Biography & Autobiography - General

The first edition of School Stories was a charming, folksy accounting of life in a middle school band room with a few field trips, and parades thrown in for good measure. Bob, teacher, professional musician/composer, and consummate storyteller, decided to revisit these tales and...

From the ages of seven to thirteen, Jasper Briggs experienced neglect, abuse and a world of addiction. During those years, she spoke about the experiences she went through as a child growing up in that environment. The book is titled "Through the Eyes of...

A glimpse into a way of life gone by the wayside; humble beginnings of an extended family's life together share-cropping on the same farm in North Alabama. Memories written down by a young man forced to leave the farm and travel North for factory...

Taking excerpts from letters that go back almost fifty years, An Ocean, an Airplane, and Two Countries Full of Kisses is an introspective journey on how one woman learned to celebrate her Italian heritage while living and raising a family in the Deep South....

Jack Shields and his family caught a Greyhound bus and took Route 66 all the way to California in 1944-and they didn't look back. They arrived at a government-run farm labor camp where their loved ones were staying. At the camp, for as little...

This is a Non Fiction Book that is for ADULTS only. The book is an accurate Historical rendition. It is reinforced by the author's 531 days of close quarters infantry combat in the Vietnam War. The introduction begins with the French Indochina War (1946-1954)...

***ALL BOOK PROCEEDS ARE DONATED IN SUPPORT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY SURVIVORS AND/OR CANCER RESEARCH*** This is the personal story of a middle-aged man named Jeff Smith, reflecting back on what his life has been like since suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in...

...if what around you is real, Your life is clear, And your path of decisions Shall never be off course... -Jonathan Gabriel Raskas, 2.22.2016 "Infinito 22 is a bold and courageous journey, author Jonathan Raskas has bravely shared with us, the reader. It is...

Maria Valdes Zaayman was born pretty, the second child of author Thusnelda Mencio Valdes and her husband, Dr. Luis G. Valdes-Larralde. In 1961, the family left Havana, Cuba, and immigrated to the United States when Maria was a year old. As a young woman,...

In June, 2004, two women named Elizabeth began their days in different hemispheres. Liz, an American nurse, was preparing to travel to Peru where she would be helping offer corrective surgery to needy children. Meanwhile, student and interpreter Liz C set out to walk...

In Falling Water, Rising Mist, author Dr. Nilima Krishna Jayaraman offers a collection of a lifetime of gleanings as she straddles two cultures and keeps a balance between her roles as a physician and a home maker. She journeys through decades of experiences, seamlessly...

It was a day Ken Jones will never forget. As he and his wife, Joanne, sat in her oncologist's office in 2007, they received shocking news: her breast cancer, thought to be in remission, had metastasized. Joanne had two years to live. As her...

Siddha Rajakumar was a young South Indian film director when he first met his Guru Siddha Kagapujanda in 1981. He was rigorously trained in spiritual practices and blessed with supernatural yogic powers by Siddha Kagapujanda at the youthful age of twenty-four. Armed with the...

If you like an early solitary walk into a sunrise when there's only the sound of the ocean surf and yours are the first human footprints in the sand; if you are at peace with knowing that there are mysteries about life beyond your...

June Marie was a PK (preacher's kid) that loved and trusted God. As a young girl, she lived her life in fish bowl-like surroundings as most PK's do. Her early life was under the very strict control of her Victorian-minded father who was a...

Sometimes were born in circumstances where we have no choice but to continue to survive. Sometimes feeling love, other times feeling loss and sorrow. Trials you can over come in time. Sometimes we feel hopeless. I believe God blessed me from the time. With...

"The Hilltoppers" went to the top of the recording charts in less than three years. At one time in Billboard Magazine we had three songs in the top sixteen. No other recording artist in America could make the same claim. Also, over the years...

How can we do school differently? Mokysha Benford, Ed.D., seeks to answer that question and others in this deeply personal collection of vignettes highlighting the lessons she's learned in various roles at school-ranging from substitute teaching to building principal. She explores the myriad problems...

This story begins in Bay City, Louisiana, at a time when everyone left the front door unlocked, and car keys remained in the car either in the visor or the floorboards. Everyone slept with the windows open because the only means of cooling was...

Every person has a story, this is only part of hers and part of mine. Grandmother and Granddaughter who are more like soul mates, fated for each other in many things, including the journey through Alzheimer's.Author: M. B. EvansISBN-10: 1483474046ISBN-13: 9781483474045Publisher: Lulu Publishing ServicesLanguage:...

In July 2006, Martin Hunt was a successful software sales professional with a wife, two sons, a happy life in Seattle, and a commitment to the U.S. Army that he was not sure he'd ever be called on to fulfill. A year later he...

Ken and his apprentice Paula handmade knives together for 3 years. They flew throughout the U.S. and to Europe exhibiting their work. They traveled the next 18 years as true modern day nomadic craftsmen. They not only sold their work, but let people experience...

This is a physician's true story encompassing a myriad of authentic patient histories. Readers will find themselves intimately connected to the patient, the doctor and the too often dramatic medical issues which they are bound to resolve together. Each episode vividly depicts an individual...

Life's experiences make sense in retrospect. The passage of time provides perspective and allows the pieces to fall into place and a broader context to be revealed. Experiences, like being robbed, are best seen a few years down the road versus in the moment....

"Timely." The Melbourne Observer "A literary snipe hunt." The London Telegraph This spellbinding saga transports the reader from a smorgasbord in Sweden to the proper usage of the plural possessive case. Dan White was born in Atlanta, Georgia on Halloween Day in 1956. He...

The first-born son and brother to six siblings, author Mohamed Kamara was just a year old when the civil war started in Sierra Leone. But it wasn't until he was six that the war reared its ugly head in his village, Mile 91 Tonkolili...

In A Dime's Worth of Paper Plates, the author calls himself "a typical guy who became a teenager during the Depression years and became a man during World War II." Duke begins with his ancestors' history in Norway and their emigration to Iowa in...

More than just a simple chronology of dates and facts, this touching biography about the author's beloved mother, Kakki, captures both her spirit and her heart and demonstrates how any person is really an extraordinary person. It presents a lively account of a warmly...

"Lessons My Momma Taught Me" is the first book written by Carla Jackson. It is a memoir dedicated to her beautiful mother, Ora. In spite of enduring near insurmountable odds, Carla's mother managed to raise seven girls while teaching them the importance of putting...

A mother's love for her son, a man's love for them both, and a spiritual love that transcends all are the centerpieces of this joyous book about the miraculous side of tragedy. As a young pre-med student unsuccessfully juggling work, school, and motherhood, Chima...

Like a Norman Rockwell painting, Ernest Spiva, Jr. shares his joy and excitement in growing up on Grace Avenue in Panama City, Florida. A descendant of two Bay County pioneer families, he was an entertaining storyteller with a memory for details and a subtle...

When Anne Omaly and her family moved to Ferguson, Missouri, in 1956 it was a quiet, "old soul" sort of town. The children walked to school, played four-square under the street light, rode bikes, and skated down the long hill. In Growing Up in...

Pidge and Jamie grew up in the peaceful last days of the Victorian Age. Each thought their ordered lives would follow a predictable future. But with the onset of World War I their lives were drastically changed. Intensely patriotic, both were determined to join...

The resilience of a farmer, private pilot and family provider. A story of hard work, adventure, family pride and fulfillment. Gary W. Studebaker is a special education instructor in Southern California. He has written six published books in the areas of poetry, biography and...

OK2BG is narrative nonfiction, a Memoir about a guy who wants to be a Mentor preferably to a teenager, so they can have a decent & meaningful conversation about stuff & preferably with a kid at-risk, or just otherwise lost, in order to help...

"I would never presume to know God's will or speak God's words."-Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's Story: The wayfarer sets out to answer many questions surrounding Abraham Lincoln and history. *Who is the Great Emancipator? * Did Lincoln believe in God? *Did he look for a...

American football icon Walter Payton made the famous quote, "We are stronger together than we are alone." When it comes to the unknowns of hearing you have a disease that there is no known cure for called Parkinson's having a community of people to...

For author Philomena Thomas, coming to America was a journey. Crossing the Indian and the Atlantic Oceans and flying half way around the world to land on U.S. soil changed her in many ways. In A New Beginning, My Courageous Journey, Thomas-a Montessori teacher...

Death and dying amongst family members can be traumatic, endearing and "spirit" filled, thus providing many lessons learned even as adults. We are not alone as we walk this earth. Our love deepens with each loss. Join the author as she shares many tearful...

It all started on July 30, 1983 when a twenty-two year old who had no idea what they were going to do with their life saw an add in the paper for a pizza delivery driver and at about 7:00 o'clock that same night...

These fond letters between Junius and Katherine Harris represent the beginnings of a long and loving relationship. Their separation during WWII set the stage for their almost daily letter writing chronicles of their activities. Junius was forced to deal with Army bureaucracy while Katherine...

Stacy Bowen has endured a bumpy road in her thirty-eight years. In this memoir, she recounts some pivotal moments experienced and the people involved who helped to form the woman she is today. From family crises to freedom of the open road, Bowen recalls...

"My book is my personal journey during a certain period between 2006 and 2012. It's the truth of myself without any decoration. It reflects my own opinions and empowers me to believe that the ultimate truth is love, as it is imprinted on our...

Displaced by the Secret War in Laos from 1963 to 1975, tens of thousands of highland Laotians, Mienh and Hmong people made the perilous journey across the Mekong River to seek temporary refuge in various camps scattered across Thailand. Many harbored hopes of returning...

Charlie Hunt lives in Augusta, WesternAustralia. Augusta is a small seaside town situated at the most South West part of Australia. It is part of the Margaret River wine region, and is often described as Paradise. Now retired Charlie looks back on his very...

Age of Brooding for the author was a period of questioning about his new found Christian faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, not as in a first person physical encounter yet as good as one. In a sense, brooding is maturing something with care,...

The author met General Tealeaf Howard Patrick on Skype on May 4th, 2011, two days after Osama bin Laden was killed by the SEAL in Pakistan. General Tealeaf Patrick was the commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan back then, and nominated...

Imagine being a child living in a remote village. What do you think your future will be like? Becoming an internationally renowned expert in your field might not immediately come to mind. But while it might seem unlikely, such a future is not always...

'A Little Girl in a Big Hat' is the real story of a young girl born into poverty and her struggle through life into womanhood. The author uses the hat as a metaphor for the different stages and experiences she went through in life,...

Like piecing together a complex mosaic from tiny colored tiles, author Albert Edelson sets out to piece together his memories with the sociological, historical, and political factors contributing to the world as he witnessed it in order to create a complete record of his...