Autobiography: General

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...