M.B - Biography & Memoir 11

Book called "Puthiya Arasiyalai Nokki" - means "Towards New Politics" which aims to address the issues facing the Tamilnadu Politics. It analyses the state of our politics now and its root cause whi……続きを見る

De memórias precoces da Segunda Guerra em Porto Alegre, ao novo mundo da internet, passando pela derrota do Brasil para o Uruguai na Copa de 1950, Jacob Goldemberg nos convida, em seus contos de cin……続きを見る

It is not just in recent years newspapers have carried headlines of those dishonoring the uniform by raping innocent civilians, fellow students at Academies, trainees, or fellow service members. Sav……続きを見る

Born in Ireland in 1822, Timothy Warren emigrated to New Brunswick in 1849 and quickly became involved in the life and politics of the city of Saint John and the colony. As founder and editor of the……続きを見る

To Canadians of this century the name of Henry Alline is almost unknown. This biography introduces him to the general reader. Through the story of his life it also recreates the early settlement of ……続きを見る

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. Known as "Old Hickory," he was the first President who championed the rights of the 'common man'. Originally from the frontier, he was ……続きを見る

William Baker was six years old in 1931 when his mother left him at an orphanage, promising to return for him when she was settled in a new home. But years passed, and she virtually vanished from hi……続きを見る

Când talibanii au ocupat Valea Swat din Pakistan, printre foarte puținii care au îndrăznit să protesteze a fost și o fată. Malala Yousafzai a refuzat să tacă și a luptat pentru dreptul ei la educați……続きを見る

Book three in a series of autobiographical short stories based on life-changing events: first unicycle, first psychedelic journey, surviving a superstorm. You know; the exciting stuff! 続きを見る

Book two in a series of autobiographical short stories based on life-changing events: first skydiving lesson, a road trip from hell, almost-fulfilled rock star dreams. You know; the simple stuff! 続きを見る

It’s been described as a curiosity, an infatuation and then a passing fancy. Yet it started with a bang and has yet to fizzle, even though its death has been predicted more than a few times. The med……続きを見る

« Aucun grimpeur de rocher n’a été aussi visionnaire, hardi et inébranlable. Ou ne s’est fait autant plaisir. » Californie, années 70. L’escalade libre est en plein essor et s’imprègne des idéaux de……続きを見る

This first comprehensive biography of Jewish American writer and humorist Harry Golden (1903-1981)--author of the 1958 national best-seller Only in America--illuminates a remarkable life intertwined……続きを見る

Alex Hanscombe’s powerful, inspirational account as seen on This Morning, BBC Breakfast, Newsnight and in The Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday and The Sun. ‘I was the most famous child in the British Is……続きを見る

First published in 1899, this volume contains the English translation of the memoirs of Sidi Ali Reis, a Turkish admiral who travelled in India, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Persia during the 1550……続きを見る

All of her life she was silent. A twin brother born of downs-syndrome and a mother struggling with mental illness. Kristen’s life seems to be headed for a road of depression and despair. This book i……続きを見る

The names William Bligh, Fletcher Christian, and the Bounty have excited the popular imagination for more than two hundred years. Here is the full text of Captain Bligh's personal journal entries ab……続きを見る

Anfang 1919 gründete sie die Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands mit, die zwar ihr Programm annahm, aber die von ihr geforderte Teilnahme an den bevorstehenden Parlamentswahlen ablehnte. Am 15. Janua……続きを見る

The fascinating personal account from one of the first Westerners to live in Hawaii. A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands, by the Reverend Hiram Bingham, was first printed in New ……続きを見る

In April, 1849, a little over six months before he was twenty-one, Kimball Webster caught the gold fever. Characteristic of his methodical ways, he kept a journal of his journey across the country a……続きを見る

In the Gray Area is a Marine officer’s reflection of his tour of duty as the leader for an advisor team embedded with an Iraqi Army infantry battalion. In February 2008 Major Folsom deployed to Iraq……続きを見る

Carl Gamble, a premier airline pilot, has penned a remarkable memoir, a powerful story about his journey from the cotton fields of Madison County, Alabama, to the captain’s seat flying jumbo jets be……続きを見る

Essays on Latinx and Caribbean identity and on globalization by renowned women writers, including Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, and Jamaica Kincaid Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin Ameri……続きを見る

Sexual abuse can leave a child permanently scarred. But regardless of what is lost, the story is not done. A path to healing is possible. Restored tells of such a story. The author recounts her rema……続きを見る

There is more to chemistry than messy experiments in laboratoriesーdoctors use it to fight diseases, chefs use it to cook food and farmers use it to increase the growth of their crops. Chemistry is ……続きを見る

According to legend, when the founder of Zen Buddhism was asked about the main principle of his holy teaching, he replied that there was "nothing holy about it!" Now, a millennium and a half later, ……続きを見る

De la Résistance à la guerre d'Algérie, en passant par les opérations en Indochine... C’était l’élite de l’élite. En 1943, le Commandement suprême interallié recrute des volontaires parachutistes, b……続きを見る

Like other children of the 1930s, I read about the adventures of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, who worked among fishermen in a very cold, icy place way up north called Newfoundland and Labrador . . . It was……続きを見る

From 1832 to 1891 the states from the Great Lakes west to Oregon and south to Mexico saw scenes of massacre, bloody rout, ambush, fire, and pillage as the great Indian tribes-Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Si……続きを見る

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, United States in 1842. Bierce is critically best remembered for his fiction and many other writings are also generally regarded as some of the……続きを見る