Biography & Autobiography - General

After spending his first decade out of seminary serving a historic Baptist church in the urban Atlanta community of Grant Park, Tony Lankford reflects on his sense of call and what it means for him to be a pastor.This light look at church and...

Branislav Jaksic almost didn't make it into this world, and when he did arrive, his alcoholic father disowned him and his uncle said he was "ugly." Born in communist Yugoslavia in 1938, Branislav had a rough start in life. But life didn't get any...

Corporal Nelson Taylor wrote 103 letters to his family in Clifton Park, New York, while he served with the Ninth New York State Volunteer Cavalry from his enlistment in 1861 through his discharge in October 1864. This collection of letters is unique; it is...

What do you do when you're flabbergasted and don't know what to do? Well, I eat and write. Although I'm better at eating than writing, both help me understand and accept the experiences in my life. This book, in three parts, has served as...

When his mother died, eight-year-old David Butler's life changed forever. Expectations for his future disappeared along with his mother's warm presence, but the days ahead still held promise. David set his own bar high, and this at risk child never let go of the...

Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders in history, and was undefeated in battle. By the time of his death, he had conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks. Alexander the Great is one of many biographies...

to which is subjoined, The history of his family: written by himself; and published by his daughter, Catherine HuttonAuthor: Catherine HuttonISBN-10: 1535813334ISBN-13: 9781535813334Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1816Pages: 410Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.08lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.84d

Author: Harvey TeasdaleISBN-10: 153581313XISBN-13: 9781535813136Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1870Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.22d

and giving a true view of Methodism on both sides, the fair as well as the foul, the bright as well as the dark, together with a long and wonderful account of many other matters worthy to be read and thought uponAuthor: Joseph BarkerISBN-10:...

containing a clear account of his remarkable travels, voyages, difficulties, sufferings, and other uncommon events, deemed most worthy of observation throughout the whole course of his natural lifeAuthor: Robert BarkerISBN-10: 1535812753ISBN-13: 9781535812757Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1809Pages: 392Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.00lbsSize: 11.00h x...

Author: John BrittonISBN-10: 1535811765ISBN-13: 9781535811767Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1850Pages: 572Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.88lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.16d

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...

Author: John Gamekeeper WilkinsISBN-10: 1535811722ISBN-13: 9781535811729Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1892Pages: 462Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.93d

Author: William LeaskISBN-10: 1535811455ISBN-13: 9781535811453Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1854Pages: 410Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.08lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.84d

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that...

Author: Thomas FrostISBN-10: 1535809035ISBN-13: 9781535809030Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1886Pages: 344Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.76lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.72d

Author: F. W. (Francis Wylde) Ed CarewISBN-10: 1535807962ISBN-13: 9781535807968Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1891Pages: 468Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.37lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.94d

Author: Thomas CatlingISBN-10: 1535807601ISBN-13: 9781535807609Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1911Pages: 440Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.23lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.89d

Author: Alexander BethuneISBN-10: 1535807237ISBN-13: 9781535807234Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1845Pages: 394Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.81d

Author: Thomas WhittakerISBN-10: 1535806818ISBN-13: 9781535806817Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1884Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.03lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.82d

Author: David RubinsteinISBN-10: 1535806400ISBN-13: 9781535806404Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1913Pages: 356Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.82lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.74d

Author: Frances Evelyn Maynard Greville WarwickISBN-10: 1535806230ISBN-13: 9781535806237Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1898Pages: 436Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.21lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.89d

Author: Dyke WilkinsonISBN-10: 1535800410ISBN-13: 9781535800419Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1902Pages: 392Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.00lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.81d

John Stuart Mill in his "Autobiography" declares with truth that "the world would be astonished if it knew how great a proportion of its brightest ornaments, of those most distinguished even in popular estimation for wisdom and virtue are complete sceptics in religion." Many...

St. Charles has long been a recreational delight for its citizens and a popular destination for visitors. The area played a significant role in the Civil War; it was the site of active abolitionist and underground railroad movements, and Camp Kane served as a...

When you came so close to dying as I have, you tend to wonder why you're still here. The things I have experienced, the things that I have seen and heard are extremely hard to accept, but they are facts. I am not greater...

Author: Joe McGillisISBN-10: 1524508330ISBN-13: 9781524508333Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2016Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Ehsan M. EntezarISBN-10: 1524547441ISBN-13: 9781524547448Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/2016Pages: 268Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Author: Vilnis BankovičsISBN-10: 1514403625ISBN-13: 9781514403624Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/17/2015Pages: 286Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64dReview Citation(s): Foreword 12/14/2015BlueInk Review 12/10/2015Booklist 03/01/2016 pg. 54

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

Harold Johnston, my father, fought in the First World War. To commemorate the upcoming 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into the war, I researched and wrote this book using his diary, recollections of what he told the family, and records at the...

Nazis force Mates Bruner, a Jew growing up in Poland, to build the very concentration camps that kill his people. He escapes and is hidden by a courageous farmer, but at the end of the war he discovers that of his entire family, only...

Author: Saeed R. FaruquiISBN-10: 1503558126ISBN-13: 9781503558120Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/21/2015Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Joseph B. FrederickISBN-10: 1503558029ISBN-13: 9781503558021Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2015Pages: 526Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.03lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31d

"When I was a teenager, I spent my vacations in my father's farm. In that period of time, about 30 to 40 days, I had nothing to do except things for fun: riding horses, swimming, hunting, fishing, farm activity, barbecue parties with my brothers,...

Sheet music for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 2 in F major, K. 280 Reprinted from the "Breitkopf & Härtel" edition.Author: Samwise Publishing,Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN-10: 150330731XISBN-13: 9781503307315Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/21/2014Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d

The story of England's greatest king of all time is a tale of war, peace, bravery, learning, and strength of character-and, in the end, the victory of enlightenment over darkness.Told by master storyteller Jacob Abbott, the tale begins with a discussion on racial origins-and...

Author: Eunice Medeiros De SantiISBN-10: 1499058578ISBN-13: 9781499058574Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/05/2014Pages: 90Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d

Author: Paul NijarISBN-10: 149903069XISBN-13: 9781499030693Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/04/2014Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d

Author: Ruth BurgessISBN-10: 1499005423ISBN-13: 9781499005424Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2014Pages: 340Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.44lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1890 Edition.Author: George William CurtisISBN-10: 1497996554ISBN-13: 9781497996557Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 246Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.52d

The twelve years that followed were not the happiest or most brilliant phase of Hawthorne's life; they strike me indeed as having had an altogether peculiar dreariness. They had their uses; they were the period of incubation of the admirable compositions which eventually brought...

This is a story of a female wounded warrior from the Gulf War with a traumatic brain injury and terminal breast cancer. As part of recovery she found a peaceful journey through a friendship with a horse. Thanks to the non-profit public charity, Sanctuary...

This book of experiences comes from "Lupies" who have been there. This is not intended as any form of medical advice, but rather as Lupus to Lupus survivor support, and includes many entries and posts from sufferers and their friends and families intended to...

Author: Garry A. JohnsonISBN-10: 1493181777ISBN-13: 9781493181773Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2014Pages: 154Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: Sherrill Lynn DixISBN-10: 1493118757ISBN-13: 9781493118755Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/29/2013Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d

Author: Jim FinnISBN-10: 1493100815ISBN-13: 9781493100811Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/2013Pages: 136Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d

30 interviews with leading men and women from a variety of fields. In a series of long-form discussions, the interviewees tell the story behind their careers. From childhood ambitions to early workplace experiences and beyond, the interviews take an in-depth look at their approach...

The same soul returns in this lifetime with knowledge of those events of the past and with knowledge of future events that have been shared with persons of prominence and potential, and the ability to understand and convey the myriad entwining and entanglements resulting...

The decolonization process in The Gambia threw up political leaders who in various ways contributed to the emancipation of the country. Regrettably, very limited efforts have been made to put on record the experiences of these personalities, not only as part of a process...