Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs

Finding Kay / A Transgender Odyssey    by Kay Henderson
Price: $4.99 USD. 59100 words. Language: English. Published by Clay Reston  on April 29, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Informative, thought-provoking and humorous, this is the true story of one person's lifelong struggle with gender identity and ultimate decision to work and live as the "opposite sex".
Silent Sorority    by Pamela Tsigdinos
Price: $9.99 USD. 71420 words. Language: English. Published on November 28, 2009. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

(5.00 from 1 review)
2010 Team RESOLVE Choice Best Book. Silent Sorority reveals with candor, humor and poignancy the intense and at times absurd experience of adjusting to a life as a "non-mom" when nature and science don't cooperate in the family building department. Snappy and irreverent as well as moving, this book offers a contrarian point of view in an era of mommy blogs, designer babies and helicopter parents.
Living at Twice the Speed of Sound    by Eddie Shapiro
Price: $1.99 USD. 62680 words. Language: English. Published by Dov Silverman on March 3, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Information in this book has been cleared for disclosure by the Israeli Military Censor. Some names and dates were changed to protect those endangered by evidential exposure. If you read the Best Seller, "Start-Up Nation" by Dan Senor and Saul Singer then you must read "Living at Twice the Speed of Sound" The Senor/Singer book reveals a broad picture of Israel's Economic Miracle. Eitan (Eddie) Sh
A Checkered Past    by William Van Poyck
Price: $2.99 USD. 118160 words. Language: English. Published on May 24, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Miami native William Van Poyck- burglar, bank robber, escape artist, and novelist - pens a sweeping, vividly sketched autobiography guiding readers on an unforgettable, four-decade odyssey, from barefoot youth to reform school to death row. Projected through the lens of raw experience, this is a brutally authentic look into the hardscrabble underbelly of America's criminal justice system.
Kings, Killers and Kinks in the Cosmos    by Robert Egby
Price: $4.99 USD. 146940 words. Language: English. Published on September 21, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Robert Egby’s great-grandmother, an English Seer, predicted his life. A teenage atheist, he refused to believe her until doors started opening like magic. The strange journey took him into the company of kings,journalists, news photographers, in the Middle East, Germany and western Canada where a radical change took place in Cosmic Consciousness. Autobiography with over seventy photographs.
Drunk on Sports    by Tim Cowlishaw
Price: $9.99 USD. 57920 words. Language: English. Agented by David Vigliano on March 18, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Far be it from Tim Cowlishaw to advise against drinking, as he admits that it got him the inside track on some of the best stories of his sports writing career. But Tim has learned the hard way the hazards of over-doing it, and shares his highs and lows in the entertaining, yet poignant Drunk on Sports. Follow along with amusing accounts of sports history, from head coach drama to Super Bowl wins.
The Class President's Son    by 'Petey' Powell
Price: $4.99 USD. 68850 words. Language: English. Published on January 17, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
‘Petey’ Powell’s memoir is the brilliantly illustrated story of how a son's love for his father and family, inadvertently resulted in him making millions in the drug trade in rural North Carolina.
A Luminous Future    by Teodor Flonta
Price: $8.99 USD. 111660 words. Language: English. Published on May 25, 2012. Nonfiction » History » European.

(5.00 from 19 reviews)
The Second World War is over but the lives of the inhabitants of Lupoaia (Valley of the Wolves), a little village in Transylvania, are thrown into turmoil with the imposition of drastic, senseless changes by a new regime, intent on creating a new man for a new society. The new totalitarian government threatens to eliminate the Flonta family by declaring Teodor's father an 'enemy of the people.'
Be Brave, Be Strong: A Journey Across the Great Divide    by Jill Homer
Price: $2.99 USD. 123090 words. Language: English. Published on May 5, 2011. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Bicycling.

0.5 star(4.43 from 7 reviews)
This is an inspiring and often harrowing account of Jill Homer's record-breaking, 2,740-mile mountain bike ride from Canada to Mexico along the Great Divide. The book follows the thrilling adventure, grueling physical challenges, and emotional turmoil of an ordinary person trying to do something extraordinary.
The Patriotic Art    by Martin Rickerd
Price: $5.50 USD. 126490 words. Language: English. Published by Memoirs Publishing  on May 3, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir.

(4.00 from 1 review)
The FCO gave Martin Rickerd a fascinating career, which took him to some wonderful parts of the world – and some less wonderful, but they too were immensely interesting and memorable. No retired member of the Diplomatic Service can claim to have been entirely happy about everything throughout their career. But neither can they say they did not enjoy some marvellous benefits in terms of experience.