Biography & Autobiography

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Charles Goodyear, Connecticut Yankee And Rubber Pioneer: A Biography - Paperback

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by P. W. Barker (Author)""Charles Goodyear, Connecticut Yankee And Rubber Pioneer: A Biography"" is a comprehensive account of the life and work of Charles Goodyear, a pioneering figure in the rubber industry. Written by P.W. Barker, the book chronicles Goodyear's early life and career, including his experiments with rubber and his development of the vulcanization process. The book also explores Goodyear's personal life, including his family relationships and his struggles with financial diff...

Condi: The Life of a Steel Magnolia - Paperback

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by Mary Beth Brown (Author)"One day I'll be in that house," said ten year old Condoleezza Rice as she gazed across the White House's expansive front lawn.Of course, Condi made good on that promise. With poise and gracefulness?combined with an iron will and determination?rarely seen in Washington, Rice has become one of the most iconic and influential figures on the world stage. This is her story.Condi provides an in-depth study of the life, faith, and achievements of one of America's most fas...

Rising thru every Fall: The Journey of a Notre Dame Football Player Overcoming Injuries, Changes, & Doubts - Paperback

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by Matt Shelton (Author)A Forgotten College Football Story. A Notre Dame Memoir. This is "Rising thru every Fall."ONLY EIGHT PLAYERS IN Notre Dame Football history can take you on this behind-the-scenes journey through the coaching carousel years of 2001 to 2005. Experience the turmoil of FIVE years under the leadership of FIVE head coaches from a player's perspective. Feel the agony as former player Matt "Turbo" Shelton navigates multiple career-threatening injuries, one of which nearly took...

Bastard Husband: A Love Story - Paperback

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by Linda Lou (Author)A week after I arrived in Sin City, I attended a divorce support group I found in the local newspaper listed between Cross-Dressers of Las Vegas and Friends and Family of Incarcerated People. (And I thought I had problems.) As I sat among a circle of strangers waiting for my turn to share, I glanced at the Absolutely No Swearing sign hanging from the ceiling and thought, "This will be a challenge." "I'm Linda," I began, "I have no husband, no job, and you people are my on...

Winston Churchill: La biografía del icono histórico, Winston Churchill - Hardcover

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by Henry Hanson (Author)WINSTON CHURCHILLWinston Churchill fue un hombre poderoso e inspirador, que persiguió activamente los retos y se esforzó por servir bien a su país. Desde combatir en la Primera Guerra Mundial hasta servir como Primer Ministro durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial en la lucha contra la Alemania nazi, hizo todo lo necesario para lograr la victoria y mantener a salvo a su pueblo. En este libro, además de detallar el tiempo que pasó luchando por su país, también profundizamos ...

I Loved Working at the CTA: The Memoirs of a Public Transit Train Operator in Chicago - Paperback

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by Marcus L. Boston (Author)I worked 16 years at the Chicago Transit Authority as a Rapid Transit Operator. I share my best memories and the things that I cherish the most. Working with the public is no easy task, but I eventually found happiness as I moved people throughout the city of Chicago. This is my story. Number of Pages: 150 Dimensions: 0.32 x 8 x 5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: September 01, 2023

Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest - Hardcover

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by Fawn Weaver (Author)Embark on a captivating journey with Love & Whiskey. New York Times bestselling author Fawn Weaver unveils the hidden narrative behind one of America's most iconic whiskey brands. This book is a vibrant exploration set in the present day, delving into the life and legacy of Nearest Green, the African American distilling genius who played a pivotal role in the creation of the whiskey that bears Jack Daniel's name.Set against the backdrop of Lynchburg, Tennessee, this...

Haunted Ohio: Restless Spirits - Paperback

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by Woodyard (Author)Ohio proves it is truly "The Haunt of It All" in this return to the popular Haunted Ohio series. You just can't keep a good ghost down and the author has unearthed over 100 more spirited tales from around the state including "Mistress Suzanne," a murdered bride who showed a honeymooning couple to their room, the "pasta-geist," who craved raw macaroni, "Bernie," the ghost with an attitude problem, and a phantom train still rushing to its fiery doom.Stories from the followin...

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures - Hardcover

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by Merlin Sheldrake (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "brilliant [and] entrancing" (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi--the great connectors of the living world--and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems. "Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world."--Ed Yong, author of An Immense World ONE OF THE B...

Francis Marion and the Snow's Island Community - Paperback

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by Steven D. Smith (Author)[Loyalist Colonel Robert Gray] described South Carolina as "a piece of patch work, the inhabitants of every settlement, when united in sentiment being in arms for the side they liked best and making continual inroads into one another's settlements." One of those pieces of patch work, the people living on and surrounding Snow's Island, South Carolina, were "united in sentiment" against the British crown. This community of partisans had joined the rebellion as early a...

What Jackie Taught Us (Revised and Expanded): Lessons from the Remarkable Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Introduction by L iz Smith - Paperback

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by Tina Santi Flaherty (Author), Liz Smith (Introduction by)A unique perspective on the influence and enduring fascination of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis What Jackie Taught Us offers insights about how Jackie lived with poise, grace, and zest, including wisdom about image and style, focus, courage and vision, men, marriage, and motherhood. After more than a decade in print, this commemorative edition features fourteen new essays from notable individuals amplifying the ways in which Jackie'...

Black Wings: The Life of an African American Aviation Pioneer - Paperback

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by William J. Powell (Author)Black Wings, published in 1934 during the Great Depression, is the autobiography of black aviation pioneer, engineer, and entrepreneur William Powell. In 1917 he enlisted in officer training school and served in a segregated unit during World War I. During the war Powell was gassed by the enemy, and he suffered health problems throughout his life from this poison gas attack. After the war Powell opened service stations in Chicago. He became interested in aviation,...

Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz - Paperback

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by Ron Jeremy (Author)He's the porn world's Everyman. Blessed with an enormous "talent" yet average looks, he's starred in more than 1,700 adult films, directed 250 of them, and over the last twenty years has become porn's biggest ambassador to the mainstream. He's appeared in 60 regular films, 14 music videos, and VH1's Surreal Life, starred in the critically acclaimed Porn star (a movie about his life), and in Being Ron Jeremy (a take off on Being John Malkovich), co-starring Andy Dick. And...

Paul Hollywood - The Biography - Paperback

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by A. S. Dagnell (Author) Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN Publication Date: September 03, 2015

The Birthplace of Jesus Is in Palestine: A Memoir - Paperback

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by Toine Van Teeffelen (Author), Marie Dennis (Foreword by)The Birthplace of Jesus Is in Palestine is a narrative of a Christian family in Bethlehem in the West Bank. Based on diary entries and interviews from 2000 to 2023, the Dutch author--an anthropologist and peace activist--chronicles the spontaneous reactions of his Palestinian children and wife navigating the challenges posed by curfews and checkpoints. Problems of Palestinian school life are shown from the perspective of teachers and ...

Practicing Hospitality: The Joy and Grace of Loving Strangers - Paperback

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by Annie McCune (Author)God's loving Spirit has graced you with the Gift of Hospitality. Are you using it? The two Greek words for hospitality used in the New Testament are philoxenos and philoxenia. Both mean loving strangers as family members. This is easy to understand, but almost impossible to implement without God's help. The practice of hospitality is about learning to love strangers with God's help. His church can grow in meaningful ways if we would follow this "practice." However, it ...

Some Notre Dame Greats I've Known - Paperback

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by Andrew L. Stevans (Author)From the INTRODUCTION... For some time I had hoped to find a way to "give back" to Holy Cross Seminary at Notre Dame for an excellent education that went far beyond books. Special thanks must be extended to the Holy Cross teaching Priests and the Sisters of Notre Dame who offered unwavering kindness, caring and understanding to all of us young men. Daily, we students were exposed to individuals "Living the Faith," and demonstrating exactly what the term meant in b...

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by History (Author)Get enchanted with Pearl Harbor's history and its remarkable events. Are you struggling to make sense of what happened at that specific point in history? Do you want to learn all of the historical stories in an easier manner? Pick up this overview history book today to learn the inspiring history behind Pearl Harbor! This is the perfect book for history fans for all kids to enjoy. The 7th of December, 1941, is recounted as the most devastating naval defeat in American histo...

Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright

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Report copyright infringementby Brendan Gill (Author)Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is often described as the greatest of American architects. His works--among them Taliesin North, Taliesin West, Fallingwater, the Johnson Wax buildings, the Guggenheim Museum--earned him a good measure of his fame, but his flamboyant personal life earned him the rest. Here Brendan Gill, a personal friend of Wright and his family, gives us not only the fullest, fairest, and most entertaining account of Wright t...

The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship

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Report copyright infringementby Roger Friedland (Author), Harold Zellman (Author)Frank Lloyd Wright was renowned during his life not only as an architectural genius but also as a subject of controversy--from his radical design innovations to his turbulent private life, including a notorious mass murder that occurred at his Wisconsin estate, Taliesin, in 1914. But the estate also gave rise to one of the most fascinating and provocative experiments in American cultural history: the Taliesin Fel...

The Car Is Architecture - A Visual History of Frank Lloyd Wright's 85 Cars and One Motorcycle

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Report copyright infringementby Richie Herink (Author)Cars were one of Frank Lloyd Wright's great obsessions, along with Architecture and Japanese Prints. The last two have been well documented, but the Cars have not been covered at all ... until this book. This unique visual history of Wright's 85 cars and one motorcycle uses original magazine ads to describe the make and model of each vehicle. They are presented in the order in which they were purchased. Number of Pages: 112 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Mandra Riley Biscornet (Author)Brad and Mandra barely put away the luggage from their honeymoon before they are sucked into a vortex of life-threatening health concerns. They quickly learn to navigate the healthcare system and their families, all while discovering what it truly means to be a partner in sickness and in health. Just Another Love Story chronicles the couple's journey through Mandra's cancer and Brad's heart transplant. It is the story of how they ...

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Report copyright infringementby Charles R. Olachea (Author)Korea DMZ-1983.Rip Razorton, a recent college graduate and a newly minted Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, enters a military environment filled with danger and a Korean culture he doesn't comprehend.Stationed at Camp Howze in the Western Corridor with the Third Brigade, Second Infantry Division, Razorton, harassed by superior officers for an unknown transgression, learns the DMZ mission from a senior non-commissioned offic...

As She Chose: A conscious end to a life well lived

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Report copyright infringementby Oliver Christen (Author)What if the end of life could be a conscious choice?As She Chose is a deeply moving true story exploring end of life choices through the journey of a son supporting a dying parent. When his mother can no longer live with the independence and vitality she values, she makes a courageous decision to meet death with dignity, clarity, and intention-choosing conscious dying rather than a prolonged decline defined by medications, hospital routi...

Realizing My Heritage: Stories That Have Shaped Me

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Report copyright infringementby R. Douglas McRae (Author)From telling off a principal to a mutiny in the British army, from building a castle from a dream to visualizing the end product of a building renovation, somehow the dots connect. What started as a recounting of treasured memories gradually took on characteristics of a dot-to-dot puzzle. As I added memory to memory, I became aware of connections I had never noticed before. When workplace sabotage brought to light a rare genetic liver c...

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Bland (Author)The Penguin Tours - The Diary of a Touring Cyclist is a heartfelt, humorous, and inspiring exploration of life on the road. It goes beyond the surface of cycling to delve into what it truly means to embrace adventure, connect with the world, and live with passion. With its engaging narrative and universal themes, this book is poised to resonate deeply with readers and leave a lasting impact.The book celebrates the Joy of Simple Living in a co...

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Gordon (Author)At thirteen, lying in the dark in Vicksburg, Mississippi, I floated out of my own body for the first time. It felt like relief. STAY is the memoir of a woman born with a sensitivity so acute it would take decades to understand - and the slow, unglamorous, irreversible work of learning to come back.For anyone who has ever felt outside their own life looking in.For those who have built outwardly functional lives - careers, marriages, paren...

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Report copyright infringementby Jill Biden (Author)Included in "The Nonfiction Books Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer" --The New York Times A novelist once wrote, "There are stories one must tell, and years when one must tell them." Jill Biden's time to discuss her four years in the White House is now. Jill Biden became First Lady at a complicated moment in US history, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the shadow of the January 6 insurrection. These were the circumstances unde...

What's It All About?: The Prisoner: Question Everything

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Report copyright infringementby David Barrie (Author)Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner creator and star of the programme, had an overriding mantra, 'question everything, ' and that is exactly what David Barrie has done. Is this the definitive book on the subject? A bold claim to make for a topic that has had so much written about it since the first airing. If anyone is best placed to write the definitive book, it is David Barrie. Intrigued from the day he happened across the series being filmed ...

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Report copyright infringementby Reginald Tshepo Pheqe (Author)Born in the dust of Pella, Reginald Tshepo Pheqe grew up barefoot, chasing whirlwinds, drawing strength from a grandmother's stories, and measuring survival in buckets of rainwater. His childhood carried the weight of hunger, the silence of apartheid classrooms, and the unyielding hope of distant city lights.Moving Up is not simply a memoir of hardship-it is a meditation on resilience, belonging, and the enduring dialogue between t...

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Report copyright infringementby Martin Mesa (Author)Against the World is a powerful, deeply personal memoir of resilience, fatherhood, and the unbreakable bond between family and identity.Born in the rural campo of Cuenda in the southern Dominican Republic, Martín Mesa grew up in extreme poverty-without electricity, running water, or certainty about the future. As the youngest of fifteen siblings, he learned early that survival required responsibility, sacrifice, and grit. At nine years old, ...

Relentless Life Through Bumps: Volume Two - Overcoming Hurdles In Life: An Autobiography of Dr David M. Githii

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Report copyright infringementby David M. Githii (Author)Relentless Life Through Bumps - Book 2By Dr. David M. GithiiThis inspiring autobiography reveals how Dr. David Githii overcame personal struggles, rejection, and spiritual resistance to rise as a transformative church leader. Through real-life challenges and moments of divine intervention, he shares lessons on faith, leadership, and perseverance. Known for pioneering the Elder Districts movement in church growth, his journey demonstrates...