Biography & Autobiography - General

From Fire to Freedom narrates an insight into the tapestry of the life of Dr. Jaime Alonso Yrastorza. His weave of reminiscences begins in his idyllic upbringing in rural Philippines. He reflects on the legacies that centuries of turbulent Spanish and American colonial overlords...

We are the Fierce Vulnerability Network, a constellation of direct action teams positioned at the intersection of racial healing and climate justice. Fueled by fierce vulnerability, the power of emergence, and the promptings of our own vocations, we practice reparations and take direct action...

Beware of Companies is the story of how one man contributed a number of visionary ideas that the casino he worked for used to grow its business and add comforts to its customers. This should be a story about great success for the writer...

Beware of Companies is the story of how one man contributed a number of visionary ideas that the casino he worked for used to grow its business and add comforts to its customers. This should be a story about great success for the writer...

During the Western expansion of the United States, what is generally referred to as the Wild West, sometimes things happened that defy man's ability to explain or understand. During the hardest times, someone or something intervened. Some people would say it was angels. In...

My Name is Christina J Fox. I'm 50 Years Old. I have painted Art most my life it is my life. Some paintings are quite normal and others are very unusual. I Live in Peterborough UK. My Family is typical Irish Loads of us....

David Stone Libbey was a Maine river-driver, lumberman, farmer, Civil War soldier, inventor, machinist, hunter, and outdoor writer. This book includes the writings from his journal and articles he published between 1850 and 1904 under his pen name of 'Penobscot.'*In Maine, the Penobscot River,...

We live our lives in the shadows.Shadows cast by our circumstances, our loved ones, our jobs, our religion. But how do you find your way out of the shadows and into the light when you feel like your life is being eclipsed by all...

All my life I have had a love of crystals and magic, I decided to write my book to share some of the most amazing spiritual experiences that I have had throughout my life!Author: Carly MorrisonISBN-10: 1951795202ISBN-13: 9781951795207Publisher: Folioavenue Publishing ServiceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/24/2022Pages: 60Format:...

When Mary Burnett finds herself at the very end of her rope, she musters the courage to repel her suicidal demons and commits herself to psychiatric care. And so, her life-saving journey begins-one she vows to take without self-deception, as if looking into a...

Stand-up comedy. Speechwriting. Pro wrestling? Somehow, these oddball life choices led Josh Womack to copywriting. In his debut book, he talks about these experiences and more. If you're a junior or mid-level copywriter out there still trying to find your way, congrats! So is...

Her mother pushed a pinewood washboard against her belly trying to abort Jing Li. At two months old, Jing was left with her resentful peasant grandmother, who had a pair of three-inch bound feet, and had once thrown her own newborn daughter headfirst into...

Irene Hoge Smith's The Good Poetic Mother combines a poignant family memoir with a truly remarkable human mystery, all of it told with clarity and compassion. Though the mother-daughter relationship at the heart of this story seems shattered beyond repair, Smith shows us that...

A riveting tale of love and redemption, and the beauty to be found in the intersection of the mysterious and the terrible! Jim Enterle's powerful prose reveals the "courageous catalysts" of grief and joy that transform ethical principles into action, in war and in...

One of 101 titles in the St. Joseph Picture Book Series, this book by popular author Rev. Jude Winkler, OFM. Conv. relates the life and influence of Pope Francis in simple, easy-to-understand language. From his time as a young boy on the soccer field...

A BOLD PEOPLE - A DIFFERENT KIND OF STRENGTH A freelance journalist on her second trip to Nicaragua reports the unbiased truth of a people's war. Heartbreaking and occasionally even funny, this first-hand account will broaden even the broadest perspective. If you believe the...

Joe began his collection of family genealogical material while he was in Junior High School with a single sheet of paper he kept in a cigar box that showed his immediate family. Over the years, different family members were added to his box. With...

Rhino Warby Major General (Ret.) Johan Jooste, with Tony ParkIn 2012 retired South African general Johan Jooste was parachuted into the seemingly unwinnable war against rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park.With poaching spiralling out of control, Jooste was given the mandate to 'go...

Bwana, There's a Body in the Bath!By Peter Whitehead with Tony ParkBorn in Shanghai and shipped to England as a child, Peter Whitehead then made his way to Australia, solo, at the age of 13 in 1938, in order to save his family money....

The Governor-General of Australia is not a mere figurehead. Governors-General possess real power which is given to them by the Constitution. It is intended that these 'reserve' powers should be used only very rarely. One of these is the power to withdraw the commission...

Acclaimed by many as Australia's greatest prime minister, John Curtin overcame alcoholism and a troubled relationship with the Scullin Labour Government to win the Labor leadership by one vote in October 1935. Rescuing the Labor Party from division and humiliating defeats in 1931 and...

Get ready to plunge, fully clothed, into the deep waters of motherhood. With hilarious anecdotes and clever suggestions, 'Thriving and Surviving Raising 13' draws us deep into the great adventure of parenting a large brood. Anne Perrottet is an Australian dynamo: her book shows...

Stories from the life journey of one of Australia's leading artists in ceramics, beginning in a small isolated town in the Snowy Mountains. At university an unexpected inspiration leads to a PhD, followed by travel and adventure; from driving trucks, and flying gliders, to...

This edition features all the stories for this classic of nature lore, however they have been rearranged to fit the reading order used by Ambleside Online. From the foreword- "THESE STORIES are true. Although I have left the strict line of historical truth in...

MICHAEL DAVIDSON (1897-1975) was an English foreign correspondent who caused a sensation in 1962 when he published an autobiography, The World, The Flesh and Myself, which opened with the sentence "This is the life history of a lover of boys." In an England where...

A stolen past, a search for the truth, two lives changed forever. Born out of wedlock in Dublin in 1937, Phyllis grew up in a tough, church run orphanage. She thought by fulfilling her dream to become a nurse in England, her life might...

An immigrant story of survival in the era of Empires. In the midst of repressive laws of the Tsars against Jews, this seventeen-year-old loner, Philip Lepar Leopold, boarded a ship in Riga, Ukraine, Western Russia, sailing to the USA. Fate stepped in and when...

Can you pinpoint the exact moment that your struggle with mental health started? Keith Naylor attempts to do so in his book Monkey Mind, but he's not the only one on this trek back in time. He's also got Tonky - the Tonkin snub-nosed...

Although in their biggest hit The New Seekers sang 'I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony...' things were far from perfect within the group, as key members tell their story in this first ever book about the legendary New Seekers....

Walking in the Supernatural is a book that answers many life questions and addresses topics that people struggle to address simply because they don't know the mind of God on the issues raised.It's full of short stories based on true stories, which helps the...

'God can..' inspires and encourages readers to confidently believe in the power of prayer and be expectant than God can and is easily able to do superabundantly more than we dare imagine! God is very much interested in our 'day to day' lives and...

In this fascinating professional memoir, the reader becomes an eyewitness as the author deploys an emergent change approach to institution building, across four continents and seven decades. Rolf Lynton works on a novel program of women's employment in post-WWII textile industry in Scotland. Next,...

It is hard to believe that one man could have had so much influence on the musical life not only of the United Kingdom, but of Europe and beyond. Yet the pages of this delightful memoir reveal the extent to which John Manduell's extraordinary...

SATAN'S ARENA is the most appalling of true-life prison writing, which chronicles the events of years spent in Spanish prisons. It highlights the fact that much international crime is planned in prison and how prison is the villain's jobcentre. This harrowing book is prison...

In Energies of the Soul Kate Maesen takes the reader on her journey of discovery and acceptance of the Spirit World. From an early age, and from humble beginnings in a Yorkshire coal-mining town, she has been visited and befriended by Spirit Friends. Through...

Ernestine Stewart Mitchell retired in 1988 from the Houston Independent School District (HISD) as principal of Charlotte B. Allen Elementary School after thirty-six years as an educator. She has taught in Philadelphia, PA, Angleton, Texas and Houston, Texas. She was valedictorian of the 1946...

Do we need yet more words and photos of WW I, its shattered trees in a wasteland of shell holes, its young men staring death in the face? Why more? In this instance, for two simple reasons: The first, and most important, is personal....

Do we need yet more words and photos of WW I, its shattered trees in a wasteland of shell holes, its young men staring death in the face? Why more? In this instance, for two simple reasons: The first, and most important, is personal....

A fascinating collection of stories following the journey of Maya Butalid, born in 1957 in Cebu City, Philippines. When studying at the University of the Philippines she became a Philippine political activist against the Marcos dictatorship. She was sent to the Netherlands to work...

A comprehensive visual celebration and ultimate tribute to the greatest guitar player in rock and roll history. In the four years before his untimely death at age 27, Jimi Hendrix created a groundbreaking musical legacy that includes revered classics such as "Purple Haze" and...

This deluxe hardcover survey, featuring profiles of 50 artists on the rise, is the definitive guide to contemporary African art. With African artists attracting sizable audience numbers to museums, setting sky-high auction records, and appearing in mainstream press, it has become impossible to overlook...

Gordon Merrick and the Great Gay American Novel is the first biography of Gordon Merrick, the most commercially successful writer of gay novels in the twentieth century. This book shows how Merrick's novels were largely based on his own life and time as a...

Donovan is one of the musicians who defined the 1960s. From his humble, working-class roots as a teenager with big dreams, he rose to become an icon of the times, the troubadour of the flower power generation. His story is one filled with tales...

Joe Jackson is a singer, songwriter, composer, and performer who has twisted and turned his career through numerous genres, and continues to release excellent albums forty years after his initial breakthrough success. For some he's the 'Angsty Young Man', forever hitched to two hit...

This book, Excel in Faith, was transcribed and adapted from a Sunday sermon of the same name, preached by Pastor J and broadcasted on Faith TV worldwide.This book is to encourage the army of faith and those coming into the force and territory of...

Since her early twenties, Debra Rachar has been on a quest to learn how to be the best possible version of herself. She shares how she overcame the characteristics she learned from growing up with an alcoholic parent. Once she discovered her co-dependant behaviour...

CHAOS FOR THE FLYTraumatic Brain Injury (TBI). TBI is often described as a dance of three steps forward, two steps back. More than 50% of TBI survivors develop mental health challenges. For others, mental health complications and addictions pre-existed the TBI.Who could have EVER...

Join us on our journey as we share the shenanigans of our rescue animals and the joy they have brought (and continue to bring) to our lives. Read our light-hearted campfire tales of interacting with wildlife and take a road trip with us to...

Celebrating individuals in the pursuit of happiness, success, and fulfillment - every day of the year.Pursuit: 365 is a book project that serves to tell the stories of inspirational individuals who have overcome adversity in their pursuit ofachieving success, happiness, and fulfillment every day...

Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810-1881) was a Lutheran pastor with the Church Missionary Society (CMS) of the Anglican Church, and a pioneering missionary explorer and linguist. After being expelled from Ethiopia, Krapf developed a ground-breaking strategy for the heart of Africa through the Swahili Coast-a...