The Last Day I Was Me    by Lori Finnila
Price: Free! 13860 words. Language: English. Published on June 30, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies.
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For many years I've soul searched a way to find myself through all the good and bad I've been through to be able to share it in words that I can express from myself to others in a way that they can understand and relate possibly to what I've been through since my brain injury in 1990 which left me permanently injured from harm.

The Woman who Rewrote History    by Claire Lloyd
Price: Free! 16570 words. Language: English. Published on October 29, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies.
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Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, was known as the Red Duchess for her political views and imprisoned by Franco during Spain´s fascist dictatorship. She found evidence in her family's archive that much of Spain's accepted history had been 'cleaned up'. To preserve the archive for posterity she married her secretary on her deathbed, disinheriting her children.

Sophia Grantham aka Kezia Tregilgus    by Barry Allan
Price: Free! 73370 words. Language: English. Published on March 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws.
The true story of a female convict transported to Van Diemens Land aboard the Rajah in 1841. She married a seaman known as Handspike Jack Tregilgus and together they pioneered the settlement of central Queensland. They built the first hotels at Taroom and Rolleston, then moved to Rockhampton where she ran bushranger-friendly hotels before she died at the age of 52.

THE DUNES OF PILGRIM LAKE - One Woman's Search for Family    by heather dune macadam
Price: $5.99 USD. 80630 words. Language: English. Published on November 1, 2009. Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies.
Natl Book Award Nominated author brings out her memoir about one woman's struggle to find her family. Told from 3 different points of view and framed by the creation and deconstruction of a painting, this story within a story tells each family member's individual story until they finally come together on canvas, in a work of art that can only be defined as family. See paintings on my website

A 40-year-old Midget in a Little Girl's Suit    by Bette Nunn
Price: $4.99 USD. 15760 words. Language: English. Published by Fideli Publishing on July 28, 2010. Nonfiction » Entertainment » Humor and satire.
This story is about Abby Walls Huff’s life and the funny things she said and did. The book is compiled from things her mother, the author, collected over the years, adding that Abby was the funniest of her three children. This is a story about an extended family and things that happened as they were growing up.

Broken Birds, The Story of My Momila    by Jeannette Katzir
Price: $6.99 USD. 113970 words. Language: English. Published on February 20, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies.
World War II has long since ended,and yet Jacyln and her siblings grow up learning to survive it.Having lived through the Holocaust on the principle of constant distrust, their mother, Channa, dutifully teaches her children to cling to one another while casting a suspicious eye to the outside world.When Channa dies the contents of her will will force her children to fight . . each other.

The Remarkable Life of Kitty McInerney: How A Poor Irish Immigrant Raised 17 Children in Great Depression New York    by Christopher Prince
Price: $4.99 USD. 15210 words. Language: English. Published on October 7, 2009. Nonfiction » Relationships and Family » Motherhood.
The true story of a poor Irish immigrant who raised 17 children in Great Depression New York. Kitty McInerney’s life rode a wave of social and political transformation that would come to define modern America. Poor, burdened, and uncelebrated, Kitty McInerney is remarkable for her unrelenting faith, her unique, individual struggle and for exemplifying the American immigrant experience.

Anne of the Borders - The Story of Anne Hepple, Author, 1877-1959 - by Mary Rawnsley & Wendy Bell Scott    by Mary Rawnsley
Price: $5.99 USD. 10650 words. Language: English. Published by Blue Button Publications  on April 6, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Literary biography.
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Written to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Anne Hepple, novelist, who lived most of her life in Northumberland and Berwickshire. Her books, which often feature thinly-disguised local places have been read and enjoyed worldwide. Print Version Published 2009.

A Pain in the Toenails    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: Free! 1840 words. Language: English. Published by Olo Books on July 15, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies.
Ah, the innocence of medical school. This is a story from my third year of clinical clerkship, when I started rotating through the hospital wards. One patient taught me about ulcerative colitis...and a few other things. You can also find this essay in my book, The Most Unfeeling Doctor in the World and Other True Tales from the Emergency Room.

A Journey of a Bouncing Czech    by Natasha Novotny
Price: $6.99 USD. 83840 words. Language: English. Published on August 12, 2010. Nonfiction » History » European.
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
A story of a Czech girl who finds herself after the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in London, her subsequent departure for Canada, her adventures, travels and survival in the world of retail, her sicknesses, triumphs and setbacks she handles and retains with her drive and a sense of humor. Part memoir, part history lesson and the enjoyment of the story of the woman who lived it.