Biography & Autobiography - General

Few figures have captivated the imagination quite like King Henry the 8th of England Known for his tumultuous rain and infamous Marriages this monarch stories is one of passion power and tragedy.Author: Crystal BowersISBN-10: 8872727936ISBN-13: 9798872727934Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/23/2023Pages: 82Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 9.00h...

General Johnson Hagood was a Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War. These memoirs provide a first-hand account of the war, focusing on battles such as Fort Wagner and the Siege of Charleston. They also provide insight into the military strategies and tactics...

A detailed history of the London Missionary Society, a Protestant missionary organization that operated in India, the West Indies, and China during the 19th century. The book includes a complete list of all the missionaries who worked for the organization in India and the...

A firsthand account of life in the American South during the era of slavery. This book provides important insights into the daily lives of slaves and their owners, and offers a unique look at the social and economic structures that supported the institution of...

In this charming memoir, the great French composer Charles Gounod offers readers a window into his life, music, and creative process. With fascinating anecdotes and personal reflections, Gounod shares his experiences as a musician, his relationships with family and friends, and his thoughts on...

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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 guide describes the origin andcharacteristics of the most important winevarieties available in the United States, and includes a table of suggested food-and-wine pairings at the end of the guide.It is intended to provide a quick referencefor both the novice wine drinker and forthe...

This is a collection of stories from the ordinary women of faith who tell what God has been doing in their lives. God can do amazing things with the ordinary and as we journey with God in life we discover both ordinary and extraordinary...

Cruise missiles of past wars have meant the death of the delivery pilot. Recent technology today has replaced the pilot, but we speak very little of the history of how this lethal assault weapon came about, or how it played such an impressive role...

Beloved President John F. Kennedy had a son with Marilyn Monroe before he was forced to marry Jacqueline Bouvier in order to win the presidency. Pushed to keep his identity a secret as an adolescent, their son, Jack, tries to learn as much as...

Miles on the Mountain tells the story of the author's four-year journey learning to ski in Colorado's beautiful Rocky Mountains. This book is a simple and honest narrative that describes the ups and downs, and successes and failures of an older guy learning to...

My Brother's Daughter is an autobiographical account of one woman's journey and family relationships as a youth in the 1950s and '60s and into adulthood. The author focuses on her relationship with a loving and admired uncle and the last 21/2 years of his...

The ongoing popularity of Leslie Stevens' 1960s television masterwork The Outer Limits, as well as later series creations Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, has kept his name familiar to television fans. Surprisingly, very little writing exists on his earlier Broadway...

An Autobiography about my life in foster care from a child who was bounced around from homes to homes, a life account about what happens when a person is given up onAuthor: Travis J. RoseISBN-10: 1701408651ISBN-13: 9781701408654Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2019Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize:...

No detailed description available for "On the Trial of Jesus".Author: Paul WinterISBN-10: 3110022834ISBN-13: 9783110022834Publisher: de GruyterLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1974Pages: 249Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d

Tony and Audrey Walter are like thousands of other amateur sailing couples, just ordinary people living a normal life but one of them had a dream. The book is an illuminating and compassionately written account of their voyage round the world in a Salar...

"Because I felt that he knew how things were, I said simply, 'I will stay with you.' Then he said significant things to me that I was not to repeat. A very ancient karma existing between him and me was renewed. It was not...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a uniquely reluctant and distinctly German Lutheran revolutionary. In this volume, the author, an Anglican priest and historian, argues that Bonhoeffer's powerful critique of Germany's moral derailment needs to be understood as the expression of a devout Lutheran Protestant. Bonhoeffer gradually...

The life and cult of Edward the Confessor are here fully reappraised. The millennium of Edward the Confessor's birth presents an appropriate occasion for a full-scale, up-to-date reassessment of his life, reign and cult, a reappraisal which is provided in the essays here. After...

Shakespeare used the idiom "But in the end, truth will come out." The apropos title of this book, Legacy, is based on a true story. This is a historical novel based on the life of Mary Fisher. Born in a slave shack in 1871...

For much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the British East India Company consolidated its rule over India, evolving from a trading venture to a colonial administrative force. Yet its territorial gains far outpaced its understanding of the region and the people who lived...

Did you know that Clemson University's glorious football program was started by Orangeburg native Walter Riggs in 1896? Or that the 1998 Nobel Prize for Medicine was won by Dr. Robert Furchgott, who graduated from Orangeburg High School, where he played on the state...

The American Civil War ended 152 years ago. Of the military men who served in this drama of untold suffering, little has been written about the experiences of the American Indian (indigenous) participants. Indigenous soldiers and sailors from various states served bravely for both...

Although the world famous architect Louis Sullivan praised John Edelmann at length as a friend, philosopher, gifted draftsman and above all as his "benefactor" in his The Autobiography of an Idea, he avoided any mention of having worked for two years as an apprentice...

Jeff Green has returned, once again, to share a few more of the stories that continue to make him the conversation piece at the end of the bar. You may remember some of his humorous antics from his other books: I Hear Ants and...

Author: Patrick F. AhernISBN-10: 1467904481ISBN-13: 9781467904483Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/02/2011Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.51d

Author: Marie-Ann MaushartISBN-10: 1465338047ISBN-13: 9781465338044Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2011Pages: 290Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d

Author: Paul E. PentzISBN-10: 1449016820ISBN-13: 9781449016821Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/20/2009Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.41d

Life, Love, Joy, Sadness and Maturity in the Mid Twentieth Century The Windward Side is the culmination of one man's pursuit of happiness, an endeavor through land, air, and sea, that has taken him through various obstacles, snags, landmines, and higher education, but it...

In the gripping memoir The Grey Man, Leaf Lynch details his journey from a childhood where he battled physically and mentally with his violent, narcissistic, drunken father to a stint in the British Airborne Forces where he found a family and strength of character...

Author: Ramon NochesISBN-10: 1425792049ISBN-13: 9781425792046Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/08/2010Pages: 342Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.44lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Author: Dale W. DukeISBN-10: 1414012977ISBN-13: 9781414012971Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/09/2003Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 9.40h x 6.44w x 0.89d

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...

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...

A collection of stories by immigrants to the United States who settled in Healdsburg, California. Collected and edited by Shonnie Brown. Immigrants from Italy, Cuba, Mexico, Central America (El Salvador and Nicaragua), Europe (Italy, Estonia, Croatia, East Germany, Russia, Canada, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Greece, England,...

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...

An account of the murder trial of Ed Williams, a black man, held in the Deep South in the early 1900s. He was accused of murdering his brother at an Odd Fellows Lodge during a schism.Author: Eula YoungbloodISBN-10: 1304998177ISBN-13: 9781304998170Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/13/2014Pages: 290Format:...

In the years immediately following the Civil War, the nation's leaders called desperately for reform as they struggled to rebuild a society scarred by death and mass destruction. Recognizing America's need for enlightened leadership, Republican senator Henry Blair (1834-1920) of New Hampshire embarked on...

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

In April 1992 a 24-year-old from the Washington, D.C., suburbs named Chris McCandless walked into the Alaska wilderness below Mt. McKinley with a small-caliber rifle and a 10-pound bag of rice. Four months later, his emaciated corpse was found at his campsite by a...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Edmund Leach is widely regarded as the outstanding figure in Cambridge archaeology in the second half of the twentieth century, and as one of the leading social anthropologists of his generation. Stanley Tambiah's intellectual biography covers his professional career and reviews his writings. The...

This fourth volume covers the period which was probably the most varied of Newton's whole career. The Principia had already established Newton as the world's foremost mathematician and natural philosopher. In spite of the abstruse nature of the mathematical treatment adopted in its pages,...

Since at least the end of the nineteenth century, gay culture - its humour, its icons, its desires - has been alive and sometimes even visible in the midst of straight American society. David Van Leer puts forward here a series of readings that...