Biography & autobiography

A Treasury of Miracles for Women: True Stories of Gods Presence Today

von Karen Kingsbury

A collection of amazing and touching stories that celebrates women and shows that miracles are still possible.

Prince William and Kate Middleton

von Chris Peacock

This excellent quick-read biography of the life so far of Prince William and Kate Middleton is a fascinating read, and will make an wonderful addition to the library of any fan of the British Royal Family. Tracking...

My China Eye: Memoirs of a Jew and a Journalist

von Israel Epstein & H. D. Cooper

Final work of Israel Epstein, one of the very few Westerners to experience the Chinese Revolution.

Conversations with John Schlesinger

von Ian Buruma

“I like the surprise of the curtain going up, revealing what’s behind it.”

–John Schlesinger

The British director John Schlesinger was one of the cinema’s most dynamic and influential artists. Now, in...

Alfredo Catalani: Composer of Lucca

von Domenico Luigi Pardini, Valentina Relton & David Chandler

The full, tragic story of Puccini's great rival, now available in English for the first time. Born in Lucca four years before Puccini, Alfredo Catalani (1854-93) was the main hope of Italian opera in the 1880s....

Great Dames: What I Learned from Older Women

von Marie Brenner

"Fascinating, gossipy, entertaining. . . ."

— New York Times Book Review

They are ten outstanding women of the century. Each had an aura, including Thelma Brenner, the first great dame her daughter ever knew....

Inside The Rainbow

von Sandy Sinclair

INSIDE THE RAINBOW by Sandy Sinclair, Alaskan bush teacher

Not just memoirs of an ol' teacher but the author deals with how the events of the past may be connected to our current life.

Beside the Alaska adventures...

Stories of Inventors

von Russell Doubleday

There are many thrilling incidents - all the more attractive because of their truth - in the study, the trials, the disappointments, the obstacles overcome, and the final triumph of the successful inventor.

Every...

Stitch of Courage: A Woman's Fight for Freedom

Trail of Thread #3

von Linda K. Hubalek

Subtitle: A Woman's Fight of Freedom, Historical Letters 1861-1865 Trail of Thread Series, Book 3 Feel the uncertainty, doubt, and danger faced by the pioneer women of Kansas as they defend their homes and pray...

Thimble of Soil: A Woman's Quest for Land

Trail of Thread #2

von Linda K. Hubalek

Subtitle: A Woman's Quest for Land, Historical Letters 1854-1860 Trail of Thread Series, Book 2 Experience the terror of the fighting and the determination to endure as you stake a claim alongside the women...

Trail of Thread

Trail of Thread #1

von Linda K Hubalek

Subtitle: A Woman's Westward Journey, Historical Letters 1854-1855 Trail of Thread Series, Book 1 Taste the dust of the road and feel the wind in your face as you travel with a Kentucky family by wagon trail...

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

von Thomas De Quincey

I have often been asked how I first came to be a regular opium-eater, and have suffered, very unjustly, in the opinion of my acquaintance from being reputed to have brought upon myself all the sufferings which...

A Personal Record

von Joseph Conrad

A Personal Record is writer Joseph Conrad's autobiography. The writing is lyrical and atmospheric and commonly believed to be somewhat embellished. It does, however, give great insight into his Polish childhood,...

Sangin A Glance Through Afghan Eyes

von Toby Woodbridge

As a British Army Officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers Toby Woodbridge twice deployed to Afghanistan's Helmand Province, and spent a total of eight months in the notorious District of Sangin. Employed as...

The A- Z of Being British

von Brian Titrage

As its cover suggests, The A to Z of Being British is an acerbic take on the state of modern Britain. Funny, insightful and ever-so-slightly non-PC, the book is split into 70 alphabetic sections. It covers a...

The Americanization of Edward Bok

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography 1921

von Edward William Bok

The Americanization of Edward Bok is an autobiography, told in the third person, that shares the life of a little Dutch boy unceremoniously set down in America unable to make himself understood or even to know...

Indian Boyhood

von Charles A. Eastman

Charles Eastman, whose Sioux name was Ohiyesa (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), was a Native American author, doctor and reformer who also helped to establish the Boy Scouts of America. His autobiographical Indian...

Autobiography of John Stuart Mill

von John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873) was a great liberal thinker of the nineteenth century, a noted philosopher, political theorist, and Member of Parliament. Mill was given a disciplined upbringing, his father...

Essays Perspectives Opinion

von Jay Willoughby

Using a selection of various articles, this collection presents the prolific writer M. Fethullah Gülen's ideas on modern education, as well as how he has been presented in the media.

FAIL: An Essay from Eating the Dinosaur

von Chuck Klosterman

Originally collected in Eating the Dinosaur and now available both as a stand-alone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture, this essay is about Ted Kaczynski.