Memoirs Books

Life's Lesser Moods is a book written by Charles Lewis Hind and was first published in 1904. The book is a collection of essays that explore the various moods and emotions that people experience in their everyday lives. The essays are written in a...

""Life Letters, and Wayside Gleanings, For The Folks At Home"" is a book written by Bathsheba H. Crane in 1880. It is a collection of letters and musings that the author wrote to her family and friends throughout her life. The book provides a glimpse...

Blind and deaf since the age of three, Mathilde was a woman who lived a life full of struggle and adversity. Despite her physical limitations, she was a prolific writer and poet, and her work is a testament to her indomitable spirit and her unwavering...

Letters Written By Mrs. Alice Griffin To Her Father And Mother, Mr. And Mrs. J. W. McClain (1904) is a collection of personal letters written by Alice Griffin to her parents. The letters span a period of several years and cover a range of topics,...

""Lavas And Soils Of The Hawaiian Islands"" is a book written by Walter Maxwell in 1898. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the geological features of the Hawaiian Islands, focusing on the composition and characteristics of the lavas and soils...

One young man, after the medical system fails him, suffers alone, bedridden for 10 years, then solves his own medical mystery. In Revolution From My Bed: Regain Control of Your Life as a Patient, Roi Shternin offers a wakeup call to doctors and a call to...

Bob Stark had no plans after high school. With his brother locked away in the only maximum-security prison in Alaska, his mom working overtime at the local grocery store, and his bad habits getting worse, he saw no hope for the future. Until the Army...

Understanding Madness explores the singular moods, fears, and synaesthetic experiences of a poet from the Pacific Northwest who also suffers from schizophrenia. It includes original collages that mirror the author's poetic sensibility on the cusp between...

A powerful first-person account of living with bipolar disorder and the challenges it presents. Balancing humor with serious topics, and including key parts of her medical records, Aurelia's story illuminates the realities of this disorder.

In the early 2000s, sixteen-year-old Todd Davison and his older brother Wade were living the Canadian hockey dream - playing together in the Western Hockey League, a stepping-stone for many future NHL stars. Todd seemed destined to be one of them; with...

I have found an innovative way to not only tell my story of saving the Black man, but also to offer my story as a guide to help readers overcome adversity through faith and spiritual growth. I know that what I experienced is much bigger than me, so I am...

In A Staggered Road author René Chandler reveals the omniscient resilience that God has place in us as humans. This book is about living life as an overcomer not realizing it was God who allowed you to overcome. It reveals how God protects us while we...

"This book tells a story of perseverance and inspiration, it reflects my thoughts and realizations through the years."

Recovery Happens through Christ is taken from the journals of Marilynne Harrison, an otherwise regular person who found herself sexually abused as a child and exposed to a world of sin in such a way as to bring tears to one's eyes. By the time she was...

Marcia begins the book "Angels I Have Seen" by explaining, first, how her mystical gift of prophecy, seeing and hearing the things of the spirit, developed. She spent 25 years listening to the Spirit and automaticallywriting what she heard. The gift...

Seventeen-year-old Annabelle is going to have a baby by a boy who wants no part of it, or her. Unwed and pregnant - the worst catastrophe to befall a middle class, Catholic girl in the 1960's. Desperate to hide their daughter's condition from friends and...

A year has passed since Louisa Kamal, visiting her beloved Nepal in January 2020, was caught up in the unthinkable turmoil of both the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and a love affair with a younger man.After four painful and lonely months back in...

Writing has always been my emotional support and spiritual comfort. Being able to verbalize how I'm feeling through writing has always been an amazing experience for me and will continue to be. Not having many friends, I would just sit and write as a...

When you wake up in the morning, you feel that it is just another ordinary day, but someday, it could be a very special day that could change your life.February 1, 2022, was that day in my life. I quit my job after arriving at my office without thinking...

Progress through Struggle In this story, Progress through Struggle has been an important part of my life. I moved from mule and tractor plowing on my daddy's farm to repairing the control equipment used by air traffic controllers to control aircraft over...

The author had the opportunity to go to college after back surgery and was no longer able to work in her field of avionics. She was tested for her abilities to learn, and it was recommended she go to a technical school versus a college. She decided to go...

Faced with an increasingly toxic work environment, Liz upends her trusted corporate world and follows a dream that will take her to other side of the globe. In Sprinkler Water Is Not for Drinking you'll discover through Liz's eyes the colorful stories of...

Growing up as a little girl, I should have had the memories of playing dolls with my friends, family vacations, Vacation Bible Schools at my church, and spending special times with my grandparents. This was not the case - it was all pretty much the...

The celebrated Nigerian writer Tanure Ojaide relates here his experience of living in the United States where he has been based teaching and writing since 1996. Drawing the Map of Heaven picks up where his earlier memoir, Great Boys. An African...

This is the story of one remarkable woman's unimaginable journey through the rise of the Nazi regime, the Second World War, and the aftermath. Mania Lichtenstein's dramatic story of survival is narrated by her granddaughter and her memories are...

Teruo Konos Geschichte beginnt in Yokohama in Japan und endet in Hamburg/Norderstedt in Deutschland. Dazwischen lagen Stationen in verschiedenen Ländern und die Notwendigkeit, sich mit kulturellen Unterschieden auseinanderzusetzen.Sein Leben lässt sich...

Als Lena ihre alte Mutter bei sich aufnimmt, rückt ihr die eigene Geschichte wieder mehr ins Bewusstsein, und sie beginnt, sie aufzuschreiben: Lena wächst als Einzelkind während der 50er und 60er Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts in einem Thüringer Dorf auf...

Ost-West-Konflikt als Deutschland-Krimi von der Autorin erlebt und erzählt.Nicht wie aktuell als Krieg, wie ihn Putin gegen die Ukraine entfesselt. Damalsherrschte der Kalte Krieg. Wie kam Wanke aus dem noch erlebtenZweiten Weltkrieg in das politische...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

George Thomas Henry Soper, Carolyn's grandfather, immigrated to Canada, from England, in 1911. Working in various endeavours, he explored the Canadian experience with enthusiasm and courage. His autobiography is shared by his family, as a tribute of...

TRIAL BY ILLUSION is an unabashed chronicle of a lifetime filled with adventures and unexpected tragedies that sculpted character and faith. Sissy Jean, the non-physical being introduced to the author at age ten, accompanies, teaches and loves her...

The story is about a couple in England that were Quakers and prosecuted numerous times while preaching. Then after paying the fine to be released went back to preaching again.

The story unfolds about the young woman's life. Her insecurities and fears are painfully palpable as she begins to open up in her dairy and explains her journey navigating her inner stormy seas. Isla's journey starts when she finally decides that she can...

It started with a simple moment, much the way life experiences occur. The author and a lifelong friend were in a jewelry store following the death of the author's husband. An acquaintance said to the two women, "Are you sisters?" The author responded,...

You begin the parent role as soon as you find out you are pregnant. The care you have for yourself also is caring for the child within. I believe a womans intuition is very powerful. If you have a strong feeling about something, you should listen no...

No matter who you are or where you come from, God can use you if you just open the door (your heart) when he knocks. Trust in God's word and believe! Faith is the key! A Living Epistle of a Servant of Christ is guaranteed to make an indelible impression...

From a very young age growing up in southern California, Steve Taylor, knew he wanted to do something with his life to save wildlife and wild places. What he didn't know then, was how much fun it would be. During his career he met many...

At the age of 19, I stepped aboard a Greyhound bus in my hometown of New Orleans and headed for New York City. My childhood dreams of performing on Broadway had begun. Just like in the movies! When I published my professional website, I wrote an...

Chapters XVI and XVII is the sequel to A Moment in Time which is a story of encouragement that should be read by all who have an interest in the human journey. Born in rural Eastern North Carolina of parents near poverty, Chris has told his story from...

The author, A. (Aletha) Roberta Hutchison Ostar's (aka Hutchie in high school, Bobbie in college and as an adult) educational career began with two notable events in grade school-in first grade she refused to hold her pencil correctly for the Parker...

"...I have been married fifteen months, and we have moved fifteen times. Lest our monthly vacations arouse suspicion, let it be quickly known that my husband is not a piker - he is an engineer. Not the nice sane kind who drives a train and always gets...

Is it an exciting novel? Is it instructional? Is it about self- improvement? Is it a great cookbook? Is it about romance and lust? Is it about horror and crime? Am I a famous selling author? Am I a celebrity? It is none of these things. What it is, is an...

Listen Up! is not a traditional memoir. It is a book of stories: some powerful and some humorous. These stories are about West Point, playing lacrosse, living in Europe just after WWII, flying, combat, the Pentagon, being on camera, teaching, leading,...

For victory in this world of wickedness, it will entail many struggles, being humiliated and close to destruction, we should never forget how the Lord protected us. For us to achieve any success, we must take self-inventory and work at eliminating...

As an army chaplain for 30 years, I had opportunity to work with and serve as pastor of the world community of God's greatest creation. I never felt called to be a neighborhood pastor though I loved it.Reflections of an Army chaplain are just that. The...

For author Lily Farmer, growing up on a farm in Minnesota was one of the most treasured times of her life. In How My Life Changed Moving from Farm Life to City Life, she narrates her story. Meant as a legacy for her children, grandchildren, family, and...

This autoethnographic study examines my experiences as an African American born and raised in the United States of America, who-from the time I realized I was Black at age ten until the present day, more than fifty years later-experiences racism either...