CK - Biography & Memoir 82

After surviving the cruel rage of tyranny from her mother and ex-husband, Sarah Jackson traveled a new path; a journey of loss, heartbreak, and ultimately strength. How do we survive the unthinkable……続きを見る

A personal account of Commodore Perry’s landmark expedition to Japan and life in the antebellum navy George B. Gideon Jr. served as second assistant engineer aboard the USS Powhatan from 1852 to 185……続きを見る

Many of us at some point in our lives think, “Is this all there is?” There must be more to life than working 9am to 5pm, or more likely, 8am to 6pm? More to life than this rat race. The simple life ……続きを見る

Standing up will show the world that you have a voice and are willing to use it. Standing up indicates that you love yourself and are no longer willing to hide your truth. When God allowed me to rem……続きを見る

Ex-slave Frederick Douglass's second autobiography-written after ten years of reflection following his legal emancipation in 1846 and his break with his mentor William Lloyd Garrison-catapulted Doug……続きを見る

Frederick Douglass (née Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) was born a slave in the state of Maryland in 1818. After his escape from slavery, Douglass became a renowned abolitionist, editor and fe……続きを見る

Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), a celebrated Dominican preacher from Valencia, was revered as a living saint during his lifetime, receiving papal canonization within fifty years of his death. In The Sai……続きを見る

"I've started horses since I was 12 years old and have been bit, kicked, bucked off and run over. I've tried every physical means to contain my horse in an effort to keep from getting myself killed.……続きを見る

‘Asperger’s made me a prisoner in my own home. When I finally entered the real world, evil was waiting.’ A shocking true account of one girl’s harrowing journey to survival. Sophie Crockett spent mo……続きを見る

While growing up in the Midwest, author Shirley Hansen Acker could never have imagined the experiences she’d be exposed to in her adult life. In Ten Minutes to Rake the Carpet, she offers a memoir d……続きを見る

With origins as far back as the 14th Century, Westminster School is one of the oldest in the country with a long tradition of scholarship - and outstanding results, both in academic and public life.……続きを見る

President George W. Bush nominated Leslie H. Southwick in 2007 to the federal appeals court, Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans. Initially, Southwick seemed a consensus nominee. Just days before hi……続きを見る

Against a global backdrop of wartime suffering and postwar hope, Borrowing Life gathers the personal histories of the men and women behind the team that enabled and performed the modern medical mira……続きを見る

This is the story of the signs, the skunk, the crop dusting, the tragedy and the triumph of a man who was the essence of Idaho. 続きを見る

Als die westliche Welt in Dunkelheit versank, wagte sie, das Licht zu verteidigen. Geboren im Jahr 355 der christlichen Zeitrechnung, im Nachhall von Konstantins Regierung, lebte Hypatia von Alexand……続きを見る

You know The Most Fearless novel by Shiv Aroor based on infamous Israel style Uri Kashmir Surgical Strike is fiction. I am the mentalist who prevented another war with Pakistan by right wing governm……続きを見る

‘Successful people who pretend they have it all worked out and have executed flawless plans to get to their objective – are not being truthful. Be careful of these posers … In reality, business and ……続きを見る

Sei ein Held, rette die Welt! Wie das geht? Greta Thunberg macht es vor. In diesem Buch erfährst du, was Greta alles tut, um das Klima zu schützen. Außerdem bekommst du viele tolle Tipps, wie auch d……続きを見る

Az Iron Maiden legendás frontembere, BRUCE DICKINSON a világ egyik legikonikusabb énekese és dalszerzője, de emellett hivatásos pilóta, repülőgép-ipari céget vezet, motivációs beszédeket tart, sört ……続きを見る

‘Men no longer whisper “Revolution”, they shout it; and they no longer carry banners, but throw bricks' – Letter home from Harvard, 1970.Jock Phillips grew up in post-war Christchurch where history ……続きを見る

Sonya Black is born in the projects to addicts and alcoholics bent on the kind of destruction that drives children mad. One night, her mother shuts her in her closet, but Sonya finds a friend in the……続きを見る

South Away follows Meaghan Marie Hackinen and her sister in the adventure of a lifetime: bicycling from Terrace, BC down the West Coast to (almost) the tip of the Baja Peninsula. Along the way Hacki……続きを見る

The Golden Isles are home to a long and proud African American and Gullah Geechee heritage. Ibo Landing was the site of a mass suicide in protest of slavery, the slave ship Wanderer landed on Jekyll……続きを見る

COMMENT ON IMPRIME TOLSTOÏ... Il n’est point d’écrivain qui jouisse, actuellement, de plus d’autorité, et qui soit plus admiré que Léon Tolstoï. Le moindre article sorti de sa plume, son opinion sur……続きを見る

This Construction Life is the story of an Irishman born into the world of construction, living on the edge and making lemonade when things go wrong! The experiences and adventures of a lifetime spen……続きを見る

“Here’s the thing with kissing: it matters intensely or not at all.” Mid-kiss, do you ever wonder who you are, who you’re kissing, where it’s leading? It can feel luscious, libidinal, friendly, but ……続きを見る

Rickard Elmqvist befann sig mitt mellan två livskriser när det började. Hans vardag var fylld av stress över att inte ha åstadkommit så mycket, över att vare sig blivit känd eller rik, när tanken vä……続きを見る

En bok om förlust, sorg och det stora hål som finns kvar när personer man älskar lämnar ens värld för tidigt. När Ingegerds son börjar högstadiet blir hans liv till ett levande helvete. Utsatt för m……続きを見る

"27 april 2015: Jag stod inne på toaletten och stirrade på mig själv i spegeln. Lång mörkblå sjukhuskofta över den vita särken. I övrigt såg jag frisk ut, med håret i tofs, osminkad, men fräsch. Jag……続きを見る

Harness the Power of TR's Charisma Theodore Roosevelt was a leader of uncommon strength who, through the sheer force of his extraordinary will, turned America into a modern world power. Thrown headf……続きを見る