Biography & Autobiography - General

Author: Betty NavratilISBN-10: 1483670090ISBN-13: 9781483670096Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/22/2013Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d

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)...

Vetiver: Extra Mile presents the tale of an immigrant arriving in the United States, painting a portrait that may be unfamiliar to many. This memoir, written in narrative fashion, tells the story of M, a young medical student who immigrates to the country. While...

In Reports of My Death: Beyond-the-Grave Confessions of North American Writers, author Gerry Christmas taps into a literary limbo where he relives the lives of writers in an endless cycle of introspection. Sixty-five "autobiographies" tell you ... - How Mark Twain Americanized the English...

Author: Albert Mechawar,Raymond MechawarISBN-10: 1483682560ISBN-13: 9781483682563Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2013Pages: 358Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

From 1923 to 2016, Sue Dabney Catalano's memoir captures life amid the historic events and people of her time. Her personal perspective is gripping, informative, and uplifting. Beginning with the simplicity of childhood in the 1920s, the glamour and affluence of Hollywood and Beverly...

Author: Peter SimonISBN-10: 1483659461ISBN-13: 9781483659466Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2013Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

Author: Yuko SawaISBN-10: 1483670813ISBN-13: 9781483670812Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2013Pages: 580Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.29d

Author: Cosmo Lanier-EnoISBN-10: 1483629422ISBN-13: 9781483629421Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/16/2013Pages: 292Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

In this magnificent family saga, Venna Chee Wan Lee brings to life the extraordinary story of four generations of Chinese ancestors. Her search for the family history, led to the family's lost Zong Pu (clan histories), which spanned thirty-two generations and more than three...

Author: Anne KearneyISBN-10: 1483662896ISBN-13: 9781483662893Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/11/2013Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d

Too Pained to Live, Too Scared to Die presents the voice of a military veteran, Frank White, who struggles, after his active duty's conclusion, with substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder. He begins this memoir by reflecting on his early life, uncovering the roots...

Gary Van Den Heuvel was born on a dairy farm in western Wisconsin, and he epitomized the independence of mind, humor, earthiness, and pragmatism of a working class, rural life. For most of his life he worked as a solitary, independent scholar, and as...

Author: Kenneth E. NelsonISBN-10: 148366158XISBN-13: 9781483661582Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/20/2013Pages: 242Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

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...

Author: Joan ReidISBN-10: 1483602184ISBN-13: 9781483602189Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/14/2013Pages: 296Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d

Hailed by Robert F. Kennedy as a 'Contribution to American Folk Literature', Gladys Washer's 'Sketches of My Childhood to My Grandchildren' takes you into the simple childhood of a young girl during the late 1800's. With the American Kentucky South as a backdrop, these...

In 1956, Bob "Stinky" Pearson began attending college. From that time until the present, he has always been connected to higher education in some way, as a student, teacher, coach, and administrator at various colleges and universities around the United States. In this second...

Bhupat (Bobby) Doshi is living proof that nice guys can finish first. Born in India but raised in Sudan, Bhupat was expected to fulfill family obligations-even if that meant giving up his dream of becoming an avionics engineer and walking away from the girl...

Author David Smith's childhood near London, England, helped pave the way for the young boy to plough his own furrow in life. In Only Fraud and Horses, Smith narrates his story which includes pieces of history, police, and horsemanship. In this memoir, Smith offers...

A touch of history. An Iowa sharecroppers son describes the adventures and vagaries of growing up in the 1930s and 40s and 50s.Author: Dale E. Vander LindenISBN-10: 1483413721ISBN-13: 9781483413723Publisher: Lulu Publishing ServicesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/11/2014Pages: 374Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d

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....

In this magnificent family saga, Venna Chee Wan Lee brings to life the extraordinary story of four generations of Chinese ancestors. Her search for the family history, led to the family's lost Zong Pu (clan histories), which spanned thirty-two generations and more than three...

Susan Fidel and her husband share their time among Nantucket, Massachusetts, Waitsfield, Vermont, and Delray Beach, Florida. Besides writing, she loves to read, paint, do photography, garden, and spend time with her family.Author: Susan FidelISBN-10: 1483439097ISBN-13: 9781483439099Publisher: Lulu Publishing ServicesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/23/2016Pages: 338Format: PaperbackWeight:...

GANGSTERS GAMBLERS GRIFTERS GRAFTERS GOONS AND THE MAFIA Walk with me into the past...Author: Det Lt Bert BernsteinISBN-10: 1483416453ISBN-13: 9781483416458Publisher: Lulu Publishing ServicesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/16/2014Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

It was 1980 in Prosser, Washington, when the oldest daughter of Yakima Valley pioneers, Annie and Ed Rice, passed away, deeming it necessary to finally open and examine turn-of-the-century camelback trunks. Buried under the dolls, clothes, and toys were several faded, hand-sewn booklets that...

John R. Burgoon Jr. was never one to turn down an adventure. He joined the US Navy at age seventeen and pursued a career in the aviation branch of the navy. One of his first assignments was flying anti-submarine missions from Panama during World...

In a country where hundreds of women lose their children through divorce each year, one woman's heartbreaking story of loss, struggle, and eventual survival will provide the world with a glimpse into the heartache and pain felt by these mothers. Celine Zabel's story follows...

In Bingaman's stellar memoir, his boyish obsession with flight blossoms into a grueling but rewarding career in the U.S. military, leading him into the uncertainties of war. Bingaman returns to his Iowa roots in this collection of anecdotes, reminiscences and close calls among fighter...

True story of survival during hurricane Katrina and the flood that devastated New Orleans in 2005 where the suthor and his family survived for two weeks after the storm. An inspirational story of faith, resourcefulness, and resilience.Author: Robert P. RobertsonISBN-10: 1482706644ISBN-13: 9781482706642Publisher: Createspace Independent...

This may be a book about an 'ordinary' life but it is more than that, much more. Firstly, if Basil Jay's life has been 'ordinary', then the Bugatti Veyron Super Sports is a family saloon. In his life he has been described as many...

Sarah is a young, pretty, confident teenager with a deep faith, and the world seems ready to cater to her wishes. But she hides a warped self-image, depression, and desperate need for self-control, only to force it out in secret purging sessions. As she...

In The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche (original title: Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche) is a collection of short stories first published in 1908. The book contains a series of humorous and satirical tales featuring the character Jacques Tournebroche, a cook's son who becomes...

Author: Herm ZandmanISBN-10: 1477159754ISBN-13: 9781477159750Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/21/2012Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

MY LIFE IN CRIME is the story of one man's career spent in the criminal justice system as a probation officer. It chronicles many of the people he knew and supervised, and includes his views about the system. Many of his opinions fly in...

Author: Andrew J. StratfordISBN-10: 1477152474ISBN-13: 9781477152478Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/12/2012Pages: 164Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: Thomas ApplebyISBN-10: 1477130314ISBN-13: 9781477130315Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2012Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d

MY LIFE IN CRIME is the story of one man's career spent in the criminal justice system as a probation officer. It chronicles many of the people he knew and supervised, and includes his views about the system. Many of his opinions fly in...

Robert Greenall, born in 1922, has produced a powerful narrative about his life in North West England and the way that world events influenced the lives of ordinary Lancashire people. He describes the school and work experiences of himself, his sister and his four...

Buchan, once part of the Pictish kingdom, is now one of six Administrative areas of Aberdeenshire County Council, Scotland. It has a considerable ancient history. This story, A Buchan Boy, starts with a young man volunteering for active service and looks at his life,...

A true record of what it was really like to live the hippie dream and see it collapse into the nightmare hostility of 1970s Britain when the effects of the acid finally wore off. As told through the intense and decidedly weird letters of...

An autobiography of my wartime experiences of preparation for war, evacuation from London to a coastal resort then to a mining village in South Wales. My older sister and I were never billeted together. She was taken home in March 1942, I was taken...

This book is a simple story of an ordinary man navigating through life to find its true meaning. It is the true story of a man who went from Africa to America to find the All That Is. When he found the All That...

Author: Mary BechtoldISBN-10: 146706176XISBN-13: 9781467061766Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/30/2011Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.58d

These are a collection of short stories revealing the little intimate glimpses of the romances and tragedies that have surrounded the lives of people who have owned land and who have left the record of their joys and sorrows written into the land title...

People enter our lives for all different sorts of reasons. Many of them help us discover something new about ourselves, while others teach us things about life and the world around us. Some like a freshly lit candle, burn brightly but briefly and are...

A national bestseller, this is an inspiring story of one woman's journey through heartbreaking loss to renewal and new purpose. In 2008, inspirational surgeon Chris O'Brien published his bestselling memoir of his battle with brain cancer, NEVER SAY DIE. But he wasn't the only...

Author: Humphrey Humberto PacheckerISBN-10: 1456811924ISBN-13: 9781456811921Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/30/2010Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d

Mom, Interrupted: A Young Family Faces Cancer is a dramatic, true account of a real family's journey through discovery, diagnosis, and treatment that, because of its accelerating twists and surprises, reads like a thriller. Built around original e-mail updates sent to concerned family and...

Author: Jon KaseyISBN-10: 1456810375ISBN-13: 9781456810375Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/11/2011Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48dReview Citation(s): BlueInk Review 12/28/2011