Biography & Autobiography - General

A collection of Prose and Poetry, with some views of the authors journey through life, from WW2 up to the present day.Author: Gerald FinlayISBN-10: 0955681731ISBN-13: 9780955681738Publisher: Sre-F (Books)Language: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2008Pages: 144Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

The second edition of Eric S. Rabkin's study of the life and work of Arthur C. Clarke.Author: Eric S. RabkinISBN-10: 0893700320ISBN-13: 9780893700324Publisher: Wildside PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2008Pages: 108Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d

Author: Frederick BeatyISBN-10: 0875801099ISBN-13: 9780875801094Publisher: Northern Illinois University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1985Pages: 244Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.90d

For more than one hundred years, Jewish women and men of the Dallas area have responded to Tikkun Olam, the religious challenge to heal the world. Repairing Our World: The First 100 Years of the National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Dallas Section is...

An excellent biography of John Haygarth, an important 18th-century physician who is most well known for his visionary plan to eliminate smallpox from Great Britain through the careful practice of inoculation & isolation. Haygarth made many more innovative & far-reaching contributions to medicine &...

Both mature professionals, they fell in love with childlike glee. John and Dorothy had met briefly in New Jersey. A medical doctor from Australia, he was en route to the British Isles to further his education. Friends of Dorothy, also a doctor, had fixed...

Alexander Dyce was extraordinarily gregarious, and it can be said that he crossed paths with nearly everyone of consequence in England during the first half of the nineteenth century. Any list of his friends and acquaintances that consisted of only the most famous among...

"The New Year . . . comes in auspiciously for us," Jefferson Davis proclaimed in January, 1863, and indeed there were grounds for optimism within the Confederacy. By September, however, various hopes for ending the conflict with the North had given way to the...

His credentials were truly extraordinary when he met King George II in London in 1749. Sir William Pepperrell of Kittery, Maine, was the simple son of a simple fisherman who turned his father's modest business into one of the great commercial empires in BAuthor:...

This new biography from David Scott Turk is intended to reclaim the life of Littleton Quinton Washington from the shadows of history. In his lifetime, L. Q. Washington had been a young adventurer in gold rush-era San Francisco, a powerful political insider and outspoken...

A dreamer unafraid, even in legal defiance, to activate his dreams, J. Howard witnessed, with the exception of one, those dreams' fruition. Decades ahead of time's acceptance, he was a free-thinker in countless areas, among them politics and religion.Author: Iloene Flower BrennanISBN-10: 0759656770ISBN-13: 9780759656772Publisher:...

Chris Walsh When Will They Ever Learn? Is the warmly funny and often poignant true story of a young man in his first teaching post as he wrestles with the final hurdle to fully qualified teaching status the probationary year. His arrival at Colne...

This book is about creating a new trend for families, a new road for them to travel. Quitting is not an option. Let's fight to break old patterns to tread on new ground. Let's find new ways to stay focused to get to the...

Told through the eyes of a young boy, 'By the Scruff of the Neck' begins its tale in post-Second World War Holland of the 1940s and goes on to give a candid and often humorous account of a Catholic childhood and the dynamics of...

A collection of stories about what life was really like growing up on a working farm in rural West Virginia in the early 1900's. For young Nellie Wister, life was rich and meaningful among the people of Chinkapin Creek, a small Appalachian community, stirred...

Vignettes from the life of Captain David W. Sinclair, U.S. Coast Guard, from his childhood in Santa Monica, California, through the Great Depression, to the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, through a thirty-year career on ships and in airplanes, and into the...

There comes a time in some men's lives that it is "fess up" time. That time for me is now. Candence, Patricia and Nick, my children, need to know a little about their father who was not there for them while they were growing...

Carole Markarian was born in the Year of the Rabbit, and astrology has always played a big part in her amazing and eventful life. The author describes a personal account of humble and problematical beginnings, through heroin addiction and eventually on the road to...

This is a wonderful book where the author lets us see what happened during his first 50 years of life. We can see his ingenuity, caring, humor, dedication and love in each chapter. It is like he is your best friend sharing all these...

The narrative in â Deception to the Nth Degree: A Story of How to Become Victorious Over Deceptionâ tells a raw story of my battle with promiscuous sex, drugs, addicts, and unhealthy relationships.Author: Mary TaylorISBN-10: 0615177476ISBN-13: 9780615177472Publisher: Mary TaylorLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/16/2008Pages: 198Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize:...

The Admirals' Son is a collection of stories and images about the author, Hank Miller, and his experiences growing up in the South and around the world as the son of a career Naval officer. In addition, the book depicts the authors emotional experiences...

When one thinks of Dallas, Texas, they probably think of J.R. Ewing, cowboys, Americas' Team and money. Reality is far different for those who sleep on the sidewalks and live in the shadows of the famed glass Dallas skyline. From middle class one day...

1 in 50 Americans suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. One man has found the secret and is now teaching the world. Steven Diamond, a world famous Las Vegas magician, who has performed in more than thirty nations and entertained millions of people, silently suffered with...

Heaven Bound shares letters from Donnie Foster on Texas Death Row to Annie Wampler. Reading these letters, one can witness how God took the heart of stone belonging to a man known as Stoney Armadillo and turned it into a heart of flesh. The...

Author: Stephen A. HillISBN-10: 0595653316ISBN-13: 9780595653317Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/2002Pages: 132Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.36h x 6.46w x 0.57d

Ms.Psanis gives us a full 180 degree of emotions in her new book, a Child, a Dream, and a Sling-ShotShe goes from the light-hearted poems of fond memories of her childhood to the painful periods of life we all must face with poems on...

A story about religion and creativity. A journey into the depths of religious revelation and human creation. In this fascinating documented account, a devout Christian believer journeys into the depths of religious experience and fundamentalist states of mind. He suffers a major loss in...

RETIREMENT (I recently retired from an office products dealer after eighteen years of dutiful service.) I'm riding off into the sunset; eighteen years is a long time. I'm putting away my catalog to write some irresistible rhyme. I'll miss my coworkers and my customers...

Life on the farm in Minnesota was not easy during the early 1900s. All family members had to work long hours as a team to maintain an adequate supply of food, clothing, and shelter ... the basic necessities of human existence. A trip to...

If you have ever wondered what really goes on in the minds of your friends and neighbors read this book.Author: E. V. MelotteISBN-10: 0595272487ISBN-13: 9780595272488Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2003Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.04w x 0.56d

In stories from her own life, new author, Debbie Jackson, shares her spiritual journey of emotional struggles and miracle moments amidst sometimes overwhelming fears. Fears that began many years ago and were brought to light at the loss of her father. These fears have,...

Author: Robert M. TwedtISBN-10: 0595239277ISBN-13: 9780595239276Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/26/2002Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d

Author: Howard GreenISBN-10: 0595186424ISBN-13: 9780595186426Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2001Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.06h x 4.68w x 0.32d

Author: Susannah Ellis WildsISBN-10: 0595090818ISBN-13: 9780595090815Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2000Pages: 248Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.09h x 6.11w x 0.63d

My Life B4&After Entertainment is the life story of a young, ambitious man who was in the midst of living the life of his dreams. However, the twists and turns on his journey landed him in a few unexpected places. This book offers life...

We often hear stories about celebrities and how they overcame adversities in their lives but this is a story of an ordinary person & how she overcame adversities and turned her struggles into a success story for the world to hear about!Author: Chenelle M....

Born in rural Chambers County, Alabama, almost a century ago, Thelma Adams Rodgers shares from her heart and soul through personal, often poignant and humorous anecdotes. Her memoirs and poems are uplifting, interesting, and reflective of over nine decades of a life lived in...

This book is part 2 of my autobiography. Part 1 titled "A Wild Shot in the Dark" covers my life from birth through college and my entrance into the U.S. Air Force. My years in the Air Force are covered in another book titled...

I was a "depression" baby (born 1931) and grew up poor in a small town in West Kentucky - Dawson Springs. This story of my childhood and growing up is written for my granddaughters so they will know something about their ancestors - especially...

"And I, I will always be split in two - did I make the right decision? And, being torn, I will always have a life which straddles the ocean - a foot on each continent. I will never be completely whole again." In 2004,...

In Thank God for Lemonade, author Teresa Corral takes us on a tumultuous journey. From a world of poverty, cruelty, and superstition in Mexico to a troubled and often solitary childhood including nine months in a state mental institution in California, and on to...

When is the last time a phrase went through your head for the umpteenth time before you caught it by the tail ? The phrases that go through our minds drive our lives. These phrases come in moods just like the weather, and often...

Venturing towards a vocation. A young man's adventures of attending college, serving in the United States Army, making a career choice, graduating from college, and finding romance. The author moves from one career choice to another. He shares the family adventures of travel, fishing,...

The Eclipse of a Smile is story of an individual young woman's ability to overcome the trials and tribulations of her life which ultimately lead her to a triumphant self discovery.Author: Connie BrittainISBN-10: 0578016842ISBN-13: 9780578016849Publisher: Connie L. BrittainLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2011Pages: 234Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.22lbsSize: 11.00h...

This is a story of a heroine, a female picara in the tradition of the male picaro-the rogue, the observer, the tragic cog in the wheel-who has a hard time learning to accept the nature of her drives and energies that propel her own...

Frank H. Braunlich, Jr. saw World War II in the South Pacific with a weather eye. This is the story of his intriguing experiences as the war arrived during his third year of college, how he left everything behind to add his skills to...

Bill Allen is a Texan by birth, a Christian by re-birth, and an Arkansan by choice. Born November 4, 1929, in Bonham, Texas, Bill spent most of his growing-up time in Sulphur Springs, Texas. He now resides in El Dorado, Arkansas, and is a...

In the 1970s Roger Keen was a young art student, heavily under the influence of surrealism, the Beat movement and the wisdom of the East. Into the mix came LSD, cannabis, magic mushrooms and other drugs, which were seen as enablers in the pursuit...

Laura was a beautiful young woman who had it all: a loving and devoted husband, two children who she constantly doted over, and a life abundant with loving family and endless friends. She was a talented artist and singer-songwriter, and the kind of person...

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...