Biography & Autobiography - General

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,...

In the late 1980s the Daily Telegraph transformed the traditionally dry and stolid world of obituaries, ushering in a new way of writing about the dead that was vivid, gently subversive and richly comic. Telegraph obituaries became a byword for entertaining journalism, celebrated for...

My book for the poor, starving, naked, heathen, mental relegated to the cruel scarlet letter, insane, blind, maimed, and the widow. A work rejected by the corrupt media for sixty years, for it is written by the divine hand of inspiration: a pure mind....

As soon as I could make sense of the world I had been born into, I began to realise that I had to fight for my space in order to survive. At the age of six, I started the struggle to defend my turf...

Inspired by true events, Kenneth Hough didn't know today was going to be the day that he would die. He suffered a cardiac arrest while getting an epidural injection in his neck that changed his life forever. Being discharged from the hospital a day...

This book is not just another autobiography. This is a life journey of an ordinary man. Every person is experiencing difficulties in their lives, but how much we are learning from those difficulties and obstacles that we find along the way is what the...

This book, first published in 1977, attempts to show Mao Tse-tung in his relationship with the Chinese people. The author makes extensive use of a number of interviews with a cross-section of Chinese people, as well as examining the written records made by foreign...

After suffering years of anxiety and abuse, Jenny Wren-Patrick was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. And while learning about her condition helped to explain a lot of her confusion and mood swings, her consultant psychiatrist advised her to take another step forward and start to...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

The work of Andrzej Wajda, one of the world's most important filmmakers, shows remarkable cohesion in spite of the wide ranging scope of his films, as this study of his complete output of feature films shows. Not only do his films address crucial historical,...

The stories within the pages take time forward and out of my early years. This completes those years and moves it forward past the first sixty. The chapters tell of the trials that I faced as the years passed by. It also tells of...

Heidi Siefkas lost her health, her career, and her marriage after she was struck by a one-thousand-pound tree branch. While she made great strides in her physical and emotional recovery in the months that followed -- an arduous process that she chronicled in When...

A most useful book for any researcher with early Davidson County connections. History of the first couple to be married in Nashville (1780) and their descendants. Surnames of allied families include Smith, Criddle, Ewing, Gambill, Wheless, McNish, Dean, Stump, Marshall. Paperback, (1946), repr. 2007,...

Marked for Life tells the story of Hildegard Goss-Mayr, an Austrian Catholic pioneer in teaching the philosophy and practice of nonviolence amidst great historical events of the past half century World War II, the Cold War, revolutionary struggles against colonialism and dictatorship, the Second...

William H. Nace was sent to Korea in June of 1952. His letters to his family back home tell of his time spent fighting overseas. This personal account is a touching story for any Korean War veteran or other military personnel.Author: William NaceISBN-10: 1563118491ISBN-13:...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: George SmithISBN-10: 1534956883ISBN-13: 9781534956889Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

The Vietnam War era (1961-1975), one of our country's most turbulent periods, was also a time of change and social evolution. Seeded in the aftermath of World War II, the nation enjoyed a remarkable economic boom. Knoxville and East Tennessee stood witness to the...

Coming of Age in the uncertain 50's and the over-heated 60's in a seaside town, pinned under the thumb of a selective boys' grammar school, wherein academic success was guaranteed for those who abjured pop music, coffee bars, Vespa scooters and girls with a...

Author: Loretta EsquibelISBN-10: 1514415305ISBN-13: 9781514415306Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2015Pages: 178Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Horace WalpoleISBN-10: 1511771690ISBN-13: 9781511771696Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

Author: Myrtise YoumansISBN-10: 1503536513ISBN-13: 9781503536517Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/23/2015Pages: 82Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Sophie Burden was raised on an historic dude ranch outside of Wickenburg, Arizona. She married Dom Echeverria, a Basque who proved both loving and explosive. Their life took them to the high Andes of Peru, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming, where they ran one...

This biography was written to share Meghan Henry's amazing life and journey with Childhood Cancer. She took her illness in stride as she lived each day to the fullest. Follow Meghan's teenage years through the cancer treatments, Irish dancing, service work, and nursing school....

A Series of adventures somehow fitted into a single lifetime from childhood and the struggle between myth and reality through conscription, The Army Air Corps, in Germany, the Berlin wall, the Nijmegen marches, back packing, a climbing accident, the coalmine, the steelworks, incarceration in...

"The Bridge" was written with two purposes. Part I is his life story. Part II is life illustrations with parallels in the Bible with the intent to communicate that everyone's life can be visualized in every single book of the Bible. The Bible is...

"A spiritual journey in nine countries of Fareast. India, Nepal, Myanmar, Lao, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia... Everything begins with questions; travels also... The roadmap of the traveler who starts his spiritual journey is different, his questions are also... Mysterious attractiveness of spiritual...

Continues the stories of early residents from volume 1, beginning with "M" through Z and including References. Volume 1 included a 70-page Introduction to Great Falls, and stories of early residents, A-L.Author: Janet ThomsonISBN-10: 1480010243ISBN-13: 9781480010246Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/2012Pages: 424Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Sophie Burden was raised on an historic dude ranch outside of Wickenburg, Arizona. She married Dom Echeverria, a Basque who proved both loving and explosive. Their life took them to the high Andes of Peru, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming, where they ran one...

A boy from the "islands." A once-in-a-lifetime chance to attend Loma Linda University. Unspeakable tragedy. Undying love. And a career to be envied. This is the legacy of Tim Greaves. Dorothy Minchin-Comm has woven this story of dreams, accomplishments, challenges, and doubts into a...

This is a true story of DEGLOVEMENT -amputation of the back of the head, deeper than a scalping and the man who survived to testify to others. SOMETHING HAPPENED will make you think- even change some of your everyday habits. To much to wrap...

An autobiography about a naive young man coming from a very stable and protected environment who went into the U.S. Navy at age 17. As a Navy Hospital Corpsman, he became a combat corpsman with the US Marines during the Vietnam War. This story...

Author: Dayton WilliamsISBN-10: 1450019366ISBN-13: 9781450019361Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/20/2010Pages: 154Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Sociologist Irving Krauss and Political Scientist Wilma Rule show that academics are not cloistered in their ivory tower. In their life-long journey as students and professors at major universities and regional institutions they give a first hand account of their universities' inner workings and...

What has happened to teachers and students over the past thirty years, in and out of the classroom? "Winston Churchill Was a Catholic Priest" is a humorous, sad, unique, and poignant collection of true teaching episodes that happened to a high school teacher in...

Sallust's Catiline is a book that was originally written by the Roman historian Sallust in the 1st century BC. This particular edition of the book was published in 1884 and features explanatory notes and a special vocabulary to help readers better understand the text....

Joyce Ann Burke had a family like all others. She found herself at age seven suddenly without any family. Her parents separated in 1942 and divorced (rare for that era). Her mother had custody and left the children alone (abandoned). Joyce Ann was awarded...

""Five Primitive Masters"" is a book written by Wilhelm Uhde, which explores the works of five primitive artists - Henri Rousseau, Andr����� Bauchant, S�����raphine Louis, Camille Bombois, and Louis Vivin. The book delves into the lives and artistic styles of these artists, who were...

Author: Ruggero J. AldisertISBN-10: 1420816934ISBN-13: 9781420816938Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2005Pages: 444Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d

An adventurous young Randle has survived the 9.6 Alaska earth-quake of 1964, a bear attack and almost drowning in the Frasier River while being shot at by Canadian Mounties and a dysfunctional family, but there are scarier things in Alaska than bears and violence;...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Title: Record of a school: exemplifying the general principles of spiritual culture.Author: Elizabeth Palmer PeabodyPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from...

Title: The assassination of President Lincoln and the trial of the conspirators: David E. Herold ... et al.]Author: David E HeroldPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft is a novel written by George Gissing, first published in 1903. The book is presented as a series of personal reflections and musings by the titular character, Henry Ryecroft, a reclusive author and book lover who has withdrawn...