Autobiography: General

This contemporary biography series profiles the lives of some of today''s most prominent newsmakers; whether covering contributions and achievement...

While George W Bush has been out of office for only a few years, an early historical assessment is much needed. This is very difficult for a histor...

Born to a wealthy and powerful yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived the early years of her life in luxury. However, when she was six, everything changed:...

Alice Whittaker was never able to celebrate her 6th Birthday. Sister to two older brothers, daughter of devoted parents; Alice''s family, in ...

Meet Vicki. Diagnosed with a rare eye condition aged four, she embarked on a rollercoaster journey of life with a disability. Vis-Ability introduc...

Derek Esp didn''t set out to forge a career in education: but, after enrolling in an Education course at university, he discovered a love for learn...

Calum Johnston commenced his banking career in Scotland, at the age of seventeen, at a time when the duties of a boy in the bank included sweeping ...

More than 28,000 innocent people murdered, homes reduced to rubble. Time to escape from bombed-out London to a land of greenery and opportunity, br...

An autobiography with a difference, Seven Shades of J is Jean Rileys story, written by Lesley Halliwell, and flips bi-polar on its head to relish t...

As president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs advocated for the disempowered, the disenfranchised, the marginalised. She withstood re...

Ira Aten (1862-1953) was the epitome of a frontier lawman. When as a youth he heard of the killing by Rangers of the notorious outlaw Sam Bass at R...

Through a combination of amiable anecdotes, sharp-eyed historical reporting, and intense tangled memories of family life, this autobiography captur...

During the years of apartheid rule in South Africa, many women `skipped the country and fled into exile to evade harassment, detention, imprisonmen...

At 18, Hal Kanter first came to Hollywood to work as the ghost writer for a comic strip for the princely sum of $10 per week - before he was fired....

Native American drumming and chant; Czech and German polka; country fiddling; African American spirituals, blues and jazz; cowboy songs; Mexican co...

Born into a relatively privileged family, Geraldyne Pierce Zimmerman earned a reputation as a maverick in her lifelong home of Orangeburg, South C...

Everyone who is interested in the ivory-billed woodpecker will want to read this book- from scientists who wish to examine the data from all the pl...

Although Vince Guaraldi's playful jazz piano themes for the early Peanuts animated television specials are well known, the composer himself rema...

In 100 A.D., Christianity was practiced only by a small, oppressed minority. Three hundred years later, Christianity had become one of the world...

'Bags of fish for cats - 50 pence'. So it was written, on a chalkboard sign outside a fresh fishmonger's, under the arches of the raised promenade...

A truly original American writer and thinker, Eric Hoffer was free of the practical pressures that steer many people of an intellectual disposition...

The thirteen essays in this volume come from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, South Africa, and Hawaii. With a shared focus on t...