Biography & Autobiography - General

"Michael Martone writes with deep affection for the ordinary. In his hands, the quotidian dreams of the American heartland are transformed . . . " --Louise Erdrich"This is a marvelous book. . . . What a gift!" --Richard RhodesAuthor: Michael MartoneISBN-10: 0253208513ISBN-13: 9780253208514Publisher: Indiana...

Everyone who has been associated with Indiana University and Herman Wells has a favorite story or two about this great man. Some of his friends thought collecting a few of these stories in a little volume and presenting them to him, and to his...

" . . . the best account of how life was lived on the frontier of the Old Northwest that I have ever read . . . it will deepen your understanding of the American inheritance." --Harper'sThese sketches tell of early settlement by a...

"It's hard to picture this part of the country as I first remember it. Here and there was a cabin home with a little spot of clearin close by. The rest of the country was jist one great big woods and miles and miles...

"This is a splendid example of how to write well balanced, highly readable state history." --The Old Northwest"Madison has succeeded as have few other authors of state histories in blending modern scholarly concerns with the traditional narrative historiography of his state. This book is...

"This will be the definitive biography of Yasser Arafat for many years." --Rashid Khalidi"Alan Hart has written the best informed, most detailed account of Arafat that I have seen." --Michael C. Hudson"I have written the book as a good and true friend of the...

"It does not belong on a shelf but in the hands of community activists, politicians, reporters and campaign workers who want to get a better understanding of ward politics in Chicago." --Lawndale News-West Side Times" . . . enough lively tidbits in a breezily...

Discusses old crafts and folk skills, from covered bridge building to quiltmaking, as well as the legends and lore of Indiana.Author: Linda D馮hISBN-10: 0253202396ISBN-13: 9780253202390Publisher: Indiana University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/22/1980Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.34h x 5.44w x 0.91d

The Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) is regarded as the golden age of classical Chinese literature. Compiled by award-winner author William H. Nienhauser, Jr., and Michael E. Naparstek, this is the first English-language biographical dictionary on this critical era in Chinese literary culture. The Biographical...

The Touch of an Angel is the extraordinary story of a child's survival of the Holocaust. Henryk Schker was born in 1931 into one of the most prominent and highly esteemed Jewish families of Oswiecim--the Polish town renamed Auschwitz during the German occupation. He...

In the early 20th century, with Russia full of intense social strife and political struggle, Vladimir Yevgenyevich (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky (1880-1940) was a Revisionist Zionist leader and Jewish Public intellectual. Although previously glossed over, these years are crucial to Jabotinsky's development as a thinker, politician,...

In the early 20th century, with Russia full of intense social strife and political struggle, Vladimir Yevgenyevich (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky (1880-1940) was a Revisionist Zionist leader and Jewish Public intellectual. Although previously glossed over, these years are crucial to Jabotinsky's development as a thinker, politician,...

Peer through history at Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet, whose steady nature and dominating figure earned him the nicknames "War Horse," "Bulldog," and "Bull of the Woods." Years after the war, Longstreet's reputation swung between Confederate hero and brutish scoundrel. A dutiful soldier with...

Peer through history at Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet, whose steady nature and dominating figure earned him the nicknames "War Horse," "Bulldog," and "Bull of the Woods." Years after the war, Longstreet's reputation swung between Confederate hero and brutish scoundrel. A dutiful soldier with...

The diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. The Diary offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive features,...

The diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. The Diary offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive features,...

German Jewish judge and prosecutor Fritz Bauer (1903-1968) played a key role in the arrest of Adolf Eichmann and the initiation of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials. Author Ronen Steinke tells this remarkable story while sensitively exploring the many contributions Bauer made to the postwar...

German Jewish judge and prosecutor Fritz Bauer (1903-1968) played a key role in the arrest of Adolf Eichmann and the initiation of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials. Author Ronen Steinke tells this remarkable story while sensitively exploring the many contributions Bauer made to the postwar...

In the Netherlands, the myth that resistance to Nazi occupation was high among all sectors of the population has retained a strong hold, and yet many Dutch Jews fell victim to deportation and annihilation in the camps of Eastern Europe. How could a country...

In Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland, Árni Heimir Ingólfsson provides a striking account of the dramatic career of Iceland's iconic composer. Leifs (1899-1968) was the first Icelander to devote himself fully to composition at a time when a local music scene...

My Struggle for Peace is a remarkable political document offering insights into the complex workings of the young Israeli political system, set against the backdrop of the disintegration of the country's fragile armistice with the Arab states. Replete with the diarist's candid comments on...

Nitzan Lebovic claims that political melancholy is the defining trait of a generation of Israelis born between the 1960s and 1990s. This cohort came of age during wars, occupation and intifada, cultural conflict, and the failure of the Oslo Accords. The atmosphere of militarism...

Focusing on the character and personality of Menachem Begin, Gerald Steinberg and Ziv Rubinovitz offer a new look into the peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt in the 1970s. Begin's role as a peace negotiator has often been marginalized, but this sympathetic and critical...

In West Africa, especially among Yoruba people, masquerades have the power to kill enemies, appoint kings, and grant fertility. John Thabiti Willis takes a close look at masquerade traditions in the Yoruba town of Otta, exploring transformations in performers, performances, and the institutional structures...

Nikolai Charushin's memoirs of his experience as a member of the revolutionary populist movement in Russia are familiar to historians, but A Generation of Revolutionaries provides a broader and more engaging look at the lives and relationships beyond these memoirs. It shows how, after...

What is the most meaningful and rewarding path in life? Many assume we enrich ourselves only by accumulating more wealth, power, and fame, or by finding new and greater forms of pleasure. In reality, we are most enriched not in taking from others but...

J. A. Green (1873-1905) was one of the most prolific and accomplished indigenous photographers to be active in West Africa. This beautiful book celebrates Green's photographs and opens a new chapter in the early photographic history of Africa. Soon after photography reached the west...

In this groundbreaking book, Sandra E. Greene explores the lives of three prominent West African slave owners during the age of abolition. These first-published biographies reveal personal and political accomplishments and concerns, economic interests, religious beliefs, and responses to colonial rule in an attempt...

How could Hannah Arendt, a German Jew who fled Germany in 1931, have reconciled with Martin Heidegger, whom she knew had joined and actively participated in the Nazi Party? In this remarkable biography, Antonia Grunenberg tells how the relationship between Arendt and Heidegger embraced...

Identity, family, and community unite three autobiographical texts by New World crypto-Jews, or descendants of Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity in 17th-century Iberia and Spanish America. Ronnie Perelis presents the fascinating stories of three men who were caught within the matrix...

This is the story of P.T. Barnum, the world-renowned showman, written by the man himself. It tells of "his early life and struggles; bold ventures and brilliant successes; wonderful career in which he made and lost fortunes, captivated kings, queens, nobility, and millions of...

The ER: A Year In The Life relates both the joy and sadness that can be encountered while caring for patients and families in the emergency department. The book condenses a 16 year practice of emergency and critical care medicine into a single year...

In Disguise, Forgiving Hidden Truths will spark an awakening in oneself while opening the windows of transparency. Tamika unmasks hidden truths that were buried deep within herself while having the ability to disguise her indiscretions, imperfections, and inability to release her past. This compelling...

In April of 2006, Janice and Jim Herrity's 14-year-old daughter, Meaghan, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, Glioblastomia Multiforme. Meaghan was a typical 14-year-old girl that had just entered her freshman year in high school. She was an active teen and filled...

The hidden servants of a city are its trash haulers, those men and women who clean up after the residents have gone to sleep. These are the unsung heroes of hygiene, moving the city's clutter and crud out of sight and preparing the city...

History records Mozart as a man whose melodies seemed to have sprung from angels, reaching him faster than he could write them down. How did he manage to develop and excel professionally in spite of family tragedies and personal hardship? What made this amazing...

A Woman Called Mary is the story of a single mother, well acquainted with grief, who triumphantly crossed the hurdles of a poverty-stricken life carrying ten children on her back. Some called her Superwoman and others called her Wonder Woman. In this book, her...

In 1997 there was no legal same-sex marriage, and thus no weddings for two women. Louise and Jessica decide to call their commitment ceremony the Weddinglike Thing, or WLT. Laugh with them them as they prepare for the WLT with assistance from family and...

In this second volume of personal reflections by Men and Women of Parapsychology, Rosemarie Pilkington has asked some brilliant, talented people who have spent most of their lives exploring the mysteries of consciousness why they entered the realm of parapsychology, why they persisted in...

Many lives have more potential on the inside than appears on the outside. This interview biography will encourage you to step out and dare to grow in ways that will also make others' lives bigger. Ellis Potter has lived as a musician, a hippie...

This book explores some of the world's great pilgrimages, destinations, and the author's reflections on the lessons she learned from them. Read this book to discover how travel can be transformational, how to be more mindful while traveling and every day, the adventures of...

"This is a remarkable book. It chronicles the 25 year journey of Philip Workman through what US Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun termed 'the machinery of death'. It is the most detailed, intimate and complete look at a death row prisoner that I have...

Author: Roderick BaldwinISBN-10: 1936946300ISBN-13: 9781936946303Publisher: NautilusLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2014Pages: 278Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.63d

In some ways a typical emigrant: a passionate supporter of his homeland and yet a proud American as well, Joe "Kashpar" Eiguren was raised in the Basque Country during very difficult times and made his way to the United States where he worked hard...

"My good friend, Jerry McGowan, is "connected" to that spirit world that lies beyond. It behooves all who seek confidence from learning that a mystic realm does await us all. Jerry's real-life happenings upon his journey certainly have renewed my confidence, as did those...

The autobiography of Col. William F Cody, known as "Bufalo Bill". An icon of the Old West, Buffalo Bill won his nickname in a bison-hunting contest while working for the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Cody served as a scout for the US Cavalry, and worked...

This is the journey begun by a teenager who had a question about a UFO sighting. This is the story of that boy who became a UFO investigator and used every opportunity he had to investigate cases throughout the United States. This is a...

"ESPRIT: Men and Women of Parapsychology, Personal Reflections, Volume 1" is a collection of autobiographical essays by a group of esteemed 20th century psi researchers, giving us a glimpse of why these gifted, astute individuals devoted much, if not most, of their life's work...

Capture My Heart, Educte My Soul is a training and reflection manual for higher education faculty who teach adult students deemed unprepared or underprepared for the rigors of college coursework. These students place into developmental education courses, and enter higher education representing every socio-economic...

Governor William Glasscock and Progressive Politics in West Virginia recounts the life and work of West Virginia's thirteenth governor. Born during the Civil War, Glasscock witnessed a country torn by sectional, fratricidal war become a powerful industrial nation by the turn of the twentieth...