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Azha.Valliyappa
by poovannanThis book is a monograph in Tamil on Children’s Poet, Azha.Valliyappa, popularly known as 'Kuzhanthai Kavignar' who wrote plenty of simple and enjoyable rhymes for children.
John C. Calhoun: American Portrait
by Margaret L. CoitPulitzer Prize winning biography of the prominent politician during the early 1800s.
Life of St. Columba
by Adomnan Of Iona Richard SharpeLife of St. Columba as related by Adomnan of Iona.
Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir
by Lauren SlaterIn a daring literary experiment, The author/psychologist presents us with a memoir of epilepsy that might be true or might not be
Love Works Like This: Moving from One Kind of Life to Another
by Lauren SlaterThe author and psychologist gives us a "travelogue" of her pregnancy while struggling to keep mental illness at bay
Memoirs of Childhood and Youth
by Albert SchweitzerAutobiographical reflections on a boyhood that led to an astonishing intellectual career.
Choices...Changes
by Joni Eareckson TadaJoni writes with refreshing transparency about making the movie about her life and her subsequent move to L.A. and establishment of the Joni and Friends ministry.
The Big Breach: From Top Secret to Maximum Security
by Richard TomlinsonRichard Tomlinson was recruited by MI6, the British foreign intelligence service, during his senior year at Cambridge University. He quickly gained the trust and confidence of one of the world's most effective intelligence organisations. MI6 relied on Tomlinson to smuggle nuclear secrets out of Moscow, to run an undercover operation in Sarajevo while the city was under siege, and to infiltrate and dismantle a criminal group that sought to export chemical weapons capabilities to Iran.
Jack Benny: An Intimate Biography
by Irving A. FeinFein joined Benny in 1947 as publicity and advertising director of his company, which was sold to CBS. Fein then became executive producer of Benny's programs, winning an Emmy in 1961.
The Transformation of Microsoft
by F. Katelynn Boland E. Scott Mayfield C. Fritz Foley"In early 2015, Microsoft’s CFO Amy Hood and the rest of the senior leadership team were preparing for the Financial Analyst Meeting that was set to take place at the end of April. After more than a decade of price stagnation, shares of Microsoft had recently appreciated in value, but analysts remained mixed in their outlook. Hood wanted to use the upcoming event to articulate how and why Microsoft would be relevant in the future."
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces
by Felix Frankfurter Harlan B. PhillipsThis volume presents the raw materials for future historians on the variegated aspects of American life, ending with Frankfurter's appointment to the Supreme Court in 1939.
Srirangathu Devathaikal
by SujathaThis book is a collection of memoirs of the author when he was staying in his grandmother’s house at Srirangam during his school days.
Forever Ours: Real Stories of Immortality and Living from a Forensic Pathologist
by Janis Amatuzio[From the Book Jacket] As a physician, forensic pathologist, and coroner for several Minnesota counties, I have had the extraordinary privilege of caring for families and their loved ones when death comes suddenly, unexpectedly, or traumatically. My job is to speak for the dead, to solve the mystery of "What happened?" However, I have occasionally been faced with mysteries I cannot solve or explain. These experiences always baffle me, partly because as a scientist I seek to reach a reasonable degree of medical certainty, a rational explanation. But I have come to realize that for some experiences there is no explanation, just a deep knowing that I have encountered the Divine. - JANIS AMATUZIO, MD
The Conquest of Blindness: An Autobiographical Review of the Life and Work of Henry Randolph Latimer
by Henry Randolph Latimer<P>The term "Conquest of Blindness" is taken to include any preventive, remedial, educational, rehabilitating, or relief phase of work pertaining to the handicap of blindness. <P>The primary aim of the volume is to lift work for the conquest of blindness out of the miasma of alms and asylums into the more wholesome atmosphere of social adjustment. <P>Other aims of the volume are to serve as a supplementary text for the use of the profession, and as an incentive to the chance reader to delve more deeply into the subject, and to present as modestly as may be the autobiography of one blind person who has contributed in small measure toward the conquest of blindness.
Open Secrets_ The Explosive Memoirs of an Indian Intelligence Officer
by Maloy Krishna DharOpen Secrets is the first of its kind book. It is the first time a retired Indian Intelligence Bureau Officer penned his memoirs, detailing his thirty-year career and offering unprecedented insights into some of the pivotal moments of Indian history and a peek into the political machinations that underly them. Open Secrets is regarded as a seminal work for its fearless exposure of the Indian political system and its insightful detailing of the course of modern Indian history's turning points.
Inthiya Ilakkiya Chirpikal: T. Janakiraman
by M. A. Mohammed HussainThis book is a monograph in Tamil on the life and writings of the popular Tamil novelist T. Janakiraman.
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross
by Helen Dore BoylstonA biography for young adults on Civil War nurse and Clara Barton.
The Magic Castle: A Mother's Harrowing True Story of Her Adoptive Son's Multiple Personalities and the Triumph of Healing
by Carole Smith"This is a true account of my experiences in successfully raising a child who suffered from multiple personality disorder. In writing the book, I have made extensive use of notes I took during therapy sessions and directly after encounters with alters, mental health personnel, a child placement organization, and the office of the district attorney. Occasionally, I have combined several similar events to avoid repetition. I was not present at the original incidents but I did observe many revivifications of the actual events. My belief in the truth of the personalities' revelations is based upon physical and circumstantial evidence and also occasional verification from witnesses. All of my encounters with the alters, including revivifications, have been accurately depicted and have not been exaggerated in any way. Many names, locations, and identifying details, including those of my family, have been changed or modified. The only names used in this book that have not been altered are those of Bill Conti, Dr. Steven J. Kingsbury, Dr. Nina Fish-Murray, Marie Párente, and Dr. Van der Kolk. The names of places and institutions that have not been changed are Boston Children's Hospital; Camp Wedicko; County District Attorneys Office; Massachusetts Department of Social Services; Massachusetts Mental Health Center; Mount Auburn Hospital; Northboro, Massachusetts; Robert F. Kennedy Residential School; and University of Massachusetts Acute Adolescent Psychiatric Unit at Westboro. As a final note, when he was thirteen years old, my son wanted to sever all connections to the perpetrators and asked to have his first, middle, and last names changed. I gave him an old family name of mine, my husband's middle name, and, of course, our last name. It is important that the reader know of these changes. However, throughout this book I have simply called him Alex."
Lost in the System: Miss Tennessee U.S.A.'s Triumphant Fight to Claim a Family of Her Own
by Charlotte Lopez Susan DworkinFormer Miss Teen USA recounts her experience being in Vermont's foster care system, and how she beat the odds.