Biography & Autobiography - General

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Literature - Comparative Literature, grade: 10,0, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, language: English, abstract: It may seem questionable to analyze the depiction of women in two novels, both classified as completely different genres from different time spans -...

Since at least the end of the nineteenth century, gay culture - its humour, its icons, its desires - has been alive and sometimes even visible in the midst of straight American society. David Van Leer puts forward here a series of readings that...

Goethe and Zelter spent a staggering 33 years corresponding or in the case of each artist, over two thirds of their lives. Zelter's position as director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin and Goethe's location in Weimar resulted in a wide-ranging correspondence. Goethe's letters offer...

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D駮dat de S騅erac (1872-1921) is best known for his piano music but his compositions included orchestral and vocal works, including opera, cantata and incidental music. Claude Debussy described S騅erac's music as "exquisite and rich with ideas." The early works were influenced by Impressionist harmonies,...

Andy Warhol, born Andrew Warhola on August 6th, 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., was an artist, director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. Andy's works explored the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture...

Founded in 1924 by one-time railroad mechanic Walter P. Chrysler, Chrysler the car actually preceded Chrysler the corporation. With roots entwined with several pioneering automakers and industries, Chrysler made it possible for Detroit to become the Motor City. Featured here in over 200 vintage...

In 1968 the new Prime Minister, John Gorton, appointed Ainsley Gotto, aged 22, as his principal private secretary. Ainsley became one of the most talked-about young women in Australia. Hitherto, no woman had been so close to the centre of power, and certainly none...

H.C. "Doc" Goldsmith served in the U.S. Navy during the early 1930s. Never imagining a return to service, he willingly re-joined the Navy in the fight against the Axis powers after the invasion of Pearl Harbor. Discovered after his death in 2000 by his...

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Being released from 26 years of imprisonment, I thought going home (to my own home) in Orlando, Florida, would be an enjoyment - Ha I was in for a big surprise. Jean, my wife, told me as soon as I knocked on the door...

This book is an autobiography. At times the author pushes the envelope and even touches on the taboo at her own expense. Her life is an "open book," and she offers no excuses for her follies and gross errors in judgment. But make no...

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THE 'OLD AFRICA' MAGAZINE'S REVIEW OF - A KENYA BEGINNING The first part of this book tells of Robin Swift's story of growing up in Nairobi in the 1940s and 1950s. His family had a long history in Kenya with Robin's great-uncle Randall Swift...

In 1973, less than a hundred years after Henry James's Daisy Miller compared the innocence of Americans with the decadence of Europeans, Jim and Artie Mitchell arrived at the Cannes Film Festival for the screening of their magnum opus. When the lights came up...

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Birds, Beasts and a Bike Under the Southern Cross: Two Canadian Naturalists Camping Rough in New Zealand and Australia in the 1950s by David Stirling. This is the story of two Canadian naturalist observers enjoying the birds, beasts, weather and stars in New Zealand...

Documentation, through photographs and interviews, of those who survived the unique Nazi ghetto/camp located at Terez?, Czech Republic. Dennis Carlyle Darling has photographed and interviewed hundreds of Holocaust survivors who spent time at the German transit camp and ghetto at Terez?, a former eighteenth-century...

Odette du Puigaudeau is best known for her major ethnographic work, Arts et Coutumes des Maures, a detailed study, in words and drawings, of the cultural world of the nomads of Mauretania. The present work explains how she came to write it. Barefoot Through...

This biography is more about the people who have surrounded me than about myself. With this biography, I intend to show all the following: How my environment affected me as a Greek American; the interplay I had with my parents who had come from...

Personality disorders are probably more common than we think, and yet it does come as quite a shock when someone you are interacting with turns out to be affected. Going beyond the socially acceptable, just to shed a light on what a budding intimacy...

This newly updated edition connects the past with the present, using the Clarence Thomas hearings -and their characterization by Thomas as a "high-tech lynching"- to examine the links between white supremacy and the sexual abuse of black women, and the difficulty of forging an...

This investigation of literary history writing between 1770 and 1820 identifies the mode's distinction from canon formation as central to its cultural vitality. Using secret history, memoir and the novel, amongst other sources, it invites a re-thinking of literary history's place in late eighteenth...

Memoirs of the Good Ole Days provides a look back to the turn of the twentieth century in southern Indiana, when life was centered around family, faith, and the farm. Each member of the family had a part in the daily chores of life....

Sadie is a young girl brought up in torment and delusion. She struggles with her life to survive. She finally finds love later on in life and becomes happy, only for fate to come in and take a toll on her.Author: Maryann MossISBN-10: 1088101348ISBN-13:...

The Keystone Kid is the unbelievable, true horrifying story of Anthony. It is a story that shows the tragedy of abandonment, physical and sexual abuse, gangs, homelessness and more. It is unfortunately a story that far too many can relate to. For those that...

A biography of Bill Bennett, a legendary bush pilot in Newfoundland and LabradorAuthor: Len RichISBN-10: 1550812505ISBN-13: 9781550812503Publisher: Breakwater BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2009Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.24d

In the annals of the entertainment world, the name of Len Carrie is not a household word. Yet icons like Frankie Avalon, Tiny Tim, Spike Jones, and Frank Sinatra are. And within the aura of these brilliant careers and others like them lies the...

Esau Decker walked to southeastern Franklin County from the Shenandoah Valley in 1805. Marking his Ohio property with a walking stick, Decker returned with his Virginia family the following year to discover that the willow cane had taken root and was growing. It is...

Step into a world where memories flow like jazz melodies, and moments are stitched together with the threads of humor and honesty. In Those Days: A Collection of Stories, acclaimed story teller B.J. Glassel presents a literary experience that will transport you back to...

In the Body of a Mind is a collection of confessional free verse poetry that uses the anatomy of the brain to navigate mental health struggles. Written with vivid details and striking candor, this collection openly and freely addresses and confronts issues in familial...

This book is about a British mom's struggle to find her son who went missing in the year 2000. Fearing he was being held against his will, Jean and husband, Tony, contacted the police on numerous occasions but because of Darrell's age, were never...

The rector sat on the box of his carriage, driving his horses toward his church, the grand old abbey-church of Glaston. His wife was inside, and an old woman-he had stopped on the road to take her up-sat with her basket on the foot-board...

History, adventure, and fishing with a local legend a charter boat captain will help you answer the call of the salty air, and ights to get acquainted with as you fall in love with Swansboro, North Carolina. Whether you are a fisherman, beach lover,...

Jacob Abbott was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. Check out the following list of books to take and exciting, informative, and easy to understand stroll through history.Author:...

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: P. H. SheridanISBN-10: 1514804662ISBN-13: 9781514804667Publisher: Createspace Independent...

This book is an alphabetical collection of thoughts, memories, ideas, opinions and observations from an average small-town guy who survived the cold war, the polio epidemic, chicken pox, measles, mumps, broken bones, drinking water out of a garden hose, nuclear war drills, an older...

Inspired by the zany stories of a friend, Dan Moberger set out to chronicle the lives of WWOOFers across the United States. World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) is an organization that puts farm owners and prospective workers in touch via an extensive...

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: F. Marion CrawfordISBN-10: 150324637XISBN-13: 9781503246379Publisher: Createspace Independent...

Jacob Lawrence was a talented painter whose work became an important part of the Harlem Renaissance and modern art. Learn about his life, influences, and impact.Author: Stephanie E. DickinsonISBN-10: 1502610701ISBN-13: 9781502610706Publisher: Cavendish Square PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/30/2016Pages: 128Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x...

Life in the Eyes of an Autistic Person is about my own life from the past of my childhood to the future young adulthood.Author: Alexander L. HubbardISBN-10: 1478267690ISBN-13: 9781478267690Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2012Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.25d

Originally written for younger readers as an introduction to the world of the Italian Renaissance, this classic work takes the reader on an exciting personal tour of some of the greatest artists of that time period.Much more than just a dry history of who...

George Sly's experiences as a biologist and observer of nature provide the background for a series of essays which speak movingly of our relationship with the natural world. His stories carry us from his rural Indiana home to the rainforests of Malaysia and Peru....

On December 23, 1981, Alan Dinges, an uneducated 36-year-old farm kid from the plains of Kansas, signed the contract to buy Frontier Ford in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He would soon become one of the largest, most profitable Ford dealers in the United States. Alan...

Dear reader, The fact that Jacob Zuma is the twelfth president of ANC and Jacob had twelve sons makes me sigh because folks may lie but numbers don't. Besides, Jacob's successor was Joseph while Jacob Zuma's brother is Joseph, now this offsets my axis....

James M. Cain was among the prominent member of the "hard-boiled" school of writing that characterized the 1930s and 1940s, one of the masters of the genre that included Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. His novels became such popular film noir classics as The...

Author: Nicole ScarcellaISBN-10: 1463412886ISBN-13: 9781463412883Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2011Pages: 408Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.69lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d

Author: Barbara GunnISBN-10: 1483690563ISBN-13: 9781483690568Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/29/2013Pages: 166Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

This book is a biographical and illustrated account of the life of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, a French national who traveled extensively for almost forty years of his life-travels that took him to most of the European countries, to the Ottoman Empire, to Persia, to Southeast...