Biography & Autobiography - General

In the serene mining village of Owlthorpe Lane, Alan's tenth birthday begins with a vivid, unsettling dream about his twin brother John, who tragically died at birth but continues to exist in Alan's subconscious. On this day, Alan encounters the typical challenges of childhood,...

Musings from a Pandemic: Another laugh out loud episode from the life of Peter Barber.In the midst of a global pandemic, one man transforms the chaos of quarantine into a laugh-out-loud adventure. Musings from a Pandemic captures the comedic highs and lows of lockdown...

Seyed Reza Mirsadeghi, a prominent figure in major construction projects in Iran, such as Tehran's Milad Tower, is recognized for his influential role in the country's development. This time, he has crafted a different kind of structure-one built with words and emotions. Dr. Mirsadeghi,...

Reza Kianian is a prominent actor in Iran, known for his notable achievements in acting in major distinguished roles, multiple awards, painting, sculpting, and set design talents. This book shares his humorous and thought-provoking encounters with various individuals throughout his life. Kianian's fame and...

Mary Arlene Blake and her three friends are leaving childhood and becoming teenagers. We first see them outside the terrifying wall of the secondary school, worrying and wondering what awaits them on the other side.They learn to navigate through this new stage of their...

Her incredibly life-changing encounter with God through faith in Jesus, brought trans-formation not only to her life, but eventually to her husband and children. Her faith and tenacity with the Lord has continued to be a source of inspira-tion for many who have also...

Bernard Green was a founder member of The British Parachute Association and started the very first skydiving school called British Skydiving Ltd at Thruxton, Nr Andover, Hants. This is a story of Bernard's life involved with skydiving from his first jump in 1958Author: Bernard...

'My Life is My Word' is the autobiography of Malcolm Le Hair, and is a heartfelt and captivating account of the ups and downs of his life, touching on issues ranging from experimental medical LSD treatments, wartime poverty and abuse to religion, loss and...

This book is both an introduction to the history of the city and a guide to exploring its many historic sites. Much of the history described is unusual and all is clearly explained.Each chapter covers a specific theme, with instructions and maps. Each walk...

The biography of Göran Andersson, from Marstrand Sweden, OK Dinghy World Champion, Olympian in the Finn class, and business entrepreneur, creating the famous company Marinex. The book was first published in Swedish in 2019 by Marstrands Hembygdsförening (Marstrand Local Heritage Society) under the title:...

In his candid and often brutally honest autobiography, Colin Reed, remembers countless stories from his childhood in Southampton, his 10 years in the Royal Navy and then a 40 year career in the upstream oil and gas industry, including time spent on one of...

"Warning: This book is almost impossible to put down." - Tracy Fahey, Author: The Unheimlich ManoeuvreJust how much are we shaped by the entertainment that scares us?Author, blogger, podcaster and lifelong fan of genre Kit Power sets out to answer that question, with a...

A. M. Mensah has written a semi-autobiographical novel, depicting the care homes in the 1950's and 1960's England. The novel is from the perspective of mixed raced children of African and Irish heritage. The book tells a child's story of loss and abandonment as...

Valuable for its insights into Schiller's life and for Carlyle's peculiar relationship to Schiller and German literature in general. Carlyle's biography of Schiller is still valuable, both for its insights into Schiller's life and for Carlyle's peculiar relationship to Schiller and German literature in...

Exposure is a funny and poignant memoir of adventure and love with a sharp psychological edge. Joel Magarey, a young journalist haunted by both inflated dreams and obsessive-compulsive disorder, abandons his career and girlfriend of seven years for a long-imagined global odyssey - and...

From the wide cornfields of Blenheim in Bavaria to the dark and bloody woods at Malplaquet, the armies led by John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough met and defeated every general and every army that King Louis XIV of France could put against...

Description Elisabeth's book is written to help those caught up in obsessive spiritual sects and guru movements. Recounting the extraordinary events of a long life filled with great joys and harrowing griefs, Elisabeth generously traces her soul journey of awakening for the benefit and...

William Grattan was a young Irish Lieutenant who served in the famous Connaught Rangers [the 88th regiment] in some of the hottest engagements of the Peninsular War. His first battle was the bloody encounter at Busaco, when the Duke of Wellington himself commended the...

This book tells the amazing story of two family lines, inching ever closer through the centuries. One family went out to make its fortune in the Australian gold rush of the 1880s and the other settled in Newcastle-upon-Tyne after narrowly escaping the dreadful St....

Growing up in inner-city Manchester in the 1970s and 80s was no easy feat-especially for a strong-willed Black kid navigating peer pressure, overt racism, and a system that often looked the other way. Paul Bailey had two choices: fight or flee. He chose to...

Benno: My Life in Football is a fascinating look into the footballing life of one of Coventry City's greatest ever players, FA Cup-winning hero Dave Bennett.Follow the effervescent Benno's life from battling racism on the streets of Manchester and throughout his career to climbing...

Why would a normal teenager throw his heart and soul into an average Third Division football club for almost a decade, only to walk away from them at the height of their success? After abandoning that club for 20 years, what would cause him...

Drink-driving deferrals and reckless driving brought me here to write this tread through realities - including the effects on the mental health of both parties.My disability and continued rehabilitation has taught me much about social interactions and impositions. What people are saying about this...

Women of Spirit is an inspiring collection of real-life stories for twenty-first century women.The book details candid and moving accounts of women who have beaten illness, faced racism and bereavement, and overcome a lack of empowerment suffered through various forms of domestic and relationship...

Confessions of an English Alcalde: a Cautionary Tale is a compelling and richly entertaining account of life, with both its joys and complications, in a small village set deep among the olive groves of Andalucía. It sets the dream of rural bliss against the...

The book revisits the final decade in the life of Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938), a central poet of Russian Modernism. Premised on the belief that no life can be understood without insight into its contradictions, the book attends to the two contentious cruxes of Mandelstam's...

"I always say that, if I had seen someone on TV talking about body dysmorphic disorder or seen it in a magazine, I might have recognised what I myself was suffering from and sought help sooner. I suffered for fifteen years in silence. If...

First full biography of Richard Woods, the landscape designer, examining his work and restoring him to the attention he merits. A contemporary of the famous landscape designer "Capability" Brown, Richard Woods has never received the recognition he deserves: in contrast to Brown, he emphasised...

Do you feel like you're constantly criticized and disrespected?Have you wondered if there are any positive male role models?Are you tired of all the negativity around men, and ready to be inspired instead?Here are just some of the stories you'll read in this book:...

This book chronicles the fascinating lives and careers of a much loved and highly respected Cookshire (Quebec) couple who passed away 50 years ago. Descendants of English and Scottish emigrants who were pioneers in the white settlement of Compton County, John French and Dorothy...

This book is written by a person with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. It is written openly and honestly through the mediums of memoir and insight. It gives the reader an in-depth glimpse into the feelings and emotions experienced by a person with a disability...

Three buildings, 7 suites, 45 appliences and 40 illustrations. Add 12 years as a Landlord to that and you get 107 chapters of raw humour, You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll say "I don't believe it", but it's all true! Fred Miller is about...

Boarding has now begun for a forty year journey of imagination and creativity, ambition and betrayal, style and wonder, tears and laughter.Your pilot, LIZZI MAC, will guide you through tales of triumph, mishaps and the unforgettable characters that have shaped her personal life and...

Bugger Bugger Shit: is a phrase used by the author's family when things went really wrong or were bad in her family. Author: Angharad CandlinISBN-10: 1763698572ISBN-13: 9781763698574Publisher: Morpheus PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/14/2024Pages: 324Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Maria Wassink is a registered counselor and a certified prayer minister with years of experience helping individuals and families navigate difficult times. In this candid memoir, Maria takes the reader into the adventurous and eye-opening journey of a lifetime.With vivid descriptions of the places...

In early September 2023, I left the sanctity of my Brisbane home and sallied forth on a four-month adventure across Asia and Europe. I travelled, for the most part, alone, joined in a couple of locations by my wife. One fine afternoon, as we...

It's the 1970s and Anne thought a fresh start in a northern town would be the adventure of a lifetime. But her husband, Thomas, has other plans. While he is busy with his career, Anne struggles to adapt to a new culture, a growing...

Steve and Linda met in a dance studio when they were teenagers. Their ballet partnership soon blossomed into romance, they married and were blessed with two daughters. Then, at the age of forty-six, Steve was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and Linda became his carer....

'Hilarious, moving and brilliantly told' - Susan Johnson 'It reads like the very best of spy thrillers.' - Matthew Condon'An intimate and compelling look at an ordinary family who happen to be ASIO agents.' - Kristina Olsson Growing up in the 1950s, the three...

Funny true stories about the everyday dramas that can make or break friendships, cooking, housekeeping and the domestic chaos that always threatens to get the upper hand, written in the tradition of Nora Ephron. 'A glorious account of how the little things of life...

1904: a time of stability and hope. In a little Methodist chapel in country NSW, shy, reserved Albert marries confident, emotional Ethel. Both of them are twenty four. Four years later, at the bride's family home in Sydney, shy, reserved Eva marries handsome, confident...

For the early settlers who came from crowded cities and long established villages, it must have been extraordinary to find you could pack your belongings onto a bullock dray and head off to rural grasslands out of the reach of meddlesome authorities. They could...

He was the gentleman bushranger, and she was the woman who rode with him. Full of action and drama, this is the richly detailed and unputdownable true story of Captain Thunderbolt and his lady."Bail up!" demanded Captain Thunderbolt before he shouted the bar with...

I never knew my grandmother, Mary Ellen Kerr Peach. Then some old letters came into my possession; my paper chase began. I learnt how she epitomised the young, educated women of a century ago who sought to shatter the shibboleths of sexism by persistence...

When Dalley, a convict's son who became the first Australian Privy Councillor, died in 1888, The Bulletin described him as 'a man of many splendours, both of intellect and heart', and 'in many respects the most notable man Sydney has given birth to'. Nine...

This book is a page turner you won't be able to put it down! The reader will feel they are sharing in Marks rollercoaster journey of self destruction to becoming an ordained minister. In a world of darkness, isolation and desperation Mark becomes entrenched...

Before the Dust Settles is an authentic, at times heartbreaking, account of a man who felt lost under the weight of his grief and despair. Despite the relentless twists and turns in his life and against all the odds, Martin was determined to keep...

This is a true story. My memoir of healing, forgiveness, renewed faith, and the awe of continued miracles. After my mother died and learned that she could communicate through mediums, she began guiding me from the other side and quickly made up for forty-three...

For those who have been frantically worried they are going to make the wrong decision, especially when I'm responsible for other peoples lives, this book introduces some solutions. What would it be like to have an overall view of what's going on before you...

For those who have been frantically worried they are going to make the wrong decision, especially when responsible for other peoples lives, this book introduces some solutions. What would it be like to have an overall view of what's going on before you make...