Biography & Autobiography - General

Throughout her literary and critical career, Canadian writer Carol Shields (1935-2003) resisted simple categorization. Her novels are elegant puzzles that confront the reader with the ambiguity of meaning and narrative, yet their position within Shields' critical feminist project has, until now, been obscured.In Carol...

Author: Lisa KeatonISBN-10: 1441596011ISBN-13: 9781441596017Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2010Pages: 104Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d

Author: Velma AkinsISBN-10: 144159177XISBN-13: 9781441591777Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/25/2009Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d

Author: Sandra SteenISBN-10: 1441578080ISBN-13: 9781441578082Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/07/2010Pages: 74Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d

Author: Lydia Van EkISBN-10: 1441557598ISBN-13: 9781441557599Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/05/2009Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d

Author: Eileen McNealISBN-10: 1441548793ISBN-13: 9781441548795Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2009Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d

Author: Helen P. WeeksISBN-10: 1441547193ISBN-13: 9781441547194Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/03/2009Pages: 66Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d

Author: Larry BarnettISBN-10: 1441538437ISBN-13: 9781441538437Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/26/2009Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

Author: (Malkowski) Ba Kay (Malkowski) Basaraba,Kay (Malkowski) BasarabaISBN-10: 1441500367ISBN-13: 9781441500366Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/05/2009Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.38d

Author: Adell McMillanISBN-10: 1441512519ISBN-13: 9781441512512Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/09/2009Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d

Author: Cynthia JacobsISBN-10: 1441503633ISBN-13: 9781441503633Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2009Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d

I am living proof that no one can predict or determine their future. When a devastating illness strikes your family, in some cases, no matter what steps you take or how you plan you will have no control over the outcome. One day, out...

Daddy There's A Light in the Sky is a series of autobiographical sketches that cover a period from the early 1920's through the early 2000's. The sketches are not set in an orderly chronology but rather as an 85 year old man's mind thought...

They Knew Then contains all the most relevant quotes quotes you can think of, from a few centuries gone by. If you have a meeting, wedding, speech, in need of motivation or just looking for sage advice, you need this book, because nothing helps...

The Madness Within is an autobiography of an ordinary woman (Cheryl G. Baker), living and struggling with manic-depression, also known as Bipolar disorder. It's intention is to help others, who may or may not have been dignosed with the illness because it affects everyone...

Author: Charles J. BoudreauxISBN-10: 1438953054ISBN-13: 9781438953052Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2009Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.15d

In My Brothers Footsteps, The Battle Back is a poignant, heart- warming and sometimes funny accounting of my life. It tells of love, trust, fear, dismay and conquest. From a little boy with ADD learning life's lessons the hard way on the streets of...

This book is inspired by true events. It is a daughter's emotionally thrilling story of her family's love for their father, his illness and eventual death. By the family's refusal to give up his body after his death they became aware of their strength...

This chronicle takes place during a time span of 3 years in the life of an autistic child, Gabriel, from the time of his diagnosis to his slow and gradual recuperation. It juxtaposes the experiences, some traumatic, others comforting, of the process through which...

Author: Paolo ManciniISBN-10: 1438936567ISBN-13: 9781438936567Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/20/2009Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d

The book shows the life of a young family in a new, struggling country. It is an insight into a different culture, without prejudice, as it has been lived day by day. It also lets you take part in the advancing of living standard...

This book is the thirty year compilation of true stories of the special students that I have had the privilege to teach, supervise and just be friends with. Some of the stories are tragic, some funny. Some stories are of the teachers and assistants...

F.A.T. Chronicles is about a monkey on my back. The monkey's name is Food Addiction. Over the years I have done battle with this addiction. Writing this book is my therapuetic process in dealing with the addiction but even more so; the drivers, the...

Author: Anita Marie RosinolaISBN-10: 1438931123ISBN-13: 9781438931128Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/25/2008Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

Author: Linda S. BlazISBN-10: 1438914059ISBN-13: 9781438914053Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/09/2009Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d

This is a story of a 64 year everyday person who was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and how Gregg Pelagio battled this diabetes and has regained control of his sugar levels with and now without medicine. I do not profess to be an...

Inspiring collection narrating how peace activists found their calling and why the world still needs peace activism.Since the late 1990s the annual Kateri Tekakwitha Interfaith Peace Conference in upstate New York has grown to become the region's premier peace conference. Bending the Arc provides...

""A Letter Introductory From Messrs. Olmsted, Harris, Trowbridge And Richardson"" is a book written by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1871. The book is a collection of letters written by the author and his colleagues, including Harris, Trowbridge, and Richardson, introducing their work and ideas...

Author: Grace J. Nathan M. S.,John A. Friedman Ph. D.ISBN-10: 1436387426ISBN-13: 9781436387422Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/13/2009Pages: 110Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d

Author: Mazi Ngozi OttihISBN-10: 1436357624ISBN-13: 9781436357623Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/03/2008Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d

Author: John L. BrownISBN-10: 1436331730ISBN-13: 9781436331739Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/26/2008Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d

If you've ever wondered what goes through the mind of most teens and young adults today, inside these pages will give you a glimpse. This book is a collaboration of unique writings and narratives about a young man's journey during several crucial years in...

MY BOOK IS ABOUT MY LIFE GROWING UP, MY CHILDHOOD STRUGGLES, AND MY ADULT STRUGGLES THAT I FACED. WHILE GROWING UP I FEARED THAT MY MOTHER DIDN'T LOVE ME ENOUGH. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, SOMETHING I LOOKED FORWARD TO FOR YEARS, I MOVED TO...

The SHAKING trilogy: part one SHAKING. The younger members of the family were being re-housed in the peripheral housing scheme and life including Jim's with cerebral palsy. Annie and Johnnie get re-housed in a five-apartment flat. They live through the Blitz. Cathie meets Jimmy...

Author: Shelly HiggensISBN-10: 1434384209ISBN-13: 9781434384201Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2009Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.13d

In this real-life memoir, Roderick Knight's admittance into the college of his dreams turns into an unexpected nightmare. He enters a downward spiral upon his puzzling inability to adjust to his new environment. Roderick begins an arduous journey that includes a series of hospitalizations...

Rickshaws to Jets via Memory Lane is the true- life story of the author, Kusum. Born into a conservative family in the ancient and Holy city of Varanasi, India she was educated there before leaving friends and family in India to pursue her further...

This biography of Thomas E. Ware covers (78) years of relentless struggle for achievement and success in a segregated society on the streets of Washington D.C. Starting in 1929 and ending in 2007. As his younger brother I was blessed to grow up with...

The purpose of this book is to dispel the many myths and stereotypes that many have about people who have disabilities; be it a visual or hearing impairment or a physical or cognitive disability. I pray that by sharing my experiences as someone with...

This is a true story by Martha, a Kenyan High School graduate. She was only 18 when, motivated by desire to have gainful employment, she applied and won green card to live, work and study in USA. The application was a gamble. The win...

This book depicts the life of "Erna", a German Woman (in the time 1898 to 1945), and her struggle under Nazi persecution!Author: Ernst Meinhard KabakerISBN-10: 1434351068ISBN-13: 9781434351067Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/22/2008Pages: 104Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d

Our family knew very little about my father's past, only that his father, Elijah, was a kind old man. Our father refused to discuss it and took whatever there was to tell, to the grave with him. There were rumors amongst my oldest brothers...

Rachel Gifford, nationally renowned diabetes educator and speaker, shares her story of living with diabetes from both sides of the exam table. A Gift in Wolf's Clothing begins when she diagnoses herself with her older sister's diabetes urine testing kit, and her initial reaction...

This book is a nostalgic, humorous, sometimes sad, and sometimes downright funny trip into the past! The author has written these true stories from his memory in a style that transports the reader back in time to the mid 20th century. They describe a...

"I don't want to die in a nursing home, please stay with me till I die." were the words of Adele. Little did I know that I said "yes" to more than just living with her - I said "yes" to multiple hysterical moments,...

Through The Storm is a true yet inspiring saga of a man who wants more than anything in life to "earn" the title of Ironman Triathlete. At age 42, Milwaukee native Aaron G. Perry, a 15-year insulin dependent diabetic has finally made the commitment...

Willing to be Willing is the story of a few years in the life of Ken Reeves and Johna Gibbens Rickman Reeves. The story unfolds in a drug rehabilitation center and moves through 14 months of federal prison to the discovery of HIV/AIDS diagnosis....

Save Me a Seat by the Drummer is a comical and poignant compilation of Carmine J. Scarpa's recollections of childhood and youth. Born with Spina Bifida, Mr. Scarpa's physical disability is a constant and significant thread throughout this stream of conscious memoir. The baby...

The Journey to Oregon in 1934 is a true story of eight family members who travel from the drought and dust storms of Nebraska to the promise of Oregon in search of a better life. John and Helen have been married six months when...

After This, No More Compromising, is about a young girl on a journey to become a woman made whole . While on this journey, she finds herself in a pattern of relationships where she conveniently compromises, believing that her compromising will land her great...