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Did you know that some countries in the world are ruled by Queens? These royals were literally the mothers of their nation, with some even unmarried to Kings! In this book, we'll be reading about the Queen Who Rules for 44 Years, Queen Elizabeth 1! Get ready to touch some royal facts. Buy a copy of this book today!

Memoirs are at the heart of story telling. My academic paper, Memoir Writing: A Contextual Analysis, examines a full range of memoirs for style, fact or fiction, writing methods, and the writing process. My research includes The Way I Am by Eminem; Why I Jumped by Tina Zahn; The Night of the...

Finally, a book for all who love the movies written by a filmmaker who has walked the walk in TV and film. A very entertaining journey of fascinating industry stories providing a true look behind the curtain of filmmaking. Don't miss this unique treat inside the real Hollywood! -- JOE ALVES, British...

James Chadwick (1891-1974) came from a humble background: his father was a cotton spinner. He was accepted in the physics department of Sir Ernest Rutherford at Manchester University in 1908 on a scholarship, and soon started publishing new findings about radioactivity. This led to a traveling scholarship...

The Gay-Len Memoir is a survivor’s story, a fairy tale in which the hero, after painful years of struggle, meets his prince and discovers lasting love. This memoir often deals with painful situations, but its message is critical: love yourself first, and don’t depend on your relationships to fill...

From the daughter of the bestselling author of Father Joe: the poignant and ultimately hopeful memoir of a young girl’s struggle to live a normal childhood in the chaotic seventies, and to overcome sexual abuse by her famous father Earlier this year, Tony Hendra’s memoir, Father Joe: The...

The first biography of the beloved long-time Lord Mayor of Dublin Alfie Byrne was that rarest of things: a genuinely popular politician. He is still a figure of legend in Dublin, where he was elected Lord Mayor ten times. He was also a TD and a Senator; and only a backroom deal prevented him...

This is more than a self-indulgent legacy document by a post-war baby boomer. It tells the life story of Dennis born in a mental hospital and how he grew into a man under the tutelage of his father, his Uncle Ted, Mr Will and best friends Robbie and Dave. He speaks frankly about mental health issues...

Get to meet Marquis Lafayette, a French aristocrat who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Marquis began to lead a life worthy of mention in history books when he was just 13 years old. Reading about the life of historical figures will help children better understand the past. Allow your fourth...

This memoir workbook demonstrates the importance of writing your story; it also gives you the tools and guidance you need to do it. Work at your own pace and say what you want to say in your own words. This is your book, designed to tell about your life in your own voice. The workbook provides...

Ollie Ollie In Come Free: A Memoir of Swallowed Time is an intimate exploration of the author's childhood in a large Catholic family and the impact of her brother's and sister's early deaths. It depicts the long-term, hidden effects of these family tragedies on her development into adulthood. Much of...

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, written in 1606. The play was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt...

Fists upon a Star is the hard-hitting memoir of Florence James, a pioneering American theatre director, whose devastating experience with McCarthyism led her to flee to Canada. The memoir is as epic as America itself. Born in 1892 in the frontier society of Idaho, she became a suffragette in New York...

"Hurricane Street...[is] another raw expose on the cost of war. The book, which he calls a prequel, drills deep into the 17-day drama of a 1974 sit-in and hunger strike staged by Kovic and a band of fellow wounded veterans who took the federal building on Wilshire Boulevard by storm...The book...