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Old Clontarf Old Clontarf F. W. R. Knowles Local history of [Clontarf][1], a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Mostly based on the memories of the author, who was born in Clontarf in 1907 and lived there until about 1930. [1]: http://en.wikip… OL12181855W
Nefertiti Lived Here Nefertiti Lived Here Mary Chubb In 1930 Mary Chubb joined an expedition led by archaeologist John Pendlebury to the site of Tell el-Amarna, the remains of Akhetaten, the ephemeral capital founded by the heretical pharaoh Akhenaten … OL151243W
Known and Unknown Known and Unknown Donald Rumsfeld Donald Rumsfeld tells the story of his career serving as a Congressman, and working for several Presidents in different capacities including two stints as Secretary of Defense. He describes Rumsf… OL15670836W
Gangsters, Harlots and Thieves Gangsters, Harlots and Thieves Todd Moore This book is a bio / memoir of my father’s experience growing up in post depression America at the down and out Hotel Clifton in Freeport, Illinois and his experiences interacting with the various… OL15746858W
The Blue and the Maize The Blue and the Maize Ismael Marrero Being an Account of the Agonies & Ecstasies, Prides & Prejudices, Travails & Triumphs, During a Four-Months’ Residence Among the Members of the Finest Slow-Pitch Softball Team in the World. (Plus 6 m… OL16046374W
The Pensive Pencil ... a life of thought The Pensive Pencil ... a life of thought Link Starbureiy A personal documentary and memoir from link e. starbureiy covering the first thirty years of his life and work. OL16101645W
Sometimes It Was Beautiful Sometimes It Was Beautiful PT Armstrong SOMETIMES IT WAS BEAUTIFUL is a very different kind of book in the annals of work published in the American and African-African tradition. It is a true to life story told by PT Armstrong, a man whose… OL16796775W
Back In The Day Back In The Day Karen L. DeWinter This is a clipping book devoted to Lehnhardt and Prendergast newspaper clippings, gathered through the years by our family. It shows achievements and interesting anecdotes about Lehnhardt and Arndt f… OL16810636W
Finding my place Finding my place Anne Aly In 2016, Anne Aly was the first Australian Muslim woman, the first Egyptian-born woman and the first counter-terrorism expert to be elected to federal parliament. This is the story of how Anne and he… OL17895521W
Madness in Mogadishu Madness in Mogadishu Michael Whetstone On the afternoon of October 3, 1993, two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down over the Somali capital of Mogadishu, leaving a handful of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators at the mercy of s… OL17933298W
Tuesdays with Morrie Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir by American author Mitch Albom about a series of visits Albom made to his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz gradually dies of ALS. The book topp… OL1822313W
Philipovna Philipovna Valentina Gal A riveting, must read book describing the life of an orphaned child in Soviet Ukraine as the Soviets, known as the Bolsheviks, came to power. The author, Ms. Gal, blind from birth, describes this tr… OL21358911W
走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること 走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること 村上春樹 In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such r… OL2625422W
Arkay Trucking Arkay Trucking Robert I. Kabakoff "A park bench. A shoe salesman. Death row." As the second installment of a three-part series, a personal memoir detailing the slings and arrows of my outrageous young life, I tell the tale, beginning… OL28763067W
Sunday on the Farm Sunday on the Farm Bruce B. Daniels In Sunday on the Farm, America’s best-known farrier of the 20th Century remembers his years as an itinerant shoer at leading (and lesser) US harness tracks in the 1960s. You’ll enjoy equally his funn… OL3000730W
Algonquin Woods Algonquin Woods Bob Callahan An elegaic, personal and intimate journey of growing up Irish in 1940's and 50's Northeastern America, with of all of its residual anti-Irish prejudice and the fierce and resilient Irish pride of th… OL3012045W
Taking America Out of the Boy Taking America Out of the Boy Billy Marshall Stoneking Stoneking refers to this book as an auto-fictography - a "new" kind of autobiographical writing that is based solely on memory without recourse to notes, diaries or the memories of family, friend and… OL3796807W
Strength for the Journey Strength for the Journey Diana Butler Bass In Strength for the Journey, Diana Butler Bass illustrates the dynamic strength and persistence of mainline Protestantism. While many baby boomers left the church, only to come back later in life, Ba… OL6031819W
The other side The other side Vincent Panella Subtitle is "Growing up Italian in America." Publishers Weekly called it "...a colorful, bittersweet memoir, a sensitive rendering of immigrant culture as found in one man's family. OL6806439W
Intimacies of court and society ; an unconventional narrative of unofficial days Intimacies of court and society ; an unconventional narrative of unofficial days Widow of a diplomat. A memoir of a wife of American Diplomat. Narratives of official and unofficial days during her husband overseas posting. A story of experiences and friendships occured during diplomatic services inc… OL7872339W
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