Biography & Autobiography - General

Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Augsburg, language: English, abstract: As TV series can have a big impact on children's development, it is the purpose of this term paper to...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Bonn, language: English, abstract: Giving a first impression of how the system of sign language works, this term paper starts off with the formal and grammatical structure...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,3, University of Frankfurt (Main) (Institut f r England- und Amerikastudien), language: English, abstract: In 1987 the American philosopher Allan David Bloom published his controversial book "The Closing of the...

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 1,7 (A-), University of Bayreuth (English Literature), course: Literature and Media Transformations, language: English, abstract: "When a great artist in one medium produces a work based...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, University of Tubingen (Englisches Seminar), course: Englisch Grammar: Phonetics, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction It's a braw bricht muin-licht nicht the nicht. (literally: It's a beautiful...

Unique collection of historically significant papers completed by descriptions of the pioneers, of their work, and contributions from a prospective of today.Author: Manfred BroyISBN-10: 3642639704ISBN-13: 9783642639708Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/13/2014Pages: 728Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.52lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.46d

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1 minus, University of Dusseldorf "Heinrich Heine" (Anglistisches Institut), course: Poets, Artists, and Performers of Black Mountain College, language: English, abstract: This thesis mainly presents Cage on the basis of...

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, Technical University of Chemnitz (Anglistik / Amerikanistik), course: Hauptseminar: American Presidential Elections, language: English, abstract: After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States of...

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Potsdam (Institut f r Anglistik / Amerikanistik), course: Grammaticalization, language: English, abstract: This paper aims at observing the processes and mechanisms of grammaticalization, taking...

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, course: Seminar Fighting Words, language: English, abstract: In 1637, the English colonists had already had several encounters with the native inhabitants of New England. Most...

Document from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: keine, University of Potsdam, language: English, abstract: "In some ways it's a well-kept secret. People on the coasts don't seem to know that such a vibrant theater and...

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Augsburg, language: English, abstract: The 20th century was a century of conflict. Never before in the history of mankind had there been that many nations at war,...

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: none, Jahangirnagar University (Department of English), course: English Pronunciation, language: English, abstract: Pronunciation is an integrated and integral part of second/foreign language learning since it directly...

A comparative study of European cinema that explores the turn from national traditions to transnational cooperation. It reactivates the European peace project with a critical history lesson and new overview of culture bound syndromes, changing gender systems, and ethnic conflict fields.Author: Olle SjrenISBN-10: 3631786034ISBN-13:...

The study presents the biographies of fifteen empresses in the period from 1261 to 1450. It also considers the selection of imperial brides and the rituals accompanying their arrival in Constantinople. Finally, the author inquires into these women's contributions to public, ritual, and ecclesiastical...

The book explores in-depth the life and work of Herta Herzog (1910-2010), an Austrian-American social psychologist. The chapters written by international scholars for the first time show the amazing scope of Herzog's work as both, one of the founders of empirical communication research and...

This book explores the artistic principles of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, his concert activities, his art of piano playing, as well as his pedagogy and his attitude towards his students.Author: Tadeusz GuzISBN-10: 3631665245ISBN-13: 9783631665244Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der WLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2015Pages: 148Format: HardcoverWeight:...

Correspondence between William Penn and James Logan, - Secretary of the province of Pennsylvanis, and others, 1700-1750. From the original letters in possession of the Logan family - Vol. 2 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1870. Hansebooks is editor...

Why I am a Republican - A History of the Republican Party, a Defense of its Policy and the Reasons which Justify its Continuance in Power is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on...

The Assassination and History of the Conspiracy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As...

Historical discourse of the Congregational Church in Killingworth - Connecticut, May 31, 1870 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1870. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...

The History of the Popes - from the close of the middle ages - drawn from the secret Archives of the Vatican and other original sources - from the German - Vol. 15 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891....

A History of Elizabethan Literature is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher...

The First Fallen Hero - a biographical sketch of Worth Bagley, ensign, U.S.N. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...

Paoli: The last of the missionaries - A picture of the overthrow of the Christians in Japan in the seventeenth century is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as...

History of the Bassandyne Bible - the first printed in Scotland - with notices of the early printers of Edinburgh is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research...

Part 2 of a trilogy on Bruce Lee... Do not be afraid to go wrong otherwise you will never know how to do it right. Do not make a complex of what nature gives you. Y ou are your pace, your height, your weight,...

Part love letter to Languedoc, part travelogue, part coming-of-a-certain-age memoir, this feel good story invites you to join seventy-eight year-old Jan Trigg as she sets off to try life in southern France. Accompanied by her patient husband, Gaz, her unreliable car, Mistress Soul, and...

The Green Man is based on Ron's real life progression from Ambulanceman to a Professional Paramedic in Great Britain (1960s to 1990s). The Green Man is dedicated to Emergency Services personnel everywhere, particularly those who suffer in silence, maybe for years, because of the...

Fragments of Loss is a poeticized take on a journal the author kept during the last year of her first husband's life.Author: Annie SmithISBN-10: 1988394066ISBN-13: 9781988394060Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/26/2024Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d

This is a book that examines the genealogy and the history of the subject lady. It also takes notice of the trials and joys she experienced throughout her life.. The book is written as a tribute and with a greater appreciation by her son,...

Autobiography of Peter Byrne. Volume Two. A life of adventure, travel, big game hunting in South East Asia with his own private safari company .. seventeen years. High Himalayan Yeti expeditions; tea planter in north Bengal, five years; British Royal Air Force, Air Sea...

A recognized ability and a certain skill describe the condition of someone or something capable of helping you achieve your goals. This book on the seven eternal laws of success is a set of recipes that can lead you to success. No matter what...

Orville Hunt wrote these memoirs from a vast practical understanding of life's experiences, Christian ministry, and the Bible. He and Connie, his college sweetheart and wife of nearly 60 years, are retired and live in Palm Bay, Florida. Blessed of God, hey have raised...

In this book, Scott V.L. Mac wants her readers to know that even though situations in life get hard, it is not the end of the road. She strives for brighter days even more than before, with her wanting more out of life. Wanting...

Father Jim Bradley is a native of Navan, County Meath, and was educated at St. Joseph's Convent of Mercy, Navan, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick; Breakspeare College, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire; Christleton Hall; Chester; and University College Swansea. As a writer and commentator, he has worked with...

Inspired by true events, this book Learning How to Fly is both autobiographical and suggests ways that people can work at maintaining a positive attitude while undergoing troubling times. The author has undergone many challenges in life, and although there are many times that...

Sarimanok is the thrilling story of an attempt to cross the Indian Ocean in a 20-metre-long dugout canoe to demonstrate how the Austronesian-speaking people of Madagascar may have colonised their island some 1,500 years before Christ. Characters on the way include cuthroat rebels and...

This book is about my life as a child and in adulthood. The book focuses on verbal, mental, and physical abuses that my siblings and I had to endure over the years. The book also focuses on how I overcame the abuses and made...

What comes to mind when you think of the word great grandma? Homemade treats? Someone that spoils you? As you will discover in this personal account, great grandma can mean all those things and moretough, hardworking, faithful, and highly protective. This book is about...

This is a book that you will not soon forget about. It is about my father, a very unusual man. It is a collection of life events as seen by his young son. He definitely heard a different drummer and exposed his sons to...

There is no subject in the world more stereotypical than slavery of African Americans. This book is about four families: my mother and father's families and my husband's mother and father's families, dating back to the era before slaves were brought out of Africa....

It is a copy of an introductory course Jacoby gave in 1945. Jacoby and the members of the group are concerned during twenty-four sessions with the knowledge and realization of ones own capabilities to unfold the individual potential to become a human being that...

Hitting the Reset Button takes you inside Vanessa Smokes world of six marriages and six divorces. She allows you to peek into her private mind filled with bipolar illness. Chronic optimism was one of her secret weapons. What other secrets kept a smile on...

This is a courageous, inspirational, uplifting story of strength and moving forward. He or she will find this book a personal account of my journey through life. This book is about my experiences and hurdles and how my life has transpired.Author: Fiona CarpenterISBN-10: 1984500309ISBN-13:...

This is the story of the poet Anna Sophia Johnson, my aunt. She traveled widely and developed her talented skills in poetry, specifically for jingles. Her legacy lives on in both poetry and jingles. It also reveals much the Olaus and Karen Johnson family...

The Licking River winds through the rolling hills of northern Nicholas County, Kentucky as it did when the area was first explored in 1773. This river, however, tells the story of a Scottish family who first settled in the area by the fall of...

The area of the Upper and Lower Blue Licks is steeped in the early history of frontier Kentucky. Ten months after British Commanding General Cornwallis had surrendered at Yorktown; on Monday, 19 August 1782 a bloody frontier battle took place here in this region...

Have you ever thought of how children really feel while they are trapped in a war zone, surrounded by nothing but chaos? Did you ever stop and consider what goes through their minds and what is felt in the hearts while their childhood is...

As an avid outdoorswoman with a passion for health and fitness, Kristy could never have imagined that she would lose everything she knew and loved on a hike that was meant to bring her peace. After setting up camp one night, she realized she...