Iris Duplantier Rideau's story is one of rags to riches-of accomplishing the nearly impossible by a Black woman born into a poor Creole family in New Orleans. Stung by the ug...więcej »
Exile is a band with a diverse history. The group formed in 1963 looking to play small clubs in Richmond, Kentucky, but managed to top both the pop and t...więcej »
A Mountain in my Heart provides an extraordinary insight into a teenage girl's journey on being unexpectedly diagnosed, with an exceptionally rare cancer. From the Welsh Mountains the a...więcej »
This is a book of anecdotes - a product of my reflections on both my personal and professional life as a young Tunisian female journalist, coming to work for the 'largest broadcaster in the worl...więcej »
Moshe Itzhak-Halevy (Moshiko), born in 1932, is one of Israel's most talented and versatile folk dance choreographers."Dancing Against The Flow" is Moshiko's personal and professional story, wri...więcej »
Even before Archibald Edmund Filby (Victoria Twead's roguish uncle) embarked on his famous African expeditions, he took advantage of a government-sponsored scheme to migrate to ...więcej »
This book was prompted by requests to describe what it was like to participate in the birth of higher school on earth, the Fellowship of Friends. In my atte...więcej »
All for the Love of Cats is a collection of stories, poems and interesting facts about America's most popular pet the house cat. It was written in the 87th year of my life. I am a retired person w...więcej »
This brief memoir recounts the journey of a man and lessons he accumulated on leadership by observing and questioning the status quo, and asking the penultimate question of why, from his childhood ...więcej »
After working for almost a decade as an award-winning television news reporter, Crystal Bui had become numb to the idea of death-until George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis. Reporters are responsibl...więcej »
Bill Austen had some scary experiences; it came with the job of being a pilot. Having something go wrong at 90% of the speed of sound can really grab your a...więcej »
Major General Le Minh Dao was the Commander of the 18th Infantry Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). At Xuan Loc, he became the ground commander during the final Battle for Saig...więcej »
Marina Svetlova: A Tribute is a book that is intended to engage the professional dancer, as well as the layman, to the dance. The work celebrates the career of one of the most influential ballerina...więcej »
State Mother Alice Marshall Jackson born August 17, 1908, to October 15, 2005. In her 97 years on God's green earth:
She fought a good ; She finished her course; She kept the faith; She lives on th...więcej »
Everything changed for Pradeep K. Berry on February 28, 2015.That was the day his wife of forty-one years, Constance A. "Connie" Berry, died. He's been mourning ever since, and he seeks t...więcej »
When young Hao C. Tran left Vietnam in 1973 to study abroad, he had no idea it would be 20 years before he could return, or how much his native land would change in his absence. These are the st...więcej »
Michael DeForest shares his memories of being a young sales rep in the 1980s and 1990s in this insightful and hilarious memoir.
From the typical sales challenges of overcoming objections to sales ...więcej »
A powerful, passionate memoir and social essay. From the author's Hispanic origins and challenging childhood, through his military career, his numerous jobs in Washington, and his pinnacle posit...więcej »