Biography & Autobiography - General

No other city in the world has a park system as great as Chicago's, which includes over 550 parks totaling more than 7,000 acres. Each park has its own story, as well as unique characteristics and history, and yet the majority of Chicagoans are...

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.Author: Hollybook, Robert Louis StevensonISBN-10: 1522747176ISBN-13: 9781522747178Publisher: Createspace...

Life and other confusing issues . . .A collection of anecdotes, thoughts and observations of subjects ranging fromThe Psyche of high-heeled feet!A strange experience whilst looking for a bedsit in 'Mrs Gumunchkin and the Polygon.'!and 'My Father's holiday voice.' . . . . ....

Provides an analysis of Hollywood from a fresh viewpoint that shows the careers of Robert Altman, Francis Coppola, William Friedkin, and others in the 1980s as far from conforming to a monolithic pattern of decline, but rather as diverse and complex responses to political...

Author: John BielskiISBN-10: 1499055153ISBN-13: 9781499055153Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2014Pages: 166Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

When I was six years old, I started wearing glasses to correct my short sight. My view of my low vision quickly changed when I was twenty years old and found out that my brother had suddenly gone blind. He was told that he...

My mother Maureen Buckley Shaw was born in India during the hey-day of British colonialism. My no-nonsense, "where there's muck there's brass" grandfather obliged her to return to England to be educated: she swapped sunshine, warmth and a leisured home environment for the gloomy...

Excerpt: ...(Fam. 180). Cannabis sativa (?). Cannabineae (Fam. 195). Brassica oleracea (Cruciferae).-It was shown in the first chapter that the cotyledons of the common cabbage rise in the evening and stand vertically up at night with their petioles in contact. But as the two...

This story begins in 1945, with how I first met My Love. She was only 15, and I was 17 years old. It's a story about how we met, and how a song had a profound effect on our lives. It is also about...

Texas civil rights icon Jim Harrington recounts his lifelong fight for equality, winning major reforms for farmworkers and disabled Texans and helping build a movement for social justice.Jim Harrington arrived in South Texas in 1973, ready to file class action lawsuits and "save the...

For Peggy Patton and her six siblings, life during the Depression in Franklin County, North Carolina, is a hard one lived in extreme poverty. Somehow they managed to get by...until the night in 1940 when her father falls ill and subsequently suffers a fatal...

Author: John A. NegulescoISBN-10: 1453592091ISBN-13: 9781453592090Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/30/2010Pages: 420Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.69lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d

Fran has promised to help her granddaughter with a term paper comparing the differences between living in the twentieth century and the twenty-first century. As she writes, Fran can't help but recall the memories of her life and of the events that shaped who...

Alfred, son of thelwulf, king of the West Saxons, ran. Behind him, the takers of his land and kingdom fanned out, searching for the fleeing king ... Buried in AD 899 as the king of the English at his capital city of Winchester, Alfred...

Author: Grady Michael StromanISBN-10: 1441517723ISBN-13: 9781441517722Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2013Pages: 314Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d

This fascinating work presents biographical essays about women from the colonial period to modern times, chronicling the previously untold story of the female financial experience in the United States. Petticoats and Pinstripes: Portraits of Women in Wall Street's History provides a fascinating chronological account...

This light hearted account tells the rich story of a life firstly in the mill town of Nelson in the closing years of the cotton trade. After qualifying, Alec enjoyed Practice in what was then the feudal life of East Yorkshire followed by a...

The Opinions Of Different Authors Upon The Punishment Of Death is a book written by Basil Montagu and published in 1809. The book is a compilation of various opinions and arguments put forth by different authors on the topic of capital punishment. Montagu presents...

This post Vietnam memoir is not about war---It is about people-respect---and dignity; It is about finding peace---and restoring honor. Four years after the Vietnam War, the author met three Vietnam Era veterans. Since then, they have lived in the author's mind---coaxing, prodding, and haunting...

Old New England Houses is a book written by Albert G. Robinson that explores the architecture and history of traditional homes in New England. The book is a comprehensive guide to the design, construction, and preservation of these historic houses, with a focus on...

After a brief overview of the glorious history of Iran interrupted by the invasion of external forces and periods of darkness, Journey from Tehran to Chicago addresses the mutual, beneficial interaction between Islamic and Iranian civilizations and cultures. It dissects and analyses maladaptive and...

This is an incredible story of a once obscure social welfare worker's rise from a deathbed and subsequent catapult into a position of worldwide power and influence. Harry Hopkins was an improbable hero living on borrowed time at the epicenter of world chaos during...

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...

The children and descendants of Fred and Freda Suther share short stories and anecdotes about this charming couple who began their life together in the USA after immigrating from Bakum and Dinklage in Germany. The original published book was finished in 1993-1994 and was...

This book is the continuation of the original Rumble Seat Adventures that was written in 1977. The original Rumble Seat Adventures covered the years 1930 to 1934 near Crane, Texas. In Rumble Seat Adventures In the Mountains, the Harris family has moved from the...

This book is a collection of remembrances, a series of incidences, almost all fun and enjoyable, that together tells much of the story of my life. Included are humorous adventures from taxi driver to Navy aviator, building log rafts on the Connecticut River and...

Hannibal: A History Of The Art Of War Among The Carthaginians And Romans Down To The Battle Of Pydna, 168 B. C. is a historical book written by Theodore Ayrault Dodge and published in 1891. The book provides a detailed account of the military...

This book is a biography and reception history of the Lithuanian-American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994). It presents the first transnational account of Gimbutas' life based on historical research, and an original examination of the impact of her ideas in various feminist contexts, both academic...

Anthony Trollope's "Thackeray" offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and work of William Makepeace Thackeray, one of the giants of Victorian English Literature. More than just a biography, this volume provides insightful literary criticism of Thackeray's novels and explores his impact on the...

Reginald Pecock's 'The Repressor of Over Much Blaming of the Clergy' is a landmark work of 15th-century religious literature, defending the authority of the church against its critics. This edition features an informative introduction that places Pecock's work in its historical and theological context.This...

This work provides a concise overview of military law in the United States. Its author, William Winthrop, was a renowned legal scholar and served in the US Army during the Civil War. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the jurisdiction of...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

It was a travesty to work at six different prisons in three different states and see the same things occur in each of these prisons. Though there has been extensive media coverage about prisons, and though many politicians have made emotional decisions/laws concerning some...

In predispositions, Tim'm West's first collection of entirely new work since the 2007 Flirting, the author known for his outward introspection shamelessly puts forth a work where his own affirmations on loving aim to mobilize the brave community of "rhyters" he imagined in his...

East Lothian is 'The Garden of Scotland' and the setting for this delightfully idiosyncratic story of country life. Here unfold the ups and downs of four generations of one farming family from the northern Orkney Isles, who move to the little farm of Cuddy...