Biography & Autobiography Books

Gringo Lessons: Twenty Years of Terror in Taos is a tale of modern adventure about a young man, who experienced the local culture from 1966 to 1987. There he met the community: skiers, La Gente, los vato locos, Chicano activists and their Spanish contemporaries,...

The complete memoirs of Neil Simon, the greatest--and most successful--American playwright of all time, the author of such iconic works as Lost in Yonkers, The Odd Couple, Biloxi Blues, and The Goodbye Girl, now with an insightful Introduction by Nathan Lane. This omnibus edition...

This memoir takes you on a journey into two people's lives, witnessing their deep love for each other, their adventures and triumphs, and how they played their hand when faced with a sudden and terminal diagnosis. It is filled with anecdotes, wisdom, and health...

A wrenching true tale of horrific loss, Surviving Heartbreak Valley is the story of a woman whose four young children were murdered on the day she graduated college. She somehow finds the strength and courage to go on with life. She became an outspoken...

From the early sixties to the late seventies, defensive end Ron McDole experienced football's golden age from inside his old-school, two-bar helmet. During an eighteen-year pro career, McDole--nicknamed "The Dancing Bear"--played in over 250 games, including two AFL Championships with the Buffalo Bills and...

Author: Ursula Martens, Mark ShawISBN-10: 1499045131ISBN-13: 9781499045130Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2014Pages: 258Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d

An inspiring memoir and self-help guide to greatness by the dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov calls "fearlessness and intelligence combined . . . potent and beautiful." Called "the Evel Knievel of Dance," Elizabeth Streb has been pushing boundaries and testing the potential of the human body...

Unabridged Original Edition THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES FINNEY (also known as "Memoirs of Revivals of Religion") details the conversion of Finney, his early ministry and the amazing accounts of whole towns coming under conviction and scores of people turning to Christ. Finney not only...

The Beat Generation descended on Denver with the same feverish intensity that rattled the caf's and art galleries of New York and San Francisco. Home to Neal Cassady and favorite stomping ground for both Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, the Mile-High CityAuthor: Zack KoppISBN-10:...

This can't-put-it-down coming of age memoir is dramatic and heart wrenching, as young Patsy Lou takes us on a journey through the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma and Texas at the time of our nation's greatest environmental disaster. You will keep reading to find out...

Over 50% of marriages end in divorce. But listening to marriage counselors and reading books on marriage you get an entirely different picture. The author takes both marriage counselors and books on marriage to task for not making people more aware of what the...

Screamin' Jay Hawkins released I Put a Spell On You in 1956. The song, that never made it to the charts when it was released, would eventually be covered several hundred times by the likes of Nina Simone, Credence Clearwater Revival, and Marilyn Manson;...

This is not your stereotypical gay-hairdresser-addict-convict story ... if there is such a thing. In the vein of Augusten Burroughs and Jeannette Walls, Lost and Found is a harrowing tale of survival in a world hostile to diversity. The memoir spans five decades, from...

Despite childhood poverty and the death of her brother and both parents at the age of thirteen, actress Linda Cristal escapes certain death in Argentina by stowing away on a ship to eventually become one of the most beautiful, successful, and well-known actresses in...

A unique anthology of leadership lessons written by six former senior enlisted advisors to the Joint Chiefs of Staff."Six outstanding American military leaders served our nation admirably and now share their life experiences and the leadership lessons they learned. This book is a must-read...

Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government's White Australia Policy. The loneliness and isolation he experienced during those years had a devastating impact on him that endured...

When you're willing to step outside your comfort zone, the world awaits. In 2007, Matt Fox--a recent graduate who studied strategic decision-making in university--found himself alone on the side of a highway with no plan other than to see where his thumb and the...

One world's richest and best-known people in his day, Henry Ford was the founder of Ford Motor Company and a pioneering innovator of mass production. Ford's autobiography, My Life and Work, gives personal insight into the life of this prolific inventor and titan of...

"Australian history...does not read like history", Mark Twain complained in 1897, "but like the most beautiful lies...It is full of surprises and adventures, incongruities, and contradictions, and incredibilities; but they are all true, they all happened." He might have been thinking of Matthew Flinders...

The second book in the Joey's Journey book series.What happens after Joey was rescued from the snow and ice one wintry Chicago evening? Adopting Joey is a twenty-page illustrated children's book. It continues the love story following Joey's Journey. Adopting Joey is the story...