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My Philosophical Development My Philosophical Development Bertrand Russell Russell gives an account of his philosophical development. He describes his Hegelian period and includes hitherto unpublished notes for a Hegelian philosophy of science. He deals next with the two-fo… OL1088551W
Down Came the Rain Down Came the Rain Brooke Shields When Brooke Shields welcomed her newborn daughter, Rowan Francis, into the world, a crippling depression followed. In DOWN CAME THE RAIN, Brooke writes about the tribulations, depression, and, ultima… OL122553W
La Nuit La Nuit Elie Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie… OL14856842W
What Next You Bastard My Early Years What Next You Bastard My Early Years Hall, Ken Autobiography = This book brings you up to day with "What Next You Bastard" when Ken at the age of Twelve is wheel into a ward 1A terminal ward full of men where Ken was told many times he would die … OL14987468W
Thirty-nine years of short-term memory loss Thirty-nine years of short-term memory loss Tom Davis A seriously funny, offbeat and irreverent memoir that chronicles the early days of Saturday Night Live and features some of its greatest personalities--Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, John B… OL15720152W
De mi vida De mi vida Eduardo Zamacois "Yo, que puedo hablar de todo, porque, como dicen los marinos, doblé ya el «cabo Treinta»". OL16492482W
Tel Grain Tel Pain Tel Grain Tel Pain Stacey B. Day MD Describes persons, places, events, and travels in a life devoted to Medical Education in America, Central Europe, Tropical West Africa, Japan and elsewhere. Commentaries give insights into author's v… OL16807502W
Expressive Writing Expressive Writing Kathleen Adams Expressive writing is life-based writing that focuses on authentic expression of lived experience, with resultant insight, growth and skill-building. For decades, it has been the province of journals… OL16814863W
Myngath - Some Recollections of a Wyrdful and Extremist Life Myngath - Some Recollections of a Wyrdful and Extremist Life David Myatt Myatt - who has translated works by Sophocles, Sappho, Aeschylus, and Homer - has been described as "a British iconoclast who has lived a somewhat itinerant life"; as "emblematic of the modern syncre… OL16820414W
The slave's narrative The slave's narrative Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,Charles T. Davis The autobiographical narratives of black ex-slaves published in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries constitute the largest body of literature produced by slaves in human history. Black slaves in … OL16944053W
These Happy Golden Years These Happy Golden Years Garth Williams,Laura Ingalls Wilder The Ingalls family homesteads on their claim in DeSmet, South Dakota. Fifteen-year-old Laura begins to take schoolteaching jobs to raise money for Mary's college. Laura is surprised when Almanzo Wild… OL1719702W
Tip and the Gipper Tip and the Gipper Christopher Matthews,Matthews, Christopher A personal history of a time when two great political opponents served together for the benefit of the country. The author was a top aide to Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, who waged a principled w… OL17581360W
Girl in the dark Girl in the dark Anna Lyndsey "Anna was living a normal life. She was ambitious and worked hard; she had just bought an apartment; she was falling in love. But then she started to develop worrying symptoms: her face felt like it … OL17874180W
Just Say Yes Just Say Yes Bernard L. Schwartz Whether he's leading a company or leading the call for a better nation, storied New York businessman and philanthropist Bernard Schwartz believes in the power of optimism. Bernard Schwartz has dined … OL17898508W
Lass mich die Nacht überleben Lass mich die Nacht überleben Jörg Böckem Ich sah alle 90 Sekunden auf die Uhr. Die Rückreise nach dem Interview war eine Tortur. Eineinhalb Stunden würde ich noch warten müssen - bis zum nächsten Schuss. Drogensucht macht die Zeit zum Fei… OL18146830W
The man who listens to horses The man who listens to horses Monty Roberts,Monty Roberts Monty Roberts is a real life horse whisperer- an American original whose gentle training methods reveal the depth of communication possible between man and animal. He can take a wild, high-strung hor… OL18557W
Бодался теленок с дубом Бодался теленок с дубом Александр Исаевич Солженицын **The Oak and the Calf**, subtitled *Sketches of Literary Life in the Soviet Union*, is a memoir by Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, about his attempts to publish work in his own country. Solzh… OL1858577W
Stranger than Fiction Stranger than Fiction Denise Robins The enthralling life story of one of the world's most popular writer. Apart from writing over one hundred and fifty gothic romance novels that have brought her millions of fans throughout the world, … OL1937531W
Writing your life Writing your life Mary Borg Breaks down the barriers of personal narrative with an easy-to-follow guide that includes thought-provoking questions, encouraging suggestions, memory-jogging activities, tips for writing, advice on … OL19967836W
Your life is a book Your life is a book Brenda Peterson "Everyone has a story to tell. Learn how to write your memoir and get published with the help of two well-known publishing professionals. Your Life is a Book guides budding writers though the transfo… OL19988007W
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