wired - Biography & Memoir 9

From 1802 until 2017, there have been approximately 844 military schools in operation in the United States. Many well-known celebrities have attended such institutions as highlighted in the author's……続きを見る

Ce livre a pour objectif de vous exposer de manière synthétique l’histoire de cette femme qui est devenue une « superstar » aux États-Unis mais aussi dans le reste du monde et est classée au premier……続きを見る

Elizabeth "Libbie" Bacon and General Custer's honeymoon was interrupted in 1864 when he was called to duty with the Army of the Potomac. From that point on, Elizabeth followed her husband on all maj……続きを見る

Following the Guidon is a biography of General Custer, written by his wife Elizabeth Bacon. The book deals with the late period of his military career. Bacon pictures Custer's ability to recall to d……続きを見る

Christiane's life is filled with ‘doing’. Always on, always striving, always achieving. All while her soul is dying a slow death. One morning, by surprise, she has a split-second encounter with pure……続きを見る

This is the autobiographical account of Bill Hickman, Chief of the Destroying Angels, Head Danite, etc. After Mr. Beadle began to examine the history of the Mormon church; and while all the Mormon p……続きを見る

Published in the year 1986, With The Empress Dowager Of Chin is a valuable contribution to the field of Asian Studies. 続きを見る

After forming an intense bond with Natasha, a wolf cub she raised as part of her undergraduate research, Renée Askins was inspired to found the Wolf Fund. As head of this grassroots organization, sh……続きを見る

In first part I dwelt with the issue in all its detail on how attraction to women developed and shaped. Issues pertaining to relating with women were recounted. Preoccupations before, during relatin……続きを見る

After her years in domestic service, Winifred Foley married and started a family. But, while scraping a living as a charwoman in a rundown north London tenement, she continued to long for her home i……続きを見る

An authentic portrait of grief, as poetic and soul-lifting as it is poignant. In 1994, William Ritter’s adult son committed suicide, sending Ritter and his family on a journey no family wants to tak……続きを見る

Works included in this collection: MY ADVENTURES AS A SPY by Lieut.-Gen. SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL, first published in 1915. "Spies are like ghostsーpeople seem to have had a general feeling that ther……続きを見る

For almost a century, the world has relied on two major heavyweights for mass production of comic books; of which their iconic characters are a result of. DC and Marvel Comics have fought it out eve……続きを見る

Francis Edwards and his extended family weave a story full of New England resentment. He never gets to the root of the matter, because his neighbors' shutters are shut. Gossip freely runs around the……続きを見る

When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and fo……続きを見る

He was complex, quirky, pugnacious, and difficult. He seemed to create enemies wherever he went, even among his friends. A fireplug of a man who stood only five feet eight inches in his stocking fee……続きを見る

The story of David Langan, the Republic of Ireland international full back who was signed as an apprentice at Derby County under Brian Clough, and then went on to be a household name at Derby, Birmi……続きを見る

Although Florence Nightingale is famous as a nurse, her lifetime’s writing on nursing is scarcely known in the profession. Nursing professors tend to “look to the future, not to the past,” and often……続きを見る

Prince Philip, consort to Queen Elizabeth II, has a reputation for being blunt and making inappropriate comments, but this stems from a no nonsense approach to life developed through a difficult chi……続きを見る

Married to Jay-Z, mother of Ivy Blue and seller of over 75 million records worldwide, Beyoncé has achieved world fame at only 31. She has been part of a sell-out girl band, acted in blockbuster movi……続きを見る

‘A letter is handed to you. In broken English, it tells you that you must now vacate your farm; that this is no longer your home, for it now belongs to the crowd on your doorstep. Then the drums beg……続きを見る

The 25th anniversary edition of this seminal work on autism and neurodiversity provides “a uniquely fascinating view” (Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don’t Understand) of the differences in our ……続きを見る

Miguel Antonio Otero served as the first Hispanic governor of the U.S. Territory of New Mexico, from 1897 to 1906. He was appointed to the office by President William McKinley. Long after his retire……続きを見る

What's so friendly about Jane Austen? Every generation rediscovers Jane Austen with a renewed enthusiasm for her timeless novels. In recent years, Austen has become more popular than ever as nearly ……続きを見る

The Americanization of Edward Bok is an autobiography, told in the third person, that shares the life of a little Dutch boy unceremoniously set down in America unable to make himself understood or e……続きを見る

A beautiful ebook edition of the NRSV Bible, annotated with writings from the works of C. S. Lewis. For generations, readers have found insight from Lewis’s celebrated classics such as Mere Christia……続きを見る

In these wonderfully straightforward accounts of what it means to children to be adopted, nineteen boys and girls, from eight to sixteen years oldーand from every social backgroundーconfide their fe……続きを見る

All histories of Hollywood are wrong. Why? Two words: Colonel Selig. This early pioneer laid the foundation for the movie industry that we know today. Active from 1896 to 1938, William N. Selig was ……続きを見る

Reminiscent of the best of Annie Dillard, Mary Carr and Sebastian Junger, Leslie Leyland Fields' Alaskan memoir is an inspiring narrative of life in the wild. SURVIVING THE ISLAND OF GRACE is a beau……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could n……続きを見る