Biography & Autobiography - General

As a teen, author Geoff Swaine's passions were for railways and football. At the time, neither seemed suited to a full-time career. He did, however, have a dream of making technical drawings for new diesel locomotives. In 1959, he secured a job at the...

This intense descriptive veracity continues as the narrative moves on to shipboard service. The first phase of the memoir is a lengthy and vividly detailed account of the harsh regime at the Royal Navy's training establishment in Gosport, Hampshire. The second phase, which is...

I had to make the decision to accept the fact that I was dying, or choose to have a double Lung Transplant to try and gain a few more years.Author: Bridget ShafferISBN-10: 1426901208ISBN-13: 9781426901201Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/20/2009Pages: 164Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

""The Conspiracy of Babeuf"" is a historical account written by Nesta H. Webster about the French revolutionary Fran�����ois-No�����l Babeuf and his failed attempt to overthrow the Directory government in 1796. The book explores Babeuf's radical socialist ideas and his vision for a utopian society...

The Family Correspondence of Herman Melville 1830-1904 in the Gansevoort-Lansing Collection is a book that compiles the personal letters of the renowned American author Herman Melville. The letters included in this book were written by Melville to his family and friends between the years...

This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.Author: Elizabeth Read FosterISBN-10: 1422375552ISBN-13: 9781422375556Publisher: American Philosophical Society PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1972Pages: 110Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.25d

"Rayco Saunders speaks with the heart of a child who witnessed the death of his mother at age 11, and who never had a father, the soul of a complex man still looking for simple truths. His biography is a triumphant tale. A stunning...

This book charts the rise and fall of one of the world''s top Life Assurance salesmen. Traumatic personal circumstances rendered him vulnerable to the advances of two corrupt senior VAT officials. The resultant massive VAT scam would see him pursued by Interpol, finally caught...

Riding With the Big Boys is a real-life account of an aspiring novelist trying to support his family by driving an eighteen-wheeler across the country, while waiting for publishers' response to his first U.S. novel. It is written in the shape of a diary,...

John Smith was the son of an English farmer. He went on to become a jousting knight, a decorated war hero, a slave, an escaped slave, a cartographer, a pirate, and most remarkable of all, the president of the Jamestown Colony. As president he...

Were you one of the elite who used to meet in The Rising Sun? Did you ever raise a jar in one of its bars? Many a football fan did. If you lived in the middle of the last century in London, in Chelsea...

"All private flyers have their dreams. Ours was to circle the world under our own power and navigation . We'd thought about it, talked about it, knew we could do it and one day would. It was only a matter of under what circumstances...

Paul and Val were heartbroken when their daughter Tracy left England to live in America. Three years later, Val, Paul, and their son Tim sold theirAuthor: Paul MoodyISBN-10: 1420830376ISBN-13: 9781420830378Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/07/2005Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d

Mark Twain would have loved and envied this book with its early times lawyers, judges, sportsmen, cowboys, circuit riding preachers and backwoods characters. Like Mark Twain, this elderly native Floridian and country lawyer builds his collection of stories into a saga. Courtrooms, churches, turpentine,...

I have written "Who Says I'm Small" to serve as a permanent record for my son, Erik. In its pages I hope he will find a deeper understanding of his life and the depth of his parents' love for him. Erik is an achondroplasic...

This is a life story filled with successes and disappointments. Although life's problems seemed insurmountable, there was never a time for giving up but continuing on with a never ending faith that God will provide, no matter what the situation. The promises of God...

Just My Luck is a story of how life shapes who we become. All that we are, good and bad, typically is formed by our experiences.people we know and places we've been. The roads of life take many twists and turns of tragedy, triumph...

Born in the village of Tra On, 100 miles southwest of Saigon, Vietnam, Hao Van Nguyen was the ninth child of traditional Vietnamese parents, whom he loved dearly. The story you about to read is of the transformation and life of just one man;...

The Life and Letters of J.C. Squire is a biographical work written by J.C. Squire himself. The book provides a comprehensive account of the author's life, from his childhood to his later years. It includes a detailed description of his education, his career as...

Retired educator Peter Halkias, in his autobiography Faithful to My Roots, writes about his childhood years during the German Occupation (1941-44) and the subsequent civil war that ravaged his native country of Greece. As he recalls, digging deep into his past, he writes of...

The Good Life was a publication that was sent out on a semi-regular basis to a small group of friends/colleagues/subscribers beginning in November 1993 and concluding in September 2002. This book is a compilation of those issues. The subject material is varied and diverse-the...

Author: Andree Icardo JoyISBN-10: 1414009232ISBN-13: 9781414009230Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/10/2003Pages: 252Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 9.42h x 6.48w x 0.85d

Author: Dieter W. GombertISBN-10: 1414007124ISBN-13: 9781414007120Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/23/2004Pages: 568Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.27d

Story of a farm boy, one of eight children, went to seminary, married, had four children, became a USAF chaplain, served bases in the US and overseas.Author: Louis E. KokISBN-10: 1412201470ISBN-13: 9781412201476Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2006Pages: 480Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.30lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.06d

Author: Neal ZorenISBN-10: 1414022107ISBN-13: 9781414022109Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/2003Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

The true story of a Hispanic American youth. A personal tragedy leads him to join the military during the Vietnam War. The events that unfold are as timely and gripping as today's headlines.Author: J. Tomas Tomas RiveraISBN-10: 1412202183ISBN-13: 9781412202183Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2006Pages: 524Format:...

The soldier in combat still had to meet his daily needs: eat, sleep, keep clean. The daily struggle to meet these needs led to some highly amusing events, often dangerous.Author: R. T. JohnsonISBN-10: 1412200040ISBN-13: 9781412200042Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/30/2000Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.00h x...

She was a brilliant woman;intelligent, articulate, musically gifted, and a master politician. Only a "mere"woman, she was able to defy all attempts to steal her crown for over forty years. This is the story of Elizabeth I and her court, her people, her councilors,...

Elizabeth N. Metayer was the first female State Representative to serve in the historic town of Braintree, MA and as a columnist for 21 years wrote "Lady of the House " & "Cabbages & Kings".Author: Byrne L. CorbinISBN-10: 1412202051ISBN-13: 9781412202053Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/06/2006Pages:...

Adventuresome life related mostly to Canadian mineral industry in 1946-2000, with hi-lights of foreign travel and sporting events- particularly triathlons.Author: David A. BarrISBN-10: 141220139XISBN-13: 9781412201391Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/06/2004Pages: 484Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.32lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.06d

Many ideas, laws, and inventions can be traced to those who once lived here. People from the past do affect how future generations will live. Henry VIII is one of those people. His actions, most notably his break from the Church of Rome, changed...

Author: Jerry R. DavisISBN-10: 1410779378ISBN-13: 9781410779373Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2003Pages: 248Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 8.78h x 7.00w x 0.85d

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Sven HedinISBN-10: 1406758175ISBN-13: 9781406758177Publisher: Hedin...

World War II and a Dublin-Liverpool family's 20 years of living before, during and after those tough and often funny times. Seen through the eyes of a young boy.Author: Roy SamuelsISBN-10: 1409251853ISBN-13: 9781409251859Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2008Pages: 428Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.87d

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: A. C. GissingISBN-10: 1406776262ISBN-13: 9781406776263Publisher:...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Bernhard KnollenbergISBN-10: 1406775274ISBN-13: 9781406775273Publisher: Buck...

A guide written for young ministers by renowned theologian Reinhold Niebuhr during his time as a pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church of Detroit. Written as reflections and insights drawn from what he saw as the most challenging but infinitely rewarding calling of pastoral ministry....

This story covers the controversial topic of what happens when you die, what you experience and the phenomenal power of the mind to work consciously, unconsciously and sub consciously. It also covers the way that death leads me to live a life with brain...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: William PlomerISBN-10: 1406727369ISBN-13: 9781406727364Publisher: Coss...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: G. G. WilliamsonISBN-10: 1406739057ISBN-13: 9781406739053Publisher:...

Blue Boy is a 1932 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. It tells the story of a family in Provence, with an ironer mother and a shoemaker father. The book is largely autobiographical and based on Giono's childhood, although it has many fictional...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Margaret Culkin BanningISBN-10: 1406729418ISBN-13: 9781406729412Publisher:...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...