Biography & Memoirs on page 2

Stories that inspire and uplift you, for those moments in life when you think you can't go on.

Since Otto Wood was seven years old, he had been in trouble with the law, and was notorious for his escapes from the law. He wrote his life history while serving a thirty-year sentence for killing a man in 1923. His hopes were that the book would help a lost soul from going down the same road as he. While, he did not take his own advice, for the last time, he again escaped prison and was killed in a shootout with the Law on December 31, 1930.

For years the author slept in a tent, whizzed in a can, up in the dark, battling nerves and heat, chasing birds, boar and deer . . . What was it, he wondered? Among roadrunners, ex-dinosaurs, bump-in-the-night visitors and infernal temperatures, a narrative ensues. Only then is a sense of gratitude and revelation found in the dry wash of a season’s finale. John Graham is a California artist, oral historian and the creator of the El Fornio Story Cycle where Junipero Serra’s heart can be found in a jar. WWW.ELFORNIO.ORG

In 2005 at the age of 46, I experienced what Western Medicine would most likely classify as a “nervous breakdown”. Seemingly out of nowhere, my whole body began to tremble and shake and my mind became overwhelmed with feelings of intense anxiety and panic. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep. I could barely breathe. My heart rate, which was usually around 65 or so, began pounding at rates as high as 105 beats per minute and my blood pressure soaring to readings as high as 178/100. Needless to say, I was terrified. And yet, as hard as I tried, I couldn’t figure out what was causing all of this midlife upheaval. “Still don’t know what’s happening in my brain…am I dying? Am I going crazy…Or ...

After many years of entertaining friends and family with stories about growing up on the farm as the son of Buckley Duane Williams, the youngest of four boys has decided to start putting them all down in writing. Chris has a unique way of telling a story in person. Now, in written form, let him take you on a journey where life, family and animals all collide for a hilarious trip down memory lane. Readers of all ages will take something away from this nostalgic memoir. Get to know his father Buck and his boys and learn why you should, "Never Let Another Man Saddle Your Horse".

Every one can write a book about their life. We all have something to write about. This is my story of growing up in Maine. One of the most beautiful states. I was one of 12 children and I had the most loving sweet Mamma. We had many challenges and did not have any money. My father was an alcoholic and was hard on my mom. We did not have new clothes and some days we would only have sugar sandwiches to eat. No matter the hardships, we were happy and very loved. We had each other.This book is based on my memories of yesterday and today. We may have grown up without much, but we had more then we could need.. We had eachother.

"Because of Francis Brock's wartime diary and sharp recollections of events eighty years ago, "Sub Chaser" gives a rare and intimate look into the daily life of small boat sailors in the Pacific during WWII. An enlightening read for anyone interested in history, this book gives renewed appreciation for the everyday young men who answered their country's call to arms during a time of great global conflict." - US Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) Dean H. Hines "Fortunately for us, when eastern Ohio farm boy Francis Brock enlisted in the Navy on his seventeenth birthday in 1943, he decided to keep a logbook. As a result, we now have the opportunity, eight decades later, to relive the humdrum of s ...

This is the story of a father's reflection on his life, his little girl, a rock band, and God. Read how this 54-year old may never have become the father of his adopted daughter, had it not been for the Beatles and a chance encounter (or was it?) with the former U.S. Manager of the Beatles Apple Records. A must-read for all who believe they're too old (or too self-centered!) to become a parent.

When Emma, a 40-something divorcee, sober alcoholic, desperate to transcend her abusive childhood and snag a man, attends a meditation meeting, she finds herself talking to a curiously wonderful stranger, wearing a sign saying, ‘More Love,’ and is set on a serendipitous, magical and sometimes terrifying, metaphysical trajectory of healing possibility and the opportunity for love and new life. One woman’s story of transcendence from victim to victory, this 2nd Edition of The More Love Club, includes a tell-all preface. Ms. Alexander identifies herself as an incest survivor, declaring that the characters and situations presented in the book are based on real life events. Although her te ...