wired - Biography & Memoir 9

As a reporter for the "New York Evening Post" during the time of New York's Tammany Hall Machine, William Riordan compiled and published this work in 1905 from a series of articles he wrote on Georg……続きを見る

Now a major TV series ‘A masterpiece that reads like a thriller’ Time Out A gripping and probing account of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history. It is over 40 years since Peter Sutcliffe……続きを見る

Vom Millionär zum Glückspilz Man braucht keine Millionen, um ein vermögender Mann zu sein – diese Einsicht bringt den Unternehmer Karl Rabeder dazu, sich von seinem Besitz zu trennen und mit dem Erl……続きを見る

Luis Alberto Urrea's Across the Wire offers a compelling and unprecedented look at what life is like for those refugees living on the Mexican side of the borderーa world that is only some twenty mil……続きを見る

Investigative journalist John Swifterson reviewed thousands of confidential files and clandestine interviews, uncovering the Re-Awakened story ~ hailed as the controversial, shocking secret death co……続きを見る

This compelling read is fiction without any fiction, questions without answers and yet as every cloud has a silver lining every question does have its answer! The amount of questions that are raised……続きを見る

How come the only thing my family tree ever grows is nuts? Wade Rouse attempts to answer that question in his blisteringly funny new memoir by looking at the yearly celebrations that unite us all an……続きを見る

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. A girl brought up in Yonkers New York. She would grow up to achieve international fame, cause controversy and sell millions of records worldwide. That girl is Lad……続きを見る

Aloha, Hollywood! Eddie Sherman, the 40-year veteran columnist for The Honolulu Advertiser and MidWeek, has some stories to tell! In his fascinating memoir, Eddie takes you behind the scenes in the ……続きを見る

College football fans need no introduction to Bud Wilkinson, but few of them know the great University of Oklahoma football coach as a devoted father. In Dear Jay, Love Bud, Jay Wilkinson, Bud’s you……続きを見る

HowI helped Steal  〓250,000,000...and other interesting stories A Novel Based On True Events Quentin Reynolds From City Boy to Organised Crime.... Married with four kids, a nice house……続きを見る

This early work on James Radcliffe is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It details the life of an English Jacobite who became a martyr during the rebellion of 1715. This is a fas……続きを見る

Fiona Johnson was born a city girl. But she was always drawn to horses. Aged 10 she saved all of her pocket money to buy a saddle at a garage sale. Eventually, after months of nagging her parents, s……続きを見る

Whether you're expecting your first child or you’re a parent already, Before You Forget – The Wisdom of Writing Diaries for Your Children is a must have book. Diary writing for your children is a va……続きを見る

The bestselling, devastating account of three sisters torn apart, abused and exploited at the hands of a community that robbed them of their childhood. It reveals three lives, separate but entwined,……続きを見る

The second book from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child, Casey is asked to look after Sophia, a troubled 12-year-old with a sad p……続きを見る

One New Year’s Day, Noelle Oxenhandler took stock of her life and found that she was alone after a long marriage, seemingly doomed to perpetual house rental and separated from the spiritual communit……続きを見る

Some say hes an untalented junky, others call him a free-thinking libertine, Kate Moss ex or the spokesman for his generation; Pete Doherty is nothing if not divisive of opinion. Notorious for his ……続きを見る

No-nonsense, wryly self-deprecating, and totally persuasive, You're Old, I'm Old...Get Used to It! unabashedly exalts the virtues of aging. Virginia Ironside wants you to know that getting old is a ……続きを見る

The Windward Road, published in 1956, made history. When Archie Carr began to rove the Caribbean to write about sea turtles, he saw that their numbers were dwindling. Out of this appeal to save them……続きを見る

This never before published memoir by the author of Black Like Me is an extraordinary chronicle of the triumph of the human spirit. 続きを見る

A new biography of John Wesley, using many of his own words and with key learning points, aimed to inspire leaders of today and for tomorrow. A Blueprint for Revival tells Wesley's story using journ……続きを見る

Spend every waking minute staring at a computer screen. Throw in some self destructive habits. Stir. Repeat. This weekly routine nearly killed him. In a moment of insanity (clarity?), Dave Conroy qu……続きを見る

CONTENTS CHAPTER I Slavery: Its Political History in the United States, (I.) Introductory ー (II.) Introduction of Slavery into the Colonies ー (III.) Declaration of Independence ー (IV.) Continenta……続きを見る

"Winter in Taos" starkly contrasts Luhan's memoirs, published in four volumes and inspired by Marcel Proust's "Remembrances of Things Past." They follow her life through three failed marriages, nume……続きを見る

*Includes biographies of each famous Western icon.*Discusses the mysteries and legends of their famous lives and deaths. *Comprehensively covers legendary events like the Shootout at the OK Corral, ……続きを見る

This is the beautifully told tale of Norton's growing love of the sea, from family holidays in Whitley Bay as a boy, to his first over zealous attempts at diving. All that we know and love of the Br……続きを見る

Excerpt The circumstances attending the organizing of a colored regiment in this State are well remembered. In the summer of 1863, white men were no longer eager to enlist for a war the end of which……続きを見る

Tippy Casey writes of a long personal battle with IBD. It is described through journal memoirs, emails, and other various communications made throughout the fight. 続きを見る

This unofficial biography follows the life and rising career of A-List Hollywood star Vin Diesel. His was certainly not the idealistic story of being spotted on the streets of LA or at the beach in ……続きを見る