Biography & Autobiography - General

John Armstrong was destined to be a humble farmer on the Pennsylvania frontier until the American Revolution changed his life. Rising from private soldier to an officer in the Continental Army, he later served in the First American Regiment, foreruner of the U.S. Army,...

This biography examines the antebellum career of James McDowell, a Democratic officeholder from western Virginia who often opposed the status quo. The author examines how, through skillful oratory and rational discourse, he sought and achieved progressive change.Author: Charles A. BodieISBN-10: 166692735XISBN-13: 9781666927351Publisher: Lexington BooksLanguage:...

The Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, was the first Tibetan Buddhist leader to make extensive teaching tours to the West. His three tours to Europe and North America from 1974 to 1980 led to the global expansion of Tibetan Buddhist schools. This book presents...

Representing the US government during the earliest era of the United Nations, Warren Austin, who served the Truman administration, and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who was Eisenhower's ambassador, both attempted to navigate a delicate path in tumultuous time period marked by the beginning of...

Written in the 1990s after retirement from his services as a doctor and discovered by his daughter in the loft of their house in Darjeeling in India in 2017, this memoir of Dr. Tsewang Yishey Pemba provides an intricate portrayal of early twentieth-century Tibet....

Despite adversity, living a wonderful life is the ultimate goal and can be achieved by anyone determined to do so. You can be stagnant or move forward to greatness. In Skinny Girl Chronicles, author Sherry Hopper-Wall shares some of her major life events. Th...

Despite adversity, living a wonderful life is the ultimate goal and can be achieved by anyone determined to do so. You can be stagnant or move forward to greatness. In Skinny Girl Chronicles, author Sherry Hopper-Wall shares some of her major life events. Th...

Jack McDonnell shares his story of near death from a sudden heart attack to the struggles to recovery. Ultimately culminated with the need for a heart and lung transplant. His journey takes us through the process of getting listed and approved for transplant, waiting...

Ask a hundred people what their purpose in life is. Nearly all of them will give stock answers. Most will say who cares? doubting thequestion's importance. They think knowing their life's purpose doesn't matter. Instead, life just happens as a happy or unhappy accident.Others...

The Greatest Generation was called to acts of uncommon bravery to defend the fate of Europe, Asia, and the Free World from the Axis Powers. As more of them are laid to rest, it is more important than ever that we document and remember...

New England Christianity in the nineteenth century produced an almost unending stream of new and old denominations that speckled the landscape. Baptists, Congregationalists, Methodists, Universalists, Spiritualists, Unitarians, Restorationists, and Calvinists--to name a few--beckoned each individual to join their growing movements. Each professed its truths...

The 50 Greatest Players in Philadelphia Eagles History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of the NFL's most iconic and successful franchises. The author ranks, from 1 to 50, the top 50 players in team history....

This book is a journey of faith as told through the life experiences of Annie Mc Guire, who from birth had to have the Lord work miracles for her very survival. As time passed and life brought changes, the one constant was Annie's love...

This book is a journey of faith as told through the life experiences of Annie Mc Guire, who from birth had to have the Lord work miracles for her very survival. As time passed and life brought changes, the one constant was Annie's love...

From the hills and valleys of the eastern Confederate states to the sun-drenched plains of Missouri and "Bleeding Kansas," a vicious, clandestine war was fought behind the big-battle clashes of the American Civil War. In the east, John Singleton Mosby became renowned for the...

Captain George N. Bliss of the First Rhode Island Cavalry survived some 27 actions during the Civil War. Midway through the war, he served nine months at a conscript training camp in Connecticut, where he sat on several courts-martial. In September 1864, in a...

Without the support of American women, victory in the Revolutionary War would not have been possible. They followed the Continental Army, handling a range of jobs that were usually performed by men. On the orders of General Washington, some were hired as nurses for...

Richard Fleming served as a scout with the elite U.S. Marine 1st Force Reconnaissance Company during the bloodiest years of the Vietnam War. Dropped deep into enemy territory, Recon relied on stealth and surprise to complete their mission--providing intelligence on enemy positions and conducting...

When General E. A. Paine assumed command of the U.S. Army's District of Western Kentucky at Paducah in the summer of 1864, he faced a defiant populace, a thriving black market and undisciplined troops plagued by low morale. Guerrillas pillaged towns and murdered the...

For decades prior to the rise of Babe Ruth, the most recognized name in baseball was John McGraw. An outstanding player in the 1890s, McGraw--nicknamed "Mugsy"--was molded in the rough and tumble pre-20th century game where sportsmanship and fair play took a back seat...

Tom Gamboa played baseball professionally, coached, scouted, managed in the minors and in Puerto Rico and coached in the majors with the Cubs and Royals. Scouring the country for talent, he discovered Jesse Orosco and helped develop Doug Glanville and Jose Hernandez in Puerto...

Buster Keaton "can impress a weary world with the vitally important fact that life, after all, is a foolishly inconsequential affair," wrote critic Robert Sherwood in 1918. A century later Keaton, with his darkly comic "theater of the absurd," speaks to audiences like no...

Inspired by the 2010 "Spirit of Mecklenburg"--a bronze statue of Captain James Jack, "the South's Paul Revere," in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina--this history details the lives of 12 Charlotteans who made important contributions to the Queen City, from the early Colonial period to the...

The experience of growing up in the U.S. is shaped by many forces. Relationships with parents and teachers are deeply personal and definitive. Social and economic contexts are broader and harder to quantify. Key individuals in public life have also had a marked impact...

Recounts the compelling stories of Civil War soldiers and sailors who lived in Oswego County, New York.Author: Natalie Joy WoodallISBN-10: 1438489676ISBN-13: 9781438489674Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New YoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2022Pages: 302Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Making Stars Physical offers the first extensive look at the astronomical career of John Herschel, son of William Herschel and one of the leading scientific figures in Britain throughout much of the nineteenth century. Herschel's astronomical career is usually relegated to a continuation of...

Let the IRONMAN and Winter the Dolphin show you how to swim upstream and alter the trajectory of your life. This book was written for one specific purpose: to show you how to throw off the shackles of your past and find the BIG...

Young, poor and black, when his hopes of NBA stardom are dashed, he beats the odds, fights his way back, creating EDM beats, driving race cars and becoming one of America's top brain surgeons. Now, Dr. Jason Cormier shares his simple plan for overcoming...

An engrossing memoir of a young boy growing up in a very rural environment of northern Minnesota without friends in a home with a physically and psychologically abusive father and mercilessly abused mother. Despite being ostracized in school and told he wasn't college material,...

'I didn't know why was there, just that I could not handle my life. I wanted to run away, but I couldn't find any place to go.'Author: Jenny MillerISBN-10: 898678064XISBN-13: 9798986780641Publisher: Proisle Publishing ServiceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2022Pages: 110Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d

First, I Believe You is an astonishing memoir of resilience and recovery from trauma without any memory. Terrifying flashbacks haunted her for decades despite an affluent, advantaged childhood, resulting in severe depression, food addiction, anxiety, and nightmares. Delving into her deepest fears, and traumas,...

This is a searching perceptive examination of the fifty years of Dr. Mitchell's service as a preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church ministry and a scholar in the church and university, how she was led into this dual profession, how she survived...

Patricia K. Wyman learned at an early age how to be a survivor. That's Life! At Least My Version of It is her inspirational story about overcoming life's most difficult and painful obstacles. Born into and raised by a severely dysfunctional family, Patricia experienced...

Patricia K. Wyman learned at an early age how to be a survivor. That's Life! At Least My Version of It is her inspirational story about overcoming life's most difficult and painful obstacles. Born into and raised by a severely dysfunctional family, Patricia experienced...

Life can be tough. The things Lexi Wright goes through, trauma, bad relationships, and near-death experiences, yet she continues to go on. Her life continues on the words of this book, and she shares her life with all there is to know. Learn how...

Trial of Andrew Johnson - President of the United States, before the Senate of the United States, on Impeachment by the House of Representatives for High Crimes and Misdemeanors is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. Hansebooks is editor of...

A Quaker childhood, a hefty dose of adolescent insecurity, a conflicted relationship with 1970s Women's Lib, an ill-advised business venture, a disastrous foray into politics, a post-retirement stint as a snow-bird-these and other experiences provide opportunities to reflect on larger questions: Where does the...

My physical and mental struggles after a catastrophic motorcycle accident and ending up a paraplegic in a wheelchair; Cindy's absolute dedication and her unwavering devotion; My family and friend's loving support; the skills and patience of most of the staff I have had in...

In a time before fast food, microwave ovens, and home videos; there existed a world where adventure was as close as your next thought. Entertainment wasn't where you go or how much you spent, but what you did. Playing outside was the normal for...

In a time before fast food, microwave ovens and home videos; there existed a world where adventure was as close as your next thought. Entertainment wasn't where you go or how much you spent, but what you did. Playing outside was the normal for...

This book honors Paul Mosher and preserves for history the man and the work that he did to transform American psychoanalysis for the 21st century. It contains Paul's Civics Lessons, his amicus brief in the Jaffee Redmond case, his influential paper with Arnold Richards...

Some people say that 90 percent of life is showing up. With And So I Walked, Anne Gardner makes the case for something more: putting one foot in front of the other. Embedded in her vivid account of walking the 500-mile El Camino is...

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father's house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if...

'What if' are a interesting couple of words, just two little words you might think yet unbelievably powerful.So powerful indeed that for 45 years they directed my life, not because I believe I am a particularly cautious person nor a weak individual no I...

This volume features fifty-nine biographical essays from the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Irish Biography, detailing the careers of a selection of Irish emigrants to North America in the colonial period. Those chosen are a representative sample of some of the more notable figures....

alarmist (pre 2020): Someone who exaggerates a danger and so causes needless worry or panic. alarmist (post 2020): Someone who justifiably raises the alarm about a global danger to Earth's biosphere. His research was urgent fifty years ago. Now, it's critical. In the early...

The south vietnamese are turning against their own government. Protests are daily events. Even the military is questioning its orders to put down the civilian demonstrations. With the ever-increasing rise of violent factions, it seems diem is the only leader that can hold south...

Twists and Turns in the seventh collection in the Personal Story Publishing Project gathering stories of 750-800 words from individual writers to share their stories resonating with a stated theme.In Twists and Turns, 50 writers share powerful, touching, and amusing stories about inflection points...

International Award Winning Entrepreneur, Author, and Global Leadership Advisor, Rahfeal "RahGor" Gordon, narrates an amazing story that is filled with transparency, inspiration, sadness, and triumph. His memoir, The Candy Kingpin, recounts a background that molded and shaped his passion today-helping others.Gordon's ability to vividly...

A Slice of Grimsthorpe Heaven was written during a period of great pain, loss and beauty and I hope it is inspirational and both beautiful at the same time. I hope it inspires, encourages and uplifts the reader as well. It is meant to...