wired - Biography & Memoir 14

In Frederick Douglass' autobiography 'My Bondage and My Freedom' we can see the power of literacy and belief. Douglass transforms himself from slave to an abolitionist, journalist, orator, and one o……続きを見る

In this brilliant and authoritative work, based on their private correspondence and papers, Michael Bloch describes the feud which developed between the Duke of Windsor and the British royal establi……続きを見る

Some people find the resilience to overcome adversity and suffering while others are overwhelmed and despair. Anne Deveson wanted to understand better why, and how, individuals and communities devel……続きを見る

Buoyant: How Water and Willpower Helped Wella to Channel Aaron and Hayley Peirsol narrates how Wella Hartig stumbled into the healing power of exercise and ultimately guided both of her children int……続きを見る

A third year High School education was enough for Lucille Orr to achieve success in the corporate world and in her own businesses. She has owned over a dozen small enterprises and three national bus……続きを見る

He came from a nominal Muslim family but Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosoewirjo ended as the leader of the rebellious Darul Islam. Almost 50 years after his death, at the hands of a firing squad, his vis……続きを見る

This eBook will attempt to tell the story of Jamaicas greatest son, in a manner which will give the reader a broad spectrum in a small space. A lot of this book will not be about Marley himself, but……続きを見る

Theo Grutter is a big, friendly bear of an unpretentious, spontaneous outdoorsman. Born and educated mostly in Switzerland to enter the corporate world, he soon discovered that this life wasn't for ……続きを見る

Sachiko Takata was 14 years-old when an atomic bomb dropped on her hometown of Hiroshima, Japan. In an instant her world was changed. Her mother died shortly after Japan’s surrender. The devastation……続きを見る

**The definitive biography of Everett Ruess, the artist, writer, and eloquent celebrator of the wilderness whose bold solo explorations of the American West and mysterious disappearance in the Utah ……続きを見る

Persecuted as a Jew, both under the Nazis and in postwar East Germany, Johanna Krause (1907–2001) courageously fought her way through life with searing humour and indomitable strength of character. ……続きを見る

Meet the five gymnasts who will represent the United States at the 2012 London Olympics. A children's biography, The Fab Five: Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas and the U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team tell……続きを見る

In the winter of 2006, Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver picked up a guitar, a laptop and some basic recording equipment and retreated to a remote cabin in the woods of Wisconsin to lick his wounds. The st……続きを見る

" In 1941 Berek Jakubowicz (now Benjamin Jacobs) was deported from his Polish village and remained a prisoner of the Reich until the final days of the war. His possession of a few dental tools and r……続きを見る

Sacagawea : Assisted the Lewis and Clark Expedition (A Short Biography for Children) Sacagawea was a Shoshone interpreter, and the only woman on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Best Children's Bi……続きを見る

From quiz kid to Australian Minister for Science, from frustrated school teacher to National President of the ALP, from the suburbs of Melbourne to UNESCO in Paris, Barry Jones has had a prodigious ……続きを見る

A fourth-generation insomniac, Patricia Morrisroe decided that the only way she’d ever conquer her lifelong sleep disorder was by becoming an expert on the subject. So, armed with half a century of ……続きを見る

From the author of the phenomenal Sunday Times bestsellers ‘One Child’ and ‘Ghost Girl’, comes a startling and poignant memoir of three people's victimisation and abuse – and their heartbreaking but……続きを見る

Paul Shafferーborn and bred music junkie and longtime leader of David Letterman’s Late Show bandーopens up in this candid, endearing, hilarious, and star-studded memoir. From playing seedy strip joi……続きを見る

Hannibal was one of the greatest military commanders in history. During the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, he led a ragtag army out of Iberia, on an epic march over the Pyrenees and Alp……続きを見る

William Milligan Sloane (1850-1928) was a history professor at Princeton and specialized in studying the history of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, eventually becoming a Chevalier of t……続きを見る

Once in nine lives, something extraordinary happens. The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart……続きを見る

All major religions of the world are expecting him. Christians know him as the Christ. Jews are still awaiting the Messiah. Hindus anticipate the coming of Krishna. Muslims are expecting the Imam Ma……続きを見る

This study is a radical and controversial analysis of the life and works of Rewi Alley utilizing both Chinese materials and previously unpublished materials from western sources. Rather than a biogr……続きを見る

Sudden Death brings to life the incredible ongoing saga of the Swift Current Broncos hockey team. After a tragic game-day bus accident on December 30, 1986, left four of its star players dead, the f……続きを見る

This is the story of a man who had it all. Yet, in mere minutes his idyllic life was shattered beyond repair. A horse riding accident left him with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), which triggered a ……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. Set in the 1740s, just after the start of the French and Indian wars, James Fenimore Cooper’s The Deerslayer tells the stor……続きを見る

**BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jon Katz's Going Home. “Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can’t really be held responsible……続きを見る

A French school girl from the Sacred Heart Convent born in a renown bourgeois family (“Rhum Negrita”) performs on the drama stage, then travels internationally as a showgirl and stripper and finally……続きを見る

A middle-aged couple of escaped New Yorkers become shepherds in the rural outpost of West Marin, California, and learn much about lifeーand about deathーfrom the experience. The Dogtown Chronicles i……続きを見る