Biography & Autobiography - Historical

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 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,...

William Penn's life was, at its core, a search for peace. This study concentrates attention on his greatest effort to secure true peace for all--his undertaking to populate and cultivate the region of North America granted him by the English Crown in March 1681.Penn...

John and Mary's candy store was one of four in the magical place known as Red Hook in Brooklyn, New York, in the 60s and 70s. While the others sold only candy, John and Mary's included a soda fountain with a counter and offered...

The Magnficent Losers tells the stories of twenty great, but unsuccessful reformers and fighters for freedom and justice from the Roman Republic up to the Twentieth Century. The stories of these heroes and heroines sweep from Russia to Nebraska, from Britain to the Phillippines...

"Howdy, folks. This story starts back in 1886, in Henrietta, Texas. My name is Bob and I was six years old back then..." Thus speaks Bob Crump, the author's father, as he begins to describe the family's move to settle Lubbock County on the...

This book explores the life and ideas of Hilary Teage, a Baptist pastor, merchant, statesman, and newspaper editor. A native of Virginia, Teage applied his many talents and considerable energies to building Liberia, the first republic in Africa. Although long ignored, he produced an...

In America, 1918 was a time of idealism and duty. Young men joined the military, eager to fight the German menace. Women raised money to support the troops and worked in munition factories. Patriotism was at a fevered pitch. But not everyone believed in...

Gerti's war is a journal of Gerti's life after Hitler took power and she found herself pressed into service as an encrytionist with top security clearance. Gerti's journal chronicles her experiences, hardships and the atrocities suffered by all during WWII. Gerti's early life and...

Asa Candler rose from a rural background to reap a fortune. His windfall came from purchasing the Coca-Cola formula in 1888 and establishing the company that became a national phenomenon in less than a decade. In Formula for Fortune, author Ann Uhry Abrams narrates...

War memories do not have an age requirement. They force you to mature and give you no choice but to cope with the realities of the world. In this memoir, author Sigrid Jackson tells what it was like being a child of war in...

As the Andros Odyssey refugees in Eastern Macedonia managed to survive a series of catastrophes, a much bigger threat appears. Greece enters into World War II. Anthony leaves his wife and joins other poorly equipped Greeks at the front. Greece had to fight four...

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.Author: Karl MarxISBN-10: 1461072271ISBN-13: 9781461072270Publisher:...

Alacrity Press is proud to republish Charles F. Horne's series, Great Men and Famous Women. First published in 1894, Horne's profiles of over 200 men and women, who shaped the course of history, have inspired generations of readers, including a young and future president...

Alacrity Press is proud to republish Charles F. Horne's series, Great Men and Famous Women. First published in 1894, Horne's profiles of over 200 men and women, who shaped the course of history, have inspired generations of readers, including a young and future president...

Alacrity Press is proud to republish Charles F. Horne's series, Great Men and Famous Women. First published in 1894, Horne's profiles of over 200 men and women, who shaped the course of history, have inspired generations of readers, including a young and future president...

Free for All to Freedom Late afternoon on Friday, July 13, 1956 a twin engine DC-3 from the People's Republic of Hungary made an unscheduled landing, some 250 miles off its original course, at a NATO air force base still under construction. For those...

In 1943 Peter, a 21-year-old Dutch citizen, faces a choice: forced labour in Germany or go into hiding with the help of the resistance movement. After the war he faces another choice: remain in the Netherlands or emigrate from the war-torn country. Throughout his...

Mary's Suitcase of Memories is a delightful read. It's a snappy, funny and heartfelt memoir. The book is made up of five diaries written by Mary Buard from 1916 -1921. The diaries were originally handwritten in pencil or ink and were copied to a...

José Agustín Quintero (1829-1885) was a Cuban American from New Orleans, Louisiana who skillfully and energetically represented the Confederacy in northeastern Mexico during the Civil War. This dynamic multilingual leader helped coordinate the defensive plans necessary to protect the Texas border and insure the...

Author: Ralph Ockerse, Evelijn BlaneyISBN-10: 1456889729ISBN-13: 9781456889722Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/19/2011Pages: 246Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

"Originally published in French as Madame Montour et son temps. Copyright 1979 by Quaebec/Amaerique."--T.p. verso.Author: Simone VincensISBN-10: 1456873741ISBN-13: 9781456873745Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2011Pages: 310Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

HOW CHINA'S MOST CELEBRATED VIOLIN PRODIGY BECAME AN ENEMY OF THE STATE.The King of Violins is the heartbreaking story of China's most celebrated violin prodigy, Ma Sicong, who composed his first concerto at the age of 12.During his career, this gentle, dignified man composed...

San Frascisco Book Review: "1989 was a chaotic time. There were earthquakes, massive revolutions, and Seinfeld premiered. The Pigs' Slaughter is a book about the revolution in Romania. Written by Florin Grancea, he gives us a window into the world of Romania during those...

The First 10 African American Presidents is a history of men born in the United States who rose from humble beginnings in America to build and lead a new nation called Liberia. The first republic on the African continent. These men were the first...

Travel along with the author on his unbelievable journey from the Great Depression to the 21st Century. This First Edition contains over sixty short stories written from his own personal experiences which entail his younger years, snowshoeing adventures in the dead of winter, hiking,...

Author: Richard Lee Lee BradshawISBN-10: 1453583939ISBN-13: 9781453583937Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2010Pages: 440Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d

Author: Peter SchmeddingISBN-10: 1453527370ISBN-13: 9781453527375Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2010Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d

"Everybody has their Philadelphia. It's a moment when you face your greatest fear knowing that you may not survive. But you do survive, and when you come out the other side you find that your Philadelphia has stripped away your fear. You know for...

Toujours Jeune was the motto of the luxurious New Frontenac Hotel on Round Island in the Thousand Islands area of the St. Lawrence River. The New Frontenac was the crowning project of Charles Goodwin Emery an entrepreneur whose life straddled the nineteenth and twentieth...

The Parrys left England to practice their Quaker religion without ridicule. They found their home in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where they went on to become one of the region's most illustrious families. Follow two generations of the Parry family, spanning a period of one...

History is more than national personalities, wars, and horrible catastrophes; it is stories told by people who have lived ordinary lives. In Where Did All the Cowboys Go?, author Joe Millard gives a first-person account of what life was like growing up in rural...

Four Good News (Gospels), describing the life and teaching of Jesus of Nazareth, are likely to by the most influential works of human history. For nearly 2000 years, they are still the most searched, the most translated, the most quoted, the most studied, and...

In Ohio Confederate Connection, Curtis Early, descendent of Lt. General Jubal A. Early of the Confederate States of America, and his wife, Gloria, present facts about the Civil War that may not be widely known. Gloria and Curtis Early have been doing Civil War...

They Left Us Behind tells the story of a young girl, her family, and their struggle to reach America. Using the actual diary of the family as the basis for her writing, author Cungdiem Tang describes the early cultural life of her grandparents and...

Victor M. Villarreal was born in a rural village in northern Mexico. At an early age, he immigrated to the United States, settling in a small Texas town named Big Wells. From there his family joined the migrant stream, following seasonal crops across the...

The Immigrants' Daughter chronicles the growth of corruption, its highs... its lows, from the early nineteenth century, through the romantic '20s and '30s to the present egregious courtroom dramas. It uncovers the obscene abuse she suffered at the hands of her family and the...

Author: Jack PattersonISBN-10: 1450018084ISBN-13: 9781450018081Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/12/2010Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d

Author: Lahla M. KeiserISBN-10: 1450017851ISBN-13: 9781450017855Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/18/2010Pages: 302Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Author: Kimboli St James SatchitanandaISBN-10: 1450005977ISBN-13: 9781450005975Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/05/2011Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d

Dennis Peron is the person behind the legalization of medical marijuana in the State of California. In the mid 90's, Dennis opened the legendary S.F. Cannabis Buyers Club. A five-story storefront, which openly distributed hundreds of pounds of medical marijuana daily to sick and...

The loss of the father and the son resulted in war and cannibalism in Fiji. Learn of the original worship of the father and the son in Fiji. How the son took away his protection and the land fell into the period of the...

The entire theme of this book is safety, yet it is an exciting narrative as well as an autobiography of a heavy duty driver who logged over a million miles in trucks and buses. There are some ghastly wrecks where human life was taken...