Biography & Autobiography - General

FRAGILE POWER provides you with the knowledge, confidence, and power to improve your leadership performance and achieve your goals in life, business, and sport.However, 'power is fragile' and should be used sensitively, tactfully, cleverly, empathetically, and wisely to succeed.This book, the author's fifth, is...

In 1836 Mary Thomas, aged 49, abandoned her comfortable life and home in the centre of London for a tent in the sandhills of Holdfast Bay in the new colony of South Australia. Mary Thomas: Founding Mother is the story of her struggle to...

Long before the picturesque village of Little Marlow became a well-known location for filming episodes of popular television crime shows such as Inspector Morse, Miss Marple and Midsomer Murders, the tranquil Thameside hamlet was the site of a real-life murder that would have taxed...

Author: Bernard BurkeISBN-10: 1849027463ISBN-13: 9781849027465Publisher: Benediction BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/20/2010Pages: 788Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.39lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.57d

At aged sixty, the author began a long-held promise to herself to spend a year in her little tin beach shack, writing and painting. Through story-telling and observations, conversations and reminiscences, we discover how precious the simple life is, how valuable contentment, and that...

Description Written in the first person, Sour Face is a powerful account of the life of a victim involved in a domestic abusive relationship. As the story progresses the author links various theories of domestic abuse to incidents described in the text, as the...

"Der Weg zu VoIP Asterisk von A bis Z" ist ein in Deutsch geschriebenes Buch zu Asterisk. Neben der Installation und Konfiguration von Asterisk werden auch zusätzliche Dinge wie VoIP-Telefone, Konfigurationssoftware, Inbetriebnahme, Sicherheit und so weiter besprochen. Das Buch ist auf die Länder Deutschland,...

On the morning of September 3, 1991, a fire erupted in the Imperial Foods Processing Plant located in Hamlet, NC. Twenty-five lives were lost, fifty-four people were injured and forty-nine chldren were left orphaned. Here's the story of a blessed survivor.Author: Lillie DavisISBN-10: 1847286062ISBN-13:...

RETURN TO EDEN is an exploration of one man's and one country's journey from the devastation of war through recovery to healing. Tucker Smallwood served in the U.S. Army Infantry, Airborne from 1967-1970. He commanded a Mobile Advisory Team during the Vietnam War and...

As a DJ, the club/party scene showed Paul a world he thought only the rich and famous could taste. But that seductive, drug-induced scene took him to the very edge. Visiting the mystical island of Bali he found a tribal community, offering Paul a...

Author: Ralph G. a. Hamilton,The Hon Ralph G. a. HamiltonISBN-10: 1845741595ISBN-13: 9781845741594Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/26/2005Pages: 540Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.20d

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

Erk - a male member of the RAF of the lowest rank. An Erk was a bloke that could be found clambering all over an aircraft. The aircraft he called a Kite. Without the work that was performed by Erks, the aircrews could never...

Author: John Luard,Lieut Colonel John LuardISBN-10: 1843428555ISBN-13: 9781843428558Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2004Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d

With thousands of shops closing in Britain today, this is the story of a man who made a living by helping retailers open their places of work. Roger Cox was a pioneer in shop siting and development in this country. But when he realised...

THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE MEMOIRS AND MAGINATIONS TRILOGYAdam Richardson's ambitions lie in a quiet life, spent at the heart of his family, making amends for the eleven years he abandoned his wife Leah and their four children. He has been back less than...

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE MEMOIRS AND MAGINATIONS TRILOGYAdam Richards is back in the welcoming arms of Leah his wife and living at the heart of his family again, determined to make up for the years when he abandoned them. He sets out to...

To change the world, it's a tall order, leaving little time for love. Passion must stand in line and wait its turn. This engrossing autobiography traces the path of a true love that never ran smooth, yet triumphed with the passing of time. The...

Pancreatic Cancer: Families Move On is a follow-up book from the book that was published on September 3, 2010, entitled Pancreatic Cancer: It's a Family Affair. Ten years have passed for the families, and we want to share what has happened in our lives...

This story takes place in a small village in Nigeria, where Ngozi was born. Her father, a truck driver by profession with no formal education, but had the opportunity of traveling outside his village, town and country. He knew the merits of having an...

Pancreatic Cancer: Families Move On is a follow-up book from the book that was published on September 3, 2010, entitled Pancreatic Cancer: It's a Family Affair. Ten years have passed for the families, and we want to share what has happened in our lives...

'Life without God' is a story about a young kid who struggled from start to finish with life decisions. He constantly dreamed of a better life outside the projects. He imagined that if he could change his environment, he could change his mindset. Unfortunately,...

Freedom is a story of a lady who wants to live normally. She is forced to become someone special because she has been born in a developing country and must live in harsh conditions. Also, the superstitious beliefs and native mentality in third world...

The Fire and Rain Chronicles, It's where the souls of the living dead are nothing more than earth-bound spirits. At the least, shadowed memories of those endlessly wandering in the darkness of despair and hopelessness. Bound by destiny's shackles in a blacken abyss. Rarely...

I was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in December 2017. I published Waiting For When I forget I have Alzheimer's YEAR ONE in February 2019. This new book: Traveling With Alzheimer's YEAR TW0 was finished in December 2019. I am presently working on the YEAR...

This is a true story of this man. It is full of adventures and unusual encounters that are highly interesting to read.Author: Richard T. ChengISBN-10: 1796084824ISBN-13: 9781796084825Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/24/2020Pages: 228Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d

This is a true story of this man. It is full of adventures and unusual encounters that are highly interesting to read.Author: Richard T. ChengISBN-10: 1796084786ISBN-13: 9781796084788Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/24/2020Pages: 194Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

One night, as I was driving home from the store, the moon looked unusually bright. It glowed with a certain ravishing beauty. Just as I marvelled at the moon, the Lord spoke these words to me: "Lynnee, just as I have sustained the moon...

I was lucky enough to be raised in the great borough of Brooklyn.My child playground was, Ebbits Field, Coney Island, World Trade Center, Empire State Building and gangster neighborhoods.I became a successful electrical contractor that allowed me to live a greatLife to laugh and...

When World War II ended, the GI Bill became available to veterans interested in university in order to further their careers. The University of Wisconsin needed housing for married students. Badger became available as war workers (of the closed munitions plant across Highway 12)...

My book is about everything that I know about my family, both about my mother's and father's side of the family in addition to my interactions towards or with each of them. I was inspired by a late great maternal uncle to pursue such...

For readers to understand my story and experiences with PANDAS, mold, and delusional disorder, I go into detailed examples in my book. My life is put on display, as well as my son's battle with his health, fighting through the PANDAS illness. This book...

In painting a beautiful masterpiece on a human canvas of life one must heal the pain of their past to prevent bleeding all over their future. Recognizing my assignment here on earth of caring for others are the building blocks of preparing for killing...

Existence. It was a pretty exhilarating joy-ride, with a few sharp turns taken and in the second half, without a skid, downwind, on a sunny road. I find it fitting to end this writing (finally!) by an Eskimo chant, because after Israeli Jews, Eskimos...

Food and photography describe the reasons this professor of food science journeyed around the world with camera and pen in hand. Come along on her flavorful adventures.Author: Margaret McWilliamsISBN-10: 1796057266ISBN-13: 9781796057263Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/18/2019Pages: 374Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d

I wrote this book for one reason, I had a goal to do something and when I set my mind to anything I say, I do it.Author: AriellaISBN-10: 179605724XISBN-13: 9781796057249Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2019Pages: 50Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d

Mozart (1759-1791), in whose shadow Mr. Varon is shown above, was (together with Bach and Beethoven) one of the fathers of classical music. He was also a full contemporary of Adam Smith (1723-1790), father of classical economics.They died a year apart, and they both...

This story is about the life of an American Negro by the name of Howard Carter Ferebee. He was my uncle. As far as I know the official account of his demise is accurate. When his ship the USS Luchenbach was torpedoed by a...

Reflections from a Kensington kid on family, education and life from 1942-1980. A partial memoir.Author: Francis TestoniISBN-10: 1794894829ISBN-13: 9781794894822Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/26/2019Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.42d

Since the late 1980's, the author has flitted and fluttered merrily from job to job like some sort of hippie butterfly - a carefree gypsy workman whose occupational compass has been largely magnetized by the awestruck wonder of John Denver at one pole and...

Have you ever wondered what happens to children when their "parents" are living a life of addiction? What happens to children who are surrounded by those addictions? ...Well, so, the inside account of all the drugs and twisted life as an addict is one...

This is the story of the George family who migrated to the United States from Ireland settling in North Carolina and working their way westward ending up in southern Indiana. It is also a story and tribute to a young father who departed this...

This book is about African american or black american success stories that i admire.From Dr king to Barack obama or Harriet tubman. These people gave their all to make The United states a color blind nation. The book emphasis is that all races, religions,...

Larissa grew up carrying many dark secrets for more than seven years of her childhood, while often moving homes due to her parents' career. After her secret came to light, she was diagnosed with Manic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In order to overcome the...

Not knowing all details prompted more research and written notes to tie the details together in a chronological order and finally the author became part of the narrative. His personal historical knowledge of the relatives and friends of two generations before, along with what...

The book starts with author's immigration to the land of his dreams when he first put his foot on the soil of Israel. Irreparable mistake in the marriage to the wrong women created a situation which resulted in emigrations to South Africa and the...

Hopefully this is the last of a four book series which cover 70 years in the life of Howard Lindsey. It is a sincere effort to share his life with his children, grand children and others whom he may never know. 'Growing up Lindsey,...

Emma Azalia Hackley was an African-American singer and political activist. She promoted racial pride through her support and promotion of music education for African Americans. Born Emma Azalia Smith in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, she learned to play the piano at age three and took voice...

She was my kin, and I will not let her sad fate be forgotten. She reaches out to me over the years, the centuries and tells me things to keep her story, her life, alive. Nothing can be real, nothing can have any meaning...

On May 12, 2019, I was ready with a plan to fight the irresponsible I-10 toll scheme by Alabama's Governor and Department of Transportation. I started a Facebook group at no cost to organize the citizen opposition. We had one member - me. Within...