NEC - Biography & Memoir 1

Alexandra Kollontaï, quelle femme ! Et quel destin ! Aristocrate russe, elle rejette très tôt son milieu, son pays et choisit la révolution et le monde. Révolution de 1905, exil, prison, agitation c……続きを見る

Ivonne Cervantes Corte habla de las diferencias y malentendidos que tiene con una amiga acerca de la existencia de Dios. Diferencias que parecen ser irreconciliables a partir de la discusión generad……続きを見る

" Le drame de l'Afrique, c'est que l'homme africain n'est pas assez entré dans l'Histoire. " Comment expliquer que, près d'un demi-siècle après l'indépendance des colonies africaines de la France, l……続きを見る

Born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina, Nina Simone (1933-2003) began her musical life playing classical piano. A child prodigy, she wanted a career on the concert stage, but when the Curtis In……続きを見る

"100 Clásicos de la Literatura" es un libro electrónico imprescindible para todos los amantes de la literatura. Este libro reúne 100 de los más grandes clásicos de la literatura mundial, como "Los M……続きを見る

By a succession of living pictures, as it were, this book shows the eminent naturalist in the very act of teaching. Sometimes he himself speaks, sometimes distinguished pupils of his reveal in their……続きを見る

“My friend – and now partner – Jorge Paulo and his team are among the best businessmen in the world. He is a fantastic person and his story should be an inspiration to everybody, as it is for me.” –……続きを見る

Utahs Stolen Treasures is a book that was inspired by three American Indian shields discovered by author Gene Covingtons grandparents in Wayne County, Utah back in 1926.----Using the discovery of th……続きを見る

"Memory opens for me through my body. I slip back because I catch a smell, hear a sound, or hold an evocative flavour on my tongue. But these single-sense glimpses of or gusts from the past are ofte……続きを見る

The acclaimed author of American Dirt reveals the devastating effects of a shocking tragedy in this landmark true crime bookーthe first ever to look intimately at the experiences of both the victims……続きを見る

Queen is the landmark biography of the brief, intensely lived life and soulful music of the great Dinah Washington. A gospel star at fifteen, she was discovered by jazz great Lionel Hampton at eigh……続きを見る

Matthew Fontaine Maury has been nicknamed the "pathfinder of the seas" and the "father of modern oceanography". This is a detailed biography of the man who created a science. Many of the earliest bo……続きを見る

When Jillian Schedneck takes up a position teaching English to a classroom of UAE students in Abu Dhabi, she is young, idealistic, in love, and ready to take on the world. But it is not exactly what……続きを見る

From August 1965 to February 1968, during his period of service in Australia, Ambassador Edward Clark traveled in that country as no other American and probably few Australians ever have. His wife, ……続きを見る

Hazard, Kentucky is the setting for this historical story enhanced with some fiction, amazingly well told by author Wayne Combs, the great grandson of Bad Tom Smith. "Bad Tom" Smith was a notorious ……続きを見る

Part mystery, part magical tale, this is the story of a miraculous ocean encounter that happened to the adventurer, swimmer, and bestselling author when she was seventeen and in training for a big s……続きを見る

The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which Sports Illustrated called the greatest moment in sports historyーwith a new afterword by Ken Morrow for the fortieth……続きを見る

She's a wife, a mother of two, a part-time writer, and until now, she's been living a secret life. Meet Lieutenant Colonel Christine Cook, battalion commander of a Michigan National Guard unit. In N……続きを見る

Onetime seemingly unstoppable boxing champion, victim of a false conviction for a triple homicide, and spokesperson for the wrongfully incarcerated, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter is a controversial twent……続きを見る

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was riding a wave of success. The survivor of a difficult youth, he rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. But his career crashed to a halt on May……続きを見る

The New York Times bestselling memoir by Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three, who was falsely convicted of three murders and spent nearly eighteen years on Death Row. In 1993, teenagers Damien E……続きを見る

A candid and moving memoir from the critically acclaimed singer and songwriter For thirty years as a musician, Rosanne Cash has enjoyed both critical and commercial success, releasing a series of al……続きを見る

In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, where she ……続きを見る

Inspired by his From the Ground Up New York Times blog, a beautifully written memoir about building and brotherhood. Confronted with the disappointments and knockdowns that can come in middle age-jo……続きを見る

In the world of Australian football, no-one has been more notorious than Wayne Carey. Once hailed as The King, and widely acclaimed as one of the greatest footballers of his generation, Carey fell f……続きを見る

Paul Wilson was 59 before he finally discovered the nature of the crime that led to his incarceration at age 7. His dad knew there was only one way to survive against such gross injustice. It took ……続きを見る

An iconic figure of the Asian American movement, Richard Aoki (1938–2009) was also, as the most prominent non-Black member of the Black Panther Party, a key architect of Afro-Asian solidarity in the……続きを見る

In Dog We Trust. More tales from the world's most famous bounty hunter. 'This is your wake up call. You either answer it now, or pay for it for the rest of your life. The choice is yours.' Duane 'Do……続きを見る

Essays -- The book is a collection of a large number of short subjective treatments of various topics published in 1580. Montaigne's stated goal is to describe man, and especially himself, with utte……続きを見る

In the tradition of Amy Tan, an hilarious and bittersweet memoir of growing up different in a very eccentric but traditional Chinese-Tasmanian family. Warning: Not to be read by convent girls not we……続きを見る