Biography & Autobiography - General

Eritrea People and Culture. Tradition. Everyone can find his taste during this month-long festivity. In today's issue, I will focus on one thing which triggered all my attention: the number of movies and live theatrical performances organized. Indeed, this year, Eritreans and friends of...

Early History and Culture of French Guiana. A Travel guide for Tourism. French Guiana's population is principally Creole (mixed descent), with minorities of metropolitan French, Haitians, Surinamese, Antilleans, Chinese, Brazilians, South Asians, and others. The principal languages spoken are French (official); Guianese Creole French;...

Kenya Art and Culture, a History. The People, Economy, Government and Politics. Today there are around 42 different tribes in Kenya, with varying cultural identities and traditions that have, in some cases, become intertwined over time due to similarities in language and a sharing...

Malawi Culture and Art, the African Tradition. Travel Guide, Tourism, Environment, People and Ethnic. The Malawi people are of Bantu origin and comprise of many different ethnic groups. These include Chewa, Nyanja, Yao, Tumbuka, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian and European. The Chichewa...

Madagascar Culture and Art. Travel Guide, Tourism, Settlement, History, Tradition. The people of Madagascar share one culture and language even though the Malagasy people are divided into 18 tribes whose boundaries are based on old kingdoms rather than ethnic characteristics. Most Malagasy are of...

Mauritius, Mauritius Art and Culture, Mauritius eBook, Mauritius tourism, Mauritius history, Africa, vacation. The Mauritian culture's rich diversity is evident in Mauritius' landscape where churches, temples and mosques jostle each other for space. Chinese pagodas and Buddhist temples are also a common sight in...

Martin Farquhar Tupper (July 1810 in London - November 1889 in Albury, Surrey) was an English writer, and poet, and the author of Proverbial Philosophy. Martin Tupper received his early education at Charterhouse. In due course he was transferred to Christ Church, Oxford, where...

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744) is regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and the foremost poet of the early eighteenth century. He is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry, including The Rape of the Lock, The...

Prophet Sulaiman ibn Dawud (Solomon son of David) was, according to the Quran, a Malik (King) and Nabi (Prophet) of the Israelites. Islamic tradition generally holds that he was the third King of Jewish people, and a just and wise ruler for the nation....

Herbert Allen Giles (8 December 1845 - 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at Cambridge University for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China. He modified a...

Islamic Folklore Tales of Abu Hurairah The Father of Small Cats Bilingual Edition In English and Germany Languange. One day, his yearning to meet Allah intensified. While his visitors were invoking Allah to cure him of his disease, he was imploring Allah saying, "O...

A memoir of a sexual assault survivors experiences delivered through poems, excerpts, and drawings. *Trigger Warning* Sexual Violence/AbuseAuthor: Molly HamelISBN-10: 1714386775ISBN-13: 9781714386772Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/05/2020Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d

Cesare Borgia (13 September 1475 - 12 March 1507) was an Italian and Aragonese politician and condottiero (mercenary leader) whose fight for power was a major inspiration for The Prince by Machiavelli. He was an illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI. After initially entering...

From her birth in a one-room cabin the 1930s on the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Montana, Ann Strange Owl's memoir chronicles her remarkable life through BIA boarding school to her escape from the reservation as a dental assistant, to being a contestant in the...

The elements of Being There have become fragments of biographies that collectively follow the progress of picture journalism from the advent of the miniature camera through to the arrival and impact of the digital age. It covers a ninety year period from from ca1923...

Robert Heywood is known as the writer of several travelogues, including: A Journey to Italy in 1826, A Journey to America in 1834, A Journey to the Levant in 1845 and A Journey in Russia in 1858. In this book Heywood describes his visit...

"THIS FOURTH READER is designed to pass the pupil from the comparatively easy ground occupied by the THIRD to the more difficult course embraced in THE UNION FIFTH READER, which is next higher in the series. It is, therefore, carefully graded to this intermediate...

"Partners in crime", the lamest of lame expressions, but I can't think of a better way to describe my relationship with my mom, Ellie. Sometimes it felt like we were best friends rather than mother and daughter, until I called her a b**** in...

The meal planner and grocery list is the perfect tool to track your budget and spent upcoming meals. This meal planning calendar will help you get organized and eat healthily. Weekly meal planners inside provide space for you to write in what you are...

Thinky thoughts from the nerd lunchtable. Essays and small stories that explore the human condition in an uncommon age.Author: Matthew BroylesISBN-10: 1714029530ISBN-13: 9781714029532Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/12/2019Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d

Sergeant Dave Van Norman served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from 1947 to 1964. His 17-year RCMP career was defined by his love of Canada's north and his respect for the Inuit he met and worked with during his service. Sergeant Van Norman's...

The low country of South Carolina is that wide area along the Savannah River and the coast, now made more famous by the development of Hilton Head and the quaint homes in the city of Beaufort. This book is the story of other times...

As a young girl, I always dreamed of a fairy-tale life. One day, my prince would ride up on a white horse and carry me off to his castle with a white picket fence. But reality was quite the opposite. From the time I...

* Drawn from extensive interviews with Houston and full access to his letters and personal journals * Historic photos from Houston's Himalayan expeditions, Peace Corps leadership in India, pioneering high-altitude medicine research, and more * Foreword by Bill Moyers, introduction by Tom Hornbein *...

Throughout his career Oliver Stone (b. 1946) has broken traditions and challenged audiences with a series of daring, angry, violent, and often confrontational films. Politically charged movies such as Nixon (1995), JFK (1991), and Wall Street (1987), and his Vietnam trilogy of Platoon (1986),...

This is a book about finding Jesus Christ and living for and with him forever. Author: J. ChristISBN-10: 1524696900ISBN-13: 9781524696900Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/24/2017Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.11d

Rosemary was my confidant, my teacher, my true love. I was her last student, her caretaker, her strength. This book was written to help me remember my past upon coming out of a coma four years ago and dealing with the debilitating West Nile...

This volume presents a collection of essays by leading Gluck scholars which highlight the best of recent and classic contributions to Gluck scholarship, many of which are now difficult to access. Tracing Gluck's life, career and legacy, the essays offer a variety of approaches...

A collection of non-fiction narratives about growing up in East Africa and in England at a time when the dictator Idi Ahmin was gaining power in Uganda. Inspiring as well as thought provoking, these memoirs will touch the collective soul and childhood reflections in...

The author writes all his personal knowledge, experiences and 100% true information about Demons, Pains and diseases in this book. The author suggested several practical ideas and theories for common people and medical science, how they can learn and handle by themselves, by using...

Author: Dale McMillanISBN-10: 1453525041ISBN-13: 9781453525043Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2010Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55dReview Citation(s): BlueInk Review 07/11/2011

Author: Shelley MalcolmISBN-10: 1452056714ISBN-13: 9781452056715Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/16/2010Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.40h x 8.40w x 0.50d

Author: Cliff RobertsISBN-10: 1450250858ISBN-13: 9781450250856Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2010Pages: 184Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d

Author: Carrie PetermanISBN-10: 1450058531ISBN-13: 9781450058537Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/28/2010Pages: 258Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.18lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

DAVID DUKES was born and raised in Madison, Florida. At the age of seventeen, in 1963, he led the civil rights movement in Madison. He did voter-registration work, sit-ins at restaurants, and recreational facilities, conducted training seminars, and demonstrated in support for freedom, equality,...

Author: Carl WeastISBN-10: 1438984332ISBN-13: 9781438984339Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2009Pages: 188Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Intriguing, updated portraits of classic fairy tale authors.This book offers new, often unexpected, but always intriguing portraits of the writers of classic fairy tales. For years these authors, who wrote from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, have been either little known or known...

Author: J. HallickISBN-10: 1436397421ISBN-13: 9781436397421Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/28/2009Pages: 248Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Author: Melanie CoronetzISBN-10: 1436356741ISBN-13: 9781436356749Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2008Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d

Lillian's life story is told by Rick Minerd, a retired chief of police. He tells a story that is wrapped around her own personal diary, one that was discovered amongst her belongings. The author approaches it from the perspective of a police officer, one...

A disturbing look at the suffering of one small orphaned, Irish boy and the abuse he endured between 1939-1948, when the Irish legal system and the church had gone mad with regard to the care of children.Author: Toni O'KeeffeISBN-10: 1425167349ISBN-13: 9781425167349Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Peter Dienes was one of the most important German manufacturers of coffee grinders, in fact we would say the greatest of all.​ Up to now no book had been written on the work of this German industrial; which means that this text responds to...

Born in Shanghai in 1928, Norma grew up during the Japanese invasion and World War II. Join Norma as she tells her life story from Shanghai to the United States. Norma tapped on her inner strength and learned how to live through trying times...

The incredible true story of an American ship's crew taken into slavery by the Muslim slave traders of North Western Africa after being wrecked on that continent's west coast, has riveted, fascinated, and horrified readers since its first publication two hundred years ago. Captain...

A fascinating account of the life, trials, tribulations-and ultimately failure-of one of Europe's first notable "constitutional monarchs," Louis Philippe (1773-1850). The first king to be properly elected by the National Assembly, his reign was based on the principle of union of king and people,...

The story of the founder of the Achaemenid, or the First Persian Empire, Darius I (c. 550-486 BC), is one of the best documented from that ancient time primarily because of a trilingual monumental relief on Mount Behistun which was written between the time...

Written by one of America's most famous slavery abolitionist activists of the mid-nineteenth century, this astonishing book provides a fascinating insight into a period of history now largely suppressed from view by political correctness-the time when at least one million Europeans were seized and...

American master storyteller Jacob Abbott's classic work on William the Conqueror tells the dramatic story of the Norman nobleman who conducted one of the most audacious invasions in European history and thereby wrote his name into the annals of history. Starting with the origins...

A collection of student autobiographies, edited by Ann Jessett (née Thompson), who taught English at Alliance Girls' High School from January 1969 to December 1974. "I think this class autobiography should be read by your children and your grandchildren because it details hardships, determination...

Cleopatra VII was more than the last Macedonian Queen of Egypt. She was a femme fatale of epic proportion, ensnaring the two mightiest Romans of her time, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, with her famed beauty and intelligence. The story of Cleopatra reads like...