1560 results for "Autobiography"

The Naked God The Writer and the Communist Party

Howard Fast
2020 Reprint of the 1957 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Howard Fast (1914-2003) was one of the most prolific American writers of the twentieth century. He was a bestselling author of more than eighty works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays. The son of immigrants, Fast grew up in New York City and published his first novel upon finishing high school in 1933. In 1950, his refusal to provide the United States Congress with a list of possible Communist associates earned him a three-month prison sentence. During his incarceration, Fast wrote one of his best-known novels, Spartacus (1951). Throughout his long career, Fast matched his commitment to championing social justice in his writing with a deft, lively storytelling style. In The Naked God the well-known author tells of his disillusionment with Communism and his subsequent break with the Party. The book is Howard Fast's public repudiation of the Communist Party, of which he was a devoted member for thirteen years until reading about the full scope of atrocities committed by the Soviet Union under Stalin. As the bestselling author of Spartacus and Citizen Tom Paine, Howard Fast lent his writing talents and celebrity to the communist cause as a steadfast advocate and public figure. However, he felt increasingly ill at ease with the superior manner Party leaders took with rank-and-file members and with rumors of Soviet anti-Semitism. In The Naked God, his first book after officially leaving the Party in 1956, Howard Fast explores the reasons he joined and his long inner struggle with a political movement in which he never felt he truly belonged.
Martino Fine Books 2020-11-03 206 pages

Faithwalking in Our Time A Parent's Walk Through Hell and Back

George L. Martin
Faithwalking In Our Time is a candid autobiographical account of my battle with human injustice. My book begins with an old friend, now known as Deacon Jim, meeting me in an unlikely location--Grafton Correctional--during the summer of l993. From there I provide my account of the events that brought me unjustly into prison. I recount the difficulties with an adopted son, including his eventual accusation of sexual abuse. I attempt to take the reader through the maze of social work froth with racial prejudice, and mental stereotyping. Also included is a background of my life leading up to the criminal charges, along with my courtship and marriage to Diane and the birth of our children. Faithwalking In Our Time seeks to raise awareness of the injustices I encountered which permeate both the social justice system and religious minded individuals. Utilization of detailed descriptions and characterizations enhance the presentation of those themes. The primary theme is, through this desert walk full of horrible experiences and overwhelming odds, I gradually discovered I was traveling this road with God at my side.
Booktrail Publishing 2020-07-08 228 pages

I'm a Changeling See Me Change The Eddie Fisher Story

Eddie Fisher
Introduction I was born in the fifties and Life Began idyllic. I was young and happy my parents were kind and loving. I was raised in a Christian school and have no regrets about that it was a good way to live. But as I got older I began to rebel against everything and everyone who ever tried to tell me what to do and my path begins to change to one of danger, excitement, sometimes fun and sometimes very injurious to myself and to those around me. As you read in this book, you will see details of what happened during this period of time. Completely destroyed my life and alienated everyone around me. I was moving from city-to-city, lover to lover, bar to bar, job to job. About the author I was blessed with good schooling and became a certified court reporter at the age of 21 and worked hard all my life. Also helping to develop real-time closed captioning equipment for the hearing impaired and working on the many high-profile jobs. During this period of time my drinking took me to places that took away any promise of a good life or a marriage or children which I have never had to this day. Thankfully, on April 10th 1997 a new chapter in my life begin a journey which changed my life 100% where I began to live with some Integrity, clean and sober and respectful. I was able to build a new life with the help of so many others for whom I will be grateful for as long as I live. I was able to heal with my parents and sister. My gratitude extends to friends all over the globe. If reading this book helps one person it has been worthwhile to publish it. I hope the details revealed in this book are not too distasteful and that you enjoy the read of the good, the bad, the ugly and the miraculous. Blessings and peace to all
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2016-11-30 272 pages

Dead End Be Careful How You Live

Ed Lacy
Dead End: Be Careful How You Live is a suspenseful crime thriller novel written by Ed Lacy. The story revolves around a young man named Johnny Dolan, who is wrongly accused of murdering his girlfriend. Despite his innocence, the police and the media are convinced of his guilt, and Johnny is forced to go on the run to clear his name.As Johnny tries to evade the law and find the real killer, he becomes embroiled in a dangerous world of organized crime and corruption. Along the way, he meets a cast of colorful characters, including a tough-talking private detective, a seductive nightclub singer, and a ruthless gangster who will stop at nothing to protect his interests.As the plot thickens, Johnny must use all his wits and resources to stay one step ahead of his pursuers and uncover the truth behind his girlfriend's murder. With plenty of twists and turns, Dead End: Be Careful How You Live is a gripping page-turner that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Literary Licensing, LLC 2012-09 160 pages

Tough Guys Do Dance

David Winters
David Winters has produced and directed over 80 feature films and over 200 television shows and TV movies, and is recognized as nothing short of an icon in the entertainment industry. In Tough Guys Do Dance, David shares many fascinating and, at times, jaw-dropping behind-the-scenes stories regarding his associations with some of the biggest names in show business--names like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, and Michael Jackson, to name a few. It is filled with personal stories of David's life that at times may seem hard to imagine and is told with David's personal voice and real-life humility in a way that only he could tell. David's work in the legendary Broadway show and film West Side Story inspired millions of boys and men alike to embrace the art of dance and truly showed them that "tough guys do dance" Whether you are a student of dancing or an aspiring actor or producer, this book will prove to be one of the most entertaining reads you will ever experience.
Indigo River Publishing 2018-06-12 506 pages

Arriaga, the Forgotten Genius The Short Life of a Basque Composer

Barbara Rosen
The biography of a precocious and little-known Basque composer, Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio Arriaga y Balzola (1806-1826). Born in 1806, Arriaga wrote an octet at age 11, composed his first opera when he was 13, entered the Paris Conservatory at age 15, and published his String Quartets Nos. 1, 2, & 3 when he was 18. He died in 1826 at age 20.
University of Nevada Press 1989-04 78 pages

Second Helpings

Simon Brown
Treat yourself to Second Helpings and more choice cuts in the style of Simon Brown's much lauded first volume of memoirs, Playing off the Roof & Other Stories. Exuberantly revisiting his early years in National Service, at Oxford and as a young barrister, Lord Brown recalls matters grave and trivial from his time at the Bar and on the Bench, along the way regaling us with tales of Paddington Bear, Nigel Lawson and Mozart at the Warsaw opera. He also has something to say about the current legal scene and considers such thorny problems as the 2019 prorogation judgment and whether trial by jury might be dispensed with in order to clear a mounting backlog of criminal cases. Drawing witty lessons from a life of trials, Lord Brown finds time to muse on when a judge might choose to change a sentence already imposed, what to say after dinner and why the game of golf is strictly for the birds!
Marble Hill Publishers 2021-02 175 pages

Fragments of Time From a Secure Childhood in Prewar Vienna to the Challenges of Emigration, Adaptation, and Pursuits in Science and in Educational and Social Change

Peter Lindenfeld
It was a time of destruction of lives and futures and of rebirth and rebuilding. In his lively style with a wide sweep of insights Peter Lindenfeld recounts his personal and often intimate experiences, a microcosm of life during a time spanning nearly a century. The seemingly stable atmosphere of his childhood in Vienna is destroyed by the Anschluss, the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. The forced exodus leads him to North America, first to Vancouver, then to New York and a life that melds his original culture with that of his new environment, creating a richness-in science and music, and in intellectual and political life-that transcends both.
Random Walk Books LLC 2021-06-30 366 pages

Coal Dust on the Fiddle Songs and Stories of the Bituminous Industry

George Gershon Korson
This hard cover book of 460 pp, authored by George Korson, was published in 1943 by the University of Pennsylvania Press. This copy is used -in very good condition. The black hardcovers are shiny black, writing of the title, author and publisher on spine is shiny red and edges and corners of covers show minimal wear. Only writing in book is price on FFEP of 7.50. Spine is strong. Plain beige dust jacket with bright red lettering is in 'good' condition with chips on edges, sun darkened spine and stains on front and back cover is protected with new mylar covering. Please see photos. According to front end paper "this book follows the author's previous book which uncovered an entirely new field of American folklore- the songs and stories of the anthracite miners which have never been collected and printed before. THIS book adds an even richer record to national literature in this volume devoted to the bituminous miners. These soft coal mines are located in many different parts of the country and the background is more diversified and the miners of a wider racial variety. The book is based on three years of research which had the author recording songs directly from the miners, checking old legends and verifying historical facts. The book is divided into 3 life in a coal camp; in the mines; and the story of the miner's long fight for improved working conditions. Within each section are included the songs and stories pertinent to it."
Literary Licensing, LLC 2013-03 478 pages