Biography & Autobiography - General

This is a book about a young teen who was not allowed to play team sports, such as baseball and basketball, for medical reasons. So he started playing golf with his parents and then at a local 9 hole muni-course with green fees of...

Are you seeking clarity, purpose and insights on navigating change in challenging environments?In Truths & Contradictions, internationally recognized leader and consultant Pamela Thompson takes you on a deeply personal journey through Afghanistan, where she worked alongside the Ministry of Public Health to help shape...

“Librarian and Dedicated Bookman: University of San Francisco, 1947-1988” presents an oral history transcript from 1988 featuring William J. Monihan, a key figure in the University of San Francisco's library system. This detailed account, compiled by Ruth Teiser, Jeremy Cole, and Charles W. Dullea,...

This book is primarily an attempt to share the psychological effects I experienced from my stroke. Cognitive ability and memory were not affected and physical disability, although quite bad, was common to stroke victims. It was my separation to my past life in terms...

Gang member contains all the excitement, action, and heartache found in a novel, but is actually an autobiographical account of the life of its author Percy Brown nicknamed "Twenty-Five". Percy Brown is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He served as a...

Heather was the first child of Kenneth and Lorraine Zarecor. When Lorraine went into labor, on the precise day her doctor said she would, the doctor ignored frantic calls from Ken to attend to his wife. The result was a brain damaged child. This...

PrefaceThe author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any...

While this isn't a page-turner, it wasn't a grind. There was a see-saw of "I knew this" and "Didn't know that" facts. I knew that Aristotle was Alexander's tutor. I didn't know that Demosthenes was a vociferous enemy of Philip of Macedon and of...

PrefaceKing Richard the Third, known commonly in history as Richard the Usurper, was perhaps as bad a man as the principle of hereditary sovereignty ever raised to the throne, or perhaps it should rather be said, as the principle of hereditary sovereignty ever made....

Pickled Herring and a Trip to Mars is a story of Nils and Linnea Vensberg, Swedish immigrants who met on the ship that carried them to the unknown - Nils with $15 in his pocket and his violin: Linnea with $10 in her purse...

A Best-Selling Author's Inspiring and Illuminating Journey of Acceptance, Gratitude, and Courage while Battling Cancer. This book is for those who are dealing with cancer, loved ones or friends of those dealing with the disease - or perhaps anyone facing a difficult tribulation in...

History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from The Balkans to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed. The Balkan peninsula's history is riddled with wars and different conquerors. Most of what happened to the people of the Balkan...

In "The Miracle Baby," a grieving mother, having lost ten sons, cries out for justice and answers. One fateful night, her pleas are met by a divine presence-Jesus Christ-who promises her a child. A month later, she finds herself pregnant with twins. After the...

God spoke to Jonathan Brinton. Several times. In the earliest conversation, God revealed to Jonathan the meaning of the Lord's Prayer among other things. Jonathan felt the need to spread the word of his vision. When local citizens would not pay attention to him,...

Increased public awareness of the importance of education to national development has brought the work of the school and other educational institutions into sharp focus. The job of the educational manager/administrator in creating the climate for effectiveness and efficiency in the management of educational...

Foreword by RAHUL BAJAJ AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY My Life's Journey is the autobiography of Jankidevi Bajaj, who used fortitude and humility to overcome social evils that were prevalent in pre-independent India. Born into a wealthy family in Madhya Pradesh, Jankidevi's upbringing was steeped in tradition,...

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 28: Rome, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in...

The mistakes that made me is not just a autobiography of a single person coming from a slum, it is about every voice that wants to tell thier story to millions of others out there. This book talks about all the challenges, decisions, choices,...

Described as one of the most influential figures in human history, Charles Robert Darwin, was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common...

Author: Achala MoulikISBN-10: 8124115494ISBN-13: 9788124115497Publisher: Har-Anand Publications Pvt LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2010Pages: 210Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have!" Bob MarleyIn these passionate memoirs of former manager and executive Gabriele Winter, she recalls her private roller coaster of numerous challenges and being trapped in dangerous situations, such...

Don't give up, keep pursuing! Recommendations for an active life that turns despair into hope! As a result of polio in his childhood in the Kagawa district of Japan, author Etsuo Miyoshi had a disabled right leg. Although he was teased by his friends,...

This study investigates the Romantic image of Martin Luther as revealed in the writings of Novalis and Friedrich Schlegel. Both of these poets' visions of Luther are conceived primarily in terms of his historical significance: the century-long impact of the spirit he generated, freedom...

I live a grown-up life like everyone else. My childhood was also the childhood of all. What am I saying, almost! For how many are there those who have not experienced the feeling of being around nature and animals in a special way? These...

What are the factors that govern our food choices at the beginning of the 21st century? Obvious answers to this question would point to social and cultural habits, but the issue is far more complex than this. Changes in national and international economies, the...

Any book about Georges Durst can hardly be accurate as volumes could be written about this multifaceted individual. I decided to undertake this work only because I feel that I owed a strong sense of debt to this man who has enriched so many...

Herein is the life story of Ptolemy Alexander Reid, minister in the government and prime minister of Guyana between 1964 and 1984. Here is a record of Dr. Reids childhood and youthful years in Dartmouth, Essequibo, Guyana, an account of his educational endeavors, and...

Near the end of our lives we may take the time to reflect and find meaning. Family, friends and acquaintances may have influenced us in our journey or we may have made a difference in their lives. "Reflections" is a journey of this author's...

I hope this book helps Cancer survivors, their parents, and friends to understand what the person who has Cancer need to build a better life. HOPE...............FAITH............LOVEAuthor: Marcos R. CostaISBN-10: 1963295102ISBN-13: 9781963295108Publisher: Native PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/14/2023Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.13d

Are you seeking lasting beauty? Have you ever looked in the mirror and struggled to recognize yourself? Do you feel trapped by a distorted self-image and lack confidence? Have you ever wondered if true transformation is possible? If so, you are not alone, and...

This book is concerned basically with Marilyn Grib's biography, who became the author's wife in 1964 and passed away in 2020. If anyone wants to read the author's life's story, he has written a book entitled "All Was Not Lost," by Tranquility Press, Marietta,...

This book was written in response to two questions: What was it like, during the post-World War II period of the expansion of American power, to spend most of one's early childhood in Paris, France, Morocco, and Germany, and one's preteens and teens in...

The philosopher and psychoanalyst, William J. Richardson, S.J., was born in Brooklyn, New York on the 2nd of November, 1920. He died at the Jesuit Campion Health Center, in Weston, Massachusetts, on the 10th of December, 2016. Inasmuch as William Richardson was a founding...

The ER is a tough one for all involved- patients, families, nurses and doctors. There are both tragedies and victories found in the most major and minor of life's events. We would hope to bring a moment of clarity into this account of the...

What would have happened to the economy of the United States of America, if all the ATM cards had failed after the 2008 elections? Will the United States of America still be regarded as an economic Super Power Or just another country that was...

This book chronicles the true adventures of Major Lester K. Anderson, who served as an officer of The Salvation Army for over fifty years. Sometimes laced with humor, irony, or other times edged with sorrow, these anecdotal shorts are the tales of a Christian...

A Basque Patriot in New York traces the incredible journey of a young jelkide (Basque Nationalist Party activist and patriot) from Victoria-Gasteiz. Born to a nationalist family in the Araban capital and a staunch nationalist from a very young age the book follows Jose...

In virtually any state in the Commonwealth I believe you could ask an adult in their 40's or above to name a state leader and the majority of them could name Joh - no other State Premier left such an indelible mark on the...

Philip Ruddock was commended for conviction and condemned for cruelty in his management of Australia's Immigration program between 1996 and 2003. As Australia's longest-serving Minister for Immigration and second longest-serving Federal parliamentarian, he won praise in the 1970s and 1980s for his strong commitment...

The private encounters described in this new book stretched from 1967 to the present and were the products of friendship, research, happenstance, curiosity or calculated risk. From Gerald Ford to Robert Mugabe, they're taken as found: an ascendant Soviet leader, abandoning his tour group...

Doug Morrissey's acclaimed book Ned Kelly: A Lawless Life (2015) was shortlisted for the prestigious Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History in 2016. This his second book in a trilogy of historical works dealing with Ned's life and times, shines a much-needed light...

John Robertson, active in New South Wales politics from 1859 till his sudden death in 1891, served as premier on five separate occasions in 1875 defeating the much-lauded Henry Parkes, with whom he later collaborated with in government. Here is the story of a...

Foreword Tony AbbottSir Robert Menzies is the behemoth of Australian political history, but does his legacy have any enduring relevance for the challenges that lie ahead? Finding Menzies exemplifies the wealth of resources that contemporary scholars can mine in the archives of the Menzies...

The legacy of Sir Henry Bolte, Victoria's longest-serving Liberal Premier, is presented in Megan Murphy's compelling new biography. Number 23 in the Australian Biographical Monographs Series.From 1955 to 1972, Bolte's pragmatic and tenacious leadership transformed Victoria, delivering unprecedented political stability and modernisation. Known for...

Sir Joseph Cook was Australia's sixth Prime Minister and a truly remarkable man. His greatest political achievement was becoming the first leader of the Australian centre-right to win a federal parliamentary majority in their own right, directly shaping the enduring and unique understanding of...

Sir Robert Menzies was driven by a passionate belief in individual freedom, personal responsibility and human dignity.In God & Menzies, David Furse-Roberts reveals the Judeo-Christian origins of Menzies' empowering Liberal philosophy that becameembedded in Australia's cultural DNA.God & Menzies is essential reading for everybody...

Australian Biographical Monographs, No. 10. This new monograph by Luke Walker, based on his honours thesis, addresses this issue informing us of Reid's contribution as Australia's fourth prime minister, but just as importantly his roles as Minister of Education of New South Wales where...

John 'Black Jack' McEwen, leader of the federal Country Party and deputy Prime Minister, was Australia's most significant and longest serving Minister for Trade. His policies, known as 'McEwenism, ' forged the nation's post Second World War economic boom ushering in an era of...

Sir Robert Askin, Liberal Premier of New South Wales from 1965 to 1975, was the longest serving and most successful Liberal Premier winning four elections in a row and who retired at a time of his own choosing. He came from a modest but...

Neville Wran was arguably the most significant Premier of NSW in the 20th century. He rescued the Labor Party from the political wilderness with his victory in May 1976, then won three more elections, two by then unprecedented landslides. Wran pioneered the effective use...