Biography & Autobiography - General

Edmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 - 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival. His best known play The Playboy of the Western World was poorly received, due to...

Xenophon (431-355 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, was a soldier, mercenary and an admirer of Socrates. He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the sayings of Socrates, and the life of Greece. He...

William Dampier (baptised 5 September 1651; died March 1715) was an English explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator, and naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. He has also...

Amelia Gere Mason (1831-1923) was an American writer. Mason née Gere was born on September 23, 1831 in Northampton, Massachusetts. She was married to Alvin A. Mason. Gere wrote for the Atlantic Monthly magazine. She was the author of The Women of the French...

Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 - December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. As a member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the...

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Over the course...

Sea and Sardinia is a travel book by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It describes a brief excursion undertaken in January 1921 by Lawrence and his wife Frieda, a. k. a. Queen Bee, from Taormina in Sicily to the interior of Sardinia. They...

Growing up in Belair at Bowie, a Levitt planned community, was a multi-faceted gift. This book is a firsthand account of that formative experience, starting with the construction of the family's home and progressing to the author's halfway point at Kenilworth Elementary. Each chapter...

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African American community and of the contemporary black...

John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 - September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier...

A Russian nurse's memoir of her experiences in the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the Russian civil war takes her ultimately into exile and another life.Author: Tatiana VarnekISBN-10: 1034678019ISBN-13: 9781034678014Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/26/2021Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d

Our camp is located in T1R8, Maine. Willey's Dam Camp sits ten feet from the rock-filled shoreline of Millinocket Lake - a clear, beautiful, and cold body of water. Our view is of picturesque Mount Katahdin, Maine's tallest peak. My husband, Paul, is a...

This book contains a collection of true stories written by a woman who retells some of her off the grid adventures in the woods of northern Maine. A few of the stories are of her everyday excursions that have somehow gone awry -seldom for...

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - 1153), was a Burgundian abbot, and an important reformer of Benedictine monasticism through the new Cistercian order. He is famous for playing a key role in various councils of his time and also for being a leading advocate...

This book, containing over 200 photographs, records the bullfighters, ranches and events that have most impressed the English author and aficionado Tristan Wood - a personal history of bullfighting over the last 50 years.Author: Tristan WoodISBN-10: 1034616358ISBN-13: 9781034616351Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2021Pages: 192Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.72lbsSize:...

This biography relates the story of St. Monica (332 - 387), the mother of St. Augustine. A native of Northern Africa, she would become famous for her devotion to her son and her pious life of prayer. Forbes masterfully weaves the story of St....

This book is a collection of Inept Blog entries between the years 2009-2010. The entries are written by the wife of a Disabled American Veteran. Lori-Ann writes not only about the challenges of their everyday lifestyle living off the grid in the northern Maine...

Dionysius the Areopagite was a well-known first-century judge from the Areopagus Court in Athens, Greece. He famously converted to Christianity when he heard the preaching of St. Paul, the story of which is related in the Acts of the Apostles (17:34). He is credited...

Frank Dilnot (1875-1946) was an English author and journalist, born in Hampshire. He was educated privately and began as a newspaper reporter in 1900 on the staff of the Central News, London, which he left two years later for the Daily Mail (1902-10). He...

This historic collection of eleven apologetic sermons was delivered by Robert Hugh Benson (1871 - 1914) in England and the United States in the early 20th-century on the eve of World War I. The titles of the sermons are as follows: I Peace and...

Faxian (337 - c. 422) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator who traveled by foot from China to India, visiting sacred Buddhist sites in Central, South and Southeast Asia between 399-412 to acquire Buddhist texts. He described his journey in his travelogue, A...

"In Memoriam A H H." is a poem by the British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published in 1850. It is a requiem for the poet's beloved Cambridge friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died suddenly of a cerebral haemorrhage in Vienna in 1833, aged 22....

Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875 - April 3, 1950) was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the...

Arabella Burton Buckley (24 October 1840 - 9 February 1929) was a writer and science educator. She championed Darwinian evolution with particular emphasis on the mind and morals, in contrast to the prevailing emphasis on competition and physical survival. Charles Darwin described her as...

St. Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380) was an Italian mystic, who was part of the Dominican order. She was canonized in 1461, and is recognized as a Doctor of the Church. She was born in Siena, Italy, and early on wanted to devote...

John Dee (13 July 1527 - 1608 or 1609) was an Anglo-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, teacher, occultist, and alchemist. He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Elizabeth I, and spent much of his time on alchemy, divination and Hermetic philosophy. As an...

Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834 - April 5, 1928) was an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911. After graduating from Yale, Depew entered...

Our new 2021 Teacher Planner is finally here! This beautiful planner is printed on high-quality interior stock. This planner features pages that include: weekly lesson plan, weekly recap, classroom expense chart, plan by subject, student roster, student birthdays, student health, and continuing education tracker....

Richard Hakluyt (1553-1616) was an English writer. He is known for promoting the English colonisation of North America through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582) and The Principall Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation (1589-1600). Hakluyt...

Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny, born on April 10, 1793, died on January 27, 1843, was a surgeon and doctor aboard the Medusa. When the ship sank (July 2, 1816), he was one of three officers who volunteered to take a place on the raft...

In 180 AD, St. Irenaeus, the bishop of Lyon, France wrote Against Heresies. It is a collected work made up of 5 books, wherein Irenaeus examines the many schools of Gnostic thought of his day, in addition to various heretical Christian sects. He contrasts...

The act of writing down three simple gratitudes each day establishes a state of mindfulness that supports and reinforces the Law of Attraction. It is designed to enable children to focus on being thankful both in the biggest and smallest of wins in life....

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze was a Swiss composer, musician, and music educator who developed Dalcroze eurhythmics, an approach to learning and experiencing music through movement. Dalcroze eurhythmics influenced Carl Orff's pedagogy, used in music education throughout the United States. Dalcroze's method teaches musical concepts, often through...

Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and the Sudan on behalf of the British Museum...

Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Donation Planner 6 x 9 inches, Plenty of space to notate the important stuff. Simplistic layout and beautiful design. This planner can help you control your spending and see where the money goes. This book has a total...

Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Donation Planner 6 x 9 inches, Plenty of space to notate the important stuff. Simplistic layout and beautiful design. This planner can help you control your spending and see where the money goes. This book has a total...

Coloring on many sarcastic quotes and pictures make you relax and have fun A humorous adult coloring book that will surely get a big laugh from your beloved birthday celebrant Best birthday gift ideas for your friend, husband, wife, family member's birthday Each book...

Coloring on many sarcastic quotes and pictures make you relax and have fun A humorous adult coloring book that will surely get a big laugh from your beloved birthday celebrant Best birthday gift ideas for your friend, husband, wife, family member's birthday Each book...

The monthly invoice planner consists of organized spaces for managing your money Plan for your expenses ideal for business, budgeting, bookkeeping, and personal finance organize your bills This sheet will help you for an entire year This book has a total of 100 pagesAuthor:...

St. Irenaeus, the bishop of Lyon, France wrote Against Heresies in 180 AD. It is a collected work made up of 5 books, in which Irenaeus examines the many schools of Gnostic thought of his day, in addition to various heretical Christian sects. He...

The act of writing down three simple gratitudes each day establishes a state of mindfulness that supports and reinforces the Law of Attraction. It is designed to enable children to focus on being thankful both in the biggest and smallest of wins in life....

Alfred the Great (848 - 899) was a king in West Saxon and then the first king of the Anglo-Saxons, king of Britain. He spent his early career fighting Viking invasions, until in 878 he won a decisive victory against them, and then personally...

In this story of restoration, Matthew Simmons breaks free of constraints and dives headlong into his journey from failure to faith. Negative self-image has a way of contorting the divine image of God within each of us. In God's Only Mistake, Matthew unveils his...

John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) was an American soldier who held major commands during the American Civil War. He later served as US. Secretary of War under Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant, and Commanding General of the United States Army. When the Civil...

These meditations were originally composed in the 18th century by St. Alphonsus Liguori(1696 - 1787), a Catholic bishop from the Naples region in Italy. They first appeared in English in 1886 in Eugene Grimm's (1835-1891) "Complete Ascetical Works of Saint Alphonsus de Liguori: The...

Easy to note the secret cooking tips from your grandma, mom, and dad. You can record the ingredients, directions, notes, and photo up to 48 menu Beautiful cover with modern floral style. This book has a total of 100 pages, contains 2 inner covers...

Journaling is a creative way to document your life. Writing exercises will help you reflect and expand on your self-love and self-care. Guide you in getting to know and understand yourself. This book has a total of 102 pages which contain 100 question pages.Author:...

"A celebrated author has justly remarked that Christian women can, like the guardian angels, invisibly govern the world; and the author of the "Serious Hours of a Young Lady" has very appropriately made this truth the basis of his book, since the object that...

Ernest Alexander "E. A." Cruikshank FRSC (29 June 1853 - 23 June 1939), was a Canadian Brigadier General, a historian who specialized in military history and the first Chairman of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Cruikshank was born in Bertie Township,...

Bartolomé de las Casas (11 November 1484 - 18 July 1566) was a 16th-century Spanish landowner, friar, priest, and bishop, famed as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman then became a Dominican friar and priest. He was appointed...