Biography & Memoir 40

Discover how the disempowering incidents that dominated the author's early years led to public speaking terrors, a poor self-image, low self-esteem and a lack of confidence. See how he overcame thes……続きを見る

This book is a memoir piece about my struggle at college to study and the blockages I had to overcome in life until reaching university. 続きを見る

'They won't know you, the you that's hidden somewhere in the castle of your skin' Nine-year-old G. leads a life of quiet mischief crab catching, teasing preachers and playing among the pumpkin vines……続きを見る

In "Lives of the English Poets," Henry Francis Cary presents an incisive collection of biographical sketches that illuminate the lives and works of over thirty prominent English poets, spanning from……続きを見る

The truth behind the spectacular rise and fall of a pop legend in his own words. For three years the Goss twins, Luke and Matt, had the world at their feet. Their records ripped to the top of the ch……続きを見る

retour sur le parcours et l'enfance ordinaire et extra-ordinaire d'une parisienne de 50 ans 続きを見る

George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals is a specific kind of autobiography of English author Mary Ann Evans, better known as George Eliot. This book is based on her corresponden……続きを見る

In 'The Sound of Water' Valerie Davies tells of two years lived vividly and deeply in a little New Zealand fishing village, where the birdsong, the seasons, the flowers and the storms are the backdr……続きを見る

One day, after years interviewing strangers in my job as a journalist, I started wondering what it would be like to interview my friends. My husband, who is responsible for stopping me when I get a ……続きを見る

Motherhood can be one of the most intense and transformative experiences of a woman's life. While there are many books that offer the "do's and don'ts" of effective parenting, few offer guidance on ……続きを見る

Autumn in New Hampshire. The air is crisp, the moonless night still. Bonnie and I tilt our chairs back against the rear deck railing and take in a brilliant celestial canopy. How can there be so man……続きを見る

What happens when that one person comes along...who changes everything? What do you do after you've made the biggest mistake of your life? You move forward. 続きを見る

The most accessible and popular of British Columbia’s great scenic fjords, Jervis Inlet punches 60 kilometres into the Coast Mountains a day’s cruising north of Vancouver. It deserves to be called t……続きを見る

La consegna di Giovanni Sias è un breve omaggio all’«amico infinito» e al suo progetto di una psicanalisi «oltre il Novecento», in cerca di terre inesplorate, all’insegna del motto della Lega anseat……続きを見る

Kenny Tedford is one of only two deaf people in the world with a master’s degree in storytelling, which he earned at 55, almost half a century after being told by teachers and psychologists that he ……続きを見る

Hep açık sözlü olmaktan yanayım. Bir gün bu felaket asrının acılı ve şaşkın insanı haline geleceğimi hiç düşünmemiştim. Eğlencenin sonsuza kadar süreceğini sanmıştım. Ama şu anda öyle düşünmüyorum. ……続きを見る

After suffering a sky diving accident Maria Antonieta Osornio Ramirez (Tony) becomes paraplegic. In this autobiography, she depicts her soulful concerns and walks hand in hand with the reader throug……続きを見る

****The Instant National Bestseller** The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the Golden State Warriors.** Fresh off the Warriors’ fourth Finals win in e……続きを見る

The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in Californiaーfighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. “Impeccably timed, intimately re……続きを見る

The mod British fashion model arrived in the United States on March 20, 1967. Weighing just 92 pounds her slight figure reminded observers of a young boy. When a retinue of photographers surrounded ……続きを見る

After Suicide is Charlotte's personal account of her father's suicide, including before and after the event. This books main purpose is to be a support aid for people in a similar situation, or peop……続きを見る

This is not a story about combat, but a recounting of the activities of my father, a transport driver, and his friends in the Australian Army during World War 2. It's the incidents and events they t……続きを見る

For the first time, English readers have access to Soseki’s Spring Miscellany. Originally published as Eijitu Shohin in serial form in the Asahi newspaper in 1909, before appearing in book form, Spr……続きを見る

Ray is a real life supervillain. He acts exactly like characters like Ozymandias and Lex Luthor, at least when it comes to their speech patterns and belief sets. Not their catlike agility and billio……続きを見る

Mickey Muñoz has been called the surfer’s surfer,” and is loved and respected among the cognoscenti for his contributions to surfing and the surfing life for the past 60 years as a surfer, a pionee……続きを見る

In October of 1994, the author and a Korean American young lady go on a hike to Big Bradley Falls in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is a perfect fall day ... until a misstep. Very closely based on a r……続きを見る

Mintis išleisti šią knygą kilo suradus tarp Jono Matulaičio – Labuko daiktų ir dokumentų 173 ant pageltusio plono popieriaus, rašomąja mašinėle, atspausdintus lapus. Tai buvo prisiminimai apie prose……続きを見る

In 2005 and 2006 the author made and set up seven different temples dedicated to Bill Gates. These were erected at various places in southern Ontario, and each was devoted to a different aspect of t……続きを見る

FREE for a limited time this true story is sister to 'Square Peg in a Round Hole.' Travelling to London, England in 1956 was an eye-opening experience for a little girl from Lima, Ohio. This true sh……続きを見る

In this biography of Enrico Fermi (1901-54), who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1938 for his work on radioactivity by neutron bombardment and his discovery of transuranic elements and who achieve……続きを見る