriguing set of pre-1923 materials focused on the art and science of weaponry and its use in wars. From the study of topography, field artillery weapons and types of projectiles to military strategies and tactics, these...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have...

Mui Chiu Dang was a free spirited boy growing up in a country at war. He was handcuffed, beaten, and sentenced to prison without a trial. Never completely losing hope, even when confronted with life-threatening experiences, he believed even his darkest moments were blessings...

The ongoing journal of an old transsexual man who lives in poverty in San Francisco with his cat and parrots, creating fine art, and fine literature. He is a spiritual seeker who is often found in religious places, seeking to touch the Devine. He...

A Bio-Fiction and life story of Guyana's own, The Legendary Diva, Pamela Maynard.Author: Ingrid MoselyISBN-10: 1105955060ISBN-13: 9781105955068Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2012Pages: 166Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.35d

Celebrating the people, places and events that made student life at Biola University memorable in the early 1980s. Includes "John Who?," roommates, favorite chapels and professors, the Sunday night book club, teachable moments and other "unsung heroes" that made it all so sweet -...

This is a true story about co-dependency and the effects of alcoholism on the person who doesn't drink.Author: Heidi E. AddyISBN-10: 1105854159ISBN-13: 9781105854156Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/09/2011Pages: 162Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.35d

Memoir written by the German wife of John Faber of their travels and photographs as he represented Kodak internationally. Especially interesting was their return to Berlin during the Cold War.Author: Trudy FaberISBN-10: 1105814327ISBN-13: 9781105814327Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/30/2012Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

We bought eighty acres of trees bordering the Mark Twain National Forest and built a Cape Cod-style house on it. This was in Christian County Missouri, twenty-six miles from my college teaching position in Springfield. And for a time it was a wonderful place...

Jaded: My Unwritten Diary This is the heart-wrenching story of a young girl who was kidnapped at a very young age. While at the house, she makes one incredibly great friend whom she calls Eli. Will her and Eli ever make an escape from...

Folks share their memories and photos of life in Grays Lake.Author: Lisa OlorenshawISBN-10: 1105711331ISBN-13: 9781105711336Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2012Pages: 142Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.30d

Imagine surviving for 22 months in a haystack, fearful of getting found, terrorised and then killed. This was Rosa Levy's reality for a part of the war. Yet she survived and has desired to let the world know about her plight. Rosa Levy is...

Delta Memories follows the life of Joe T. Harper, as he stands in the shadow of a terminal illness;this delightful book revisits Joe's remarkable life and his "can do" attitude. Born in a rural, poor, black family, Joe overcomes the many obstacles that he...

Life story of Mary Carroll of Cresco, IowaAuthor: Rick ReganISBN-10: 1105625834ISBN-13: 9781105625831Publisher: Lulu PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/26/2012Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d

Mildred Hunter Thiermann's life story and spiritual journey span multiple worlds. Born a century ago in central Ontario, she experienced the twentieth century as an adventure of religious exploration and political discovery. The daughter of a progressive minister in the United Church of Canada,...

A genealogy of the descendants of Cornelius Comegys.Author: Elma Fraser Perry,Guy WallisISBN-10: 1105618978ISBN-13: 9781105618970Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/23/2012Pages: 478Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.42lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.96d

A family history told through letters, documents, and memories.Author: K. G. Keough-HuffISBN-10: 1105602443ISBN-13: 9781105602443Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/16/2012Pages: 360Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d

A fast, fun read about growing up in a large family in the small town of Thurmont, Maryland during the WW2 era. Personal, poignant, and funny-it will have you laughing out loud, and sometimes teary. You may recognize your own family, your own town....

This collection of writings includes memoirs and previously published works of the author, a retired lawyer, adjunct professor, U.S. Marine Corps officer and native of Philadelphia.Author: Gerard J. St JohnISBN-10: 1105559939ISBN-13: 9781105559938Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/02/2011Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d

This is a collection of short stories that tell how a person from the neighborhoods of Philadelphia viewed memorable events in his life.Author: Gerard J. St JohnISBN-10: 1105559912ISBN-13: 9781105559914Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2011Pages: 398Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d

Harry Mills has to chuck it all when he discovers that some bitch has given him a severe case of Lycanthropy; to go on a search that leads to Atlantic City and beyond, with every intention of blowing her brains out.Author: Johnny NoirISBN-10: 1105534995ISBN-13:...

"I would never presume to know God's will or speak God's words." - Abraham Lincoln. He did not claim he was God's agent. Did he believe in God? Did he look for a sign when he was desperate? Did he follow the Divine Will?...

In 1942, only 24 days after Pearl Harbor, school girl Eleanor Law, of Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida, began her diary. Through that first year of World War II, she observes civilian life and finds love. Her diary tells of meeting the man...

Duke Family. That's what we call ourselves because there's very few titles that are more rewarding. We are in every country, every walk of life, in most every neighborhoods. We've watched the Dukes of Hazzard as kids and are now, just as proud to...

I lay my past truths before you to take you on a journey of self reflections within a world of chaos, reality, love, pain and triumph. In writing this book has helped me make clarity of buried episodes in order to help me diagnose...

Once I was Annie Carter, a young girl who got up to all sorts. Then I became Ann Brown, and, well, not too much changed, except that I had my darling husband and wonderful children by my side for life's continuing adventures. I've had...

The Journal of Red Jordan Arobateau, PASSAGE, continues where AUTUMN CHANGES ended. It too is A Transsexual Account. PASSAGE picks up in 2005, 7 years after he's begun. It also flashes back into the past. This Journal is both interesting, & funny. It is...

Today is a Good Day for Marshmallows is an intimate memoir of a power-hungry, perfectionist mother learning to live her best life by giving up the reins. This book describes the author's sudden desire to sell her healthcare practice, stay home with her three...

With a flash from the sky Bill Clark is transported from his simple world of inspecting cars into another dimension of awareness. Bill is confused, his wife is frightened, they do not believe in psychic phenomenon but a new life journey has begun. Eventually...

As an autobiographical approach to a life out of Santa Barbara, California, this narrative offers coverage of the California condor in Santa Barbara's backcountry. With extensive coverage of the California gray whale, from its breeding lagoons in Mexico to its feeding grounds in Alaska,...

An intimate account of one survivor's journey as she takes each step through detection, treatment, and ultimate survival of breast cancer, a disease that affects one in eight women, and her discovery of so many opportunities for gratitude along the way.Author: Kathy J. RagsdaleISBN-10:...

The scars you can't see are the hardest to heal. Astrid Alauda. This is a story honoring my family, friends and those people who lived and died with me on the streets of Los Angeles in the early nineteen seventies and eighties. It is...

As an autobiographical approach to a life out of Santa Barbara, California, this narrative offers coverage of the California condor in Santa Barbara's backcountry. With extensive coverage of the California gray whale, from its breeding lagoons in Mexico to its feeding grounds in Alaska,...

Through The Dark Continent V2: Or The Sources Of The Nile Around The Great Lakes Of Equatorial Africa (1878) is a travelogue written by Henry Morton Stanley, a Welsh-American journalist and explorer. The book documents his journey through the African continent from the eastern...

Decadence: Henry Sidgwick Memorial Lecture (1908) is a book written by Arthur James Balfour, a British philosopher, statesman, and Conservative Party politician. The book is a transcript of a lecture Balfour delivered in honor of his friend and colleague, Henry Sidgwick, who was a...

""Early England and the Saxon-English: With Some Notes on the Father Stock of the Saxon-English, the Frisians"" is a historical book written by William Barnes in 1869. The book provides a detailed account of the early history of England and the Saxon-English people, with...

ALAMO DOUGHBOY is a true story that captures the lost experiences and mindset of the American doughboys fighting in the Great War. The book is a personal history about an infantry private from the Midwest who desperately fought the Germans from the trenches on...

Greetings Pump It Up Magazine Readers, As I write this editorial, we are seeing our nation torn apart by the senseless killing of an African American man. We pray for his family and for all who are suffering from the aftermath of such a...

From what has been called "the greatest generation" comes this tale of two ordinary people who shared an extraordinary life. From childhood accidents, through a world war that brings them together and then keeps them apart, theirs was a relationship that many dream of,...

Edmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 - 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival. His best known play The Playboy of the Western World was poorly received, due to...

John Sherburne Sleeper (1794-1878) was an American sailor, ship master, novelist (who used the pseudonym of Hawser Martingale), journalist and politician. Sleeper was the publisher and editor of the Exeter, New Hampshire, News-Letter, editor and proprietor of The Lowell Daily Journal and editor and...

"Petrarch's Letters to Classical Authors" offers a unique glimpse into the mind of Francesco Petrarca, a pivotal figure of the Renaissance. Through imagined correspondence with Latin poets and other classical authors, Petrarch engages in timeless dialogues about literature, philosophy, and the human condition. This...

First published in 1853, this work offers a vivid firsthand account of life in Canada in the mid-19th century. Written by pioneering feminist and historian Agnes Strickland and her brother Samuel, it provides a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities of settlement in...

Gunnery and Explosives for Field Artillery Officers is an informative manual for artillery officers. This comprehensive guide provides detailed instructions on the use of field artillery and explosives in the battlefield.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part...

John Marin was one of the most important American artists of the 20th century, known for his luminous watercolors and bold, expressive style. In this beautifully curated collection, Dorothy Norman presents a selection of Marin's most important writings, offering insights into his creative process...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...