Biography & Autobiography - General

Dear Reader, curiosity made you pick up this book. Perhaps hope will compel you to read it. As victims of any form of abuse-be it emotional, mental, physical, or sexual-we are brainwashed by our tormentors to believe that not only do we deserve what...

When he first started working on Pet Sounds, Brian Wilson said that he was going to write "the greatest rock album ever made." That album, released in 1966, fifty years ago, changed the face of popular music. From conception and composition to arrangement and...

Edward Ruppelt was a United States air Force officer. While working on a government study called Project Blue Book, he coined the term unidentified flying object. This term replaced the words flying saucer. The period when Ruppelt was with Project Blue Book was the...

With sometimes painful honesty, an occasional flash of wisdom and a generous helping of wit, Bob Cueni shares his story of living in public housing, working as an infectious disease investigator, and serving Christ's Church as congregational consultant, book author, and local church pastor...

This work contains numerous family histories and biographical sketches of early pioneers and settlers of Arkansas, beginning in 1819, when the State was first created as a Territory, and concludes in the late 1800's. Also provided are various lists, including some marriages, deaths, Revolutionary...

The astonishing legacy and story of Senator Wadie P. Deddeh, as he describes and recalls his amazing life, is bigger than any one of us. Some would say the United States is living out its most disturbing and alienating era in politics, characterized by...

Carol Goodman faced challenges she never bargained for-family breakdown, medical diagnoses, and tragic death. The Gift of Faith is her chronicle of facing these events with stubbornness, disbelief, a lot of humor, some anger, the encouragement of friends, uncommon miracles, and eventually the acceptance...

In Circles of Empowerment Nina Weiner shares the joys and challenges of building a nonprofit organization, the International Sephardic Educational Foundation, and the inspiring life journey which led her to that purpose. She skillfully intertwines episodes from her private life, and the many extraordinary...

This looks at the medieval history of the Vatican, and the manner in which it acquired and consolidated more and more power from its seat in Rome.Author: L. DuchesneISBN-10: 150538494XISBN-13: 9781505384949Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/06/2014Pages: 114Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

We all have had our struggles in life. The difference between being a success and feeling like a failure is in how you choose to perceive your challenges. It is my belief that our life is a process of learning, instead of "what happened...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless 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: John MarshallISBN-10: 1502451379ISBN-13: 9781502451378Publisher: Createspace Independent...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless 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: John MarshallISBN-10: 1502451387ISBN-13: 9781502451385Publisher: Createspace Independent...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless 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: John MarshallISBN-10: 1500989916ISBN-13: 9781500989910Publisher: Createspace Independent...

This memoir is about sacrifice, dedication, commitment, and living with a sense of purpose.Author: Magon MitchellISBN-10: 1493707922ISBN-13: 9781493707928Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/06/2013Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.08d

Author: Lester M. ZinserISBN-10: 1493185349ISBN-13: 9781493185344Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/17/2014Pages: 428Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.72lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d

Author: Ron BriggsISBN-10: 1479708399ISBN-13: 9781479708390Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/17/2012Pages: 92Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

"A Nuclear Family is a charming, delightful memoir of the Wilder childhoods growing up in Los Alamos...tantalizing stories and insights about things atomic from a wholly unique source." Kai Bird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and the co-author with the late Martin J. Sherwin...

The Beatles will be remembered, and rightly so, as the sociological phenomenon of the Sixties...but if you're talking about music, it has to be Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. That's who they'll be studying." (anonymous fan) The Beach Boys are one of the...

The Will To Live is Nechama Surik's first book. Chronicling her family's experience with her father's near-fatal car crash in 2000, it was originally written as a journal. In this warm, inspiring work Surik shares her observations on human character in crisis and looks...

This book tells my life journey from being a young boy making a grown man's wage to making over $100M per year as a businessman. My story tells about my ancestors and my life's accomplishments to the present.Author: Eddie B. CorleyISBN-10: 8218286837ISBN-13: 9798218286835Publisher: Eddie...

As a young boy growing up a couple miles from a small town and having a father who had cancer of the throat and heart problems we didn't have much money. All through life I worked on improving my life and proud of what...

Truths Of History is a historical book written by Mildred Lewis Rutherford in 1920. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the United States, focusing on the events leading up to the Civil War and the war itself. Rutherford argues that...

Man, Minerals and Masters is a comprehensive book by Charles W. Littlefield that explores the relationship between humans and minerals, and how this relationship has shaped the history of civilization. The book covers a wide range of topics, from the geological processes that create...

This is an account of some of the events and people that impacted the life and development of an individual born in rural South Carolina shortly after the stock market crash of 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression. It relates how this...

Fighting for my people is the story of Arthur Akuien Chol, South Sudan's first Minister of Finance. It chronicles Arthur Akuien Chol's journey from his beginnings as a cattle boy in South Sudan, through his struggle to gain an education, and his fight for...

It was a tradition with the Hardy family, late on Christmas Eve, for the local singers and musicians gather together at the family home at Higher Bockhampton for a glass of cider and a warming by the log fire. Meanwhile, they prepared their music...

The rejection of a father.....The turmoil of two decades...The love a grandfather.....Can he endure the growth process and come out on the other side? Author: Julio MadridISBN-10: 1637925905ISBN-13: 9781637925904Publisher: Beyond PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/14/2023Pages: 110Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.31d

Joseph Evans analyzes how the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s preaching brought the "living word" and various rhetorical techniques together in ways that helped people understand, and be given hope by, his messages. The author observes that James Baldwin--himself a gifted writer and...

Untamed. Unsupervised. Uncontrolled.Boyhood in the 1960s and '70s was a time for exploration and mischief. Author Michael Tougias found more than his share of misadventures in the woods and on the water: some life-threatening but others innocently hilarious.Over time - and after reading a...

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 fully updated second edition uses the career of Edward the Black Prince to explore key developments in the history of late medieval Europe. The eruption of the Hundred Years War, the arrival of the Black Death, England's first religious heresy, and major innovations...

In Search of Self is the narrative of a young woman in search of identity and belonging. A sense of abandonment leaves her asking the big question, Who am I? She recounts her life from birth where she was left in the care system...

"A judge can alter your life in a New York minute." 48 HoursGet ready for a wild ride with "ANGELINA, THE POLKA QUEEN!" In this hilarious and action-packed quirky memoir, Angelina, a licensed private investigator and polka musician, finds herself embroiled in five bizarre...

Christine Bryden was 46 years old when she was diagnosed with dementia, and in this book she describes her remarkable emotional, physical and spiritual journey in the three years immediately following. Offering rare first-hand insights into how it feels to gradually lose the ability...

If life's adversities could be accurately measured or by some extraordinary mechanism the pressure exerted by tribulation were quantifiable, the turmoil experienced by author Dorothy Nyabadza would easily read a warping 9.0 on the hardship Richter scale. The book Justice to The Tent, A...

About the BookFormer police officer Mark A. Kashirsky is not a celebrity sharing his story of struggle. He is a regular man, husband, father, and White Sox fan. However, after an officer-involved shooting, he began struggling with mental illness-panic attacks, PTSD, depression.Progress Not Perfection...

Answered or unanswered?This is the challenge posed to the reader by the eighteen stories of prayer in this little book. Louisa Vaughan was a Presbyterian missionary in China who lived in the present reality of God, and wrote this beautiful and engaging collection of...

Embark on an inspiring journey through the captivating chapters of 'Taking the Next Steps: From not being able to walk, To walking with the power of my words.' This book chronicles a remarkable journeyof resilience a n d triumph. In Just Starting, discover the...

The Rise & Transformation of A New York Hustler That Did The Most. Growing up in New York & New Jersey from A Lifestyle of The Fast Lane Living The Street Life. From money, Drugs,& Violence To turning back To God seeking the Light.Author:...

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 book deals with the lives of several women who have been connected for almost fifty years, first as members of a religious community together, then as friends after most of them left the convent. The first part focuses on the author's childhood and...

This book is written for working class folks looking to leave their 9 to 5's and gain financial freedom. It's written by 25 year real estate vet Dwayne Rancifer. He's going to tell you the secrets of how he started with nothing and ended...

Six Lives of a Brooklyn BoyThe true story of a young man growing up in Brooklyn who discovers his father's large debt to Organized Crime. After exhausting attempts to repay the loan, he enlists in the Army and volunteers to go to Viet Nam...

Buckle up and take a ride through three generations of a family dedicated to serving their country.Chronicling a family's devotion to the military and law enforcement, A Tradition of Service is a glimpse into the lives of those serving in uniform through the second...

Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (26 October 1864 - 24 July 1916) was a Scottish novelist. With the outbreak of the First World War, she volunteered with the Red Cross Society and was sent to Russia and eventually Armenia. She wrote extensively about the plight of...

Letters on the English (or Letters Concerning the English Nation; French: Lettres Philosophiques) is a series of essays written by Voltaire based on his experiences living in England between 1726 and 1729 (though from 1707 the country was part of the Kingdom of Great...

Neville Stuart Talbot MC (1879-1943) was Bishop of Pretoria in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and later a robust vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham and assistant Bishop of Southwell who turned down the chance to be Bishop of Croydon. He was born...

If you enjoy stories of answered prayers and miracles, then this is the book for you Journey along with the author as he learns not only to trust in the Lord but also to wait patiently on Him. This autobiography will take you through...

A]s a child growing up in the heart of drug-infested Ju疵ez, Mexico, Sergio Alvarado watched helplessly as his alcoholic father abandoned the family and his mother turned to prostitution--lifestyles that eventually lead to early deaths for both of them. After spending over 20 years...

Author: Shelly McNamaraISBN-10: 1643074865ISBN-13: 9781643074863Publisher: Amplify PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/02/2021Pages: 152Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.70dReview Citation(s): Booklist 05/15/2021 pg. 27