Twain grew up on the river, achieved his boyhood dream of being a river pilot, and then had the good sense to write about it.
Biography
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Author:Twain, MarkSummary: -
Author:Richards, Keith, Fox, James, Hurley, JoeSummary:Autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards. With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards lived the original rock and roll life. He tells his story of life in the crossfire...
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Author:Koofi, FawziaSummary: -
Author:ANTHONY, Hubert LawrenceSummary:"An extraordinary insight into the war experiences of a very young man, and the relationship between a son and his mother, during the horrors of Galipoli and its aftermath ... Sapper Hubert Anthony was seventeen when he enlisted in...
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Author:Douglas, KirkSummary:Kirk Douglas is a born storyteller, and in this engrossing memoir he shares delightful tales, favorite jokes, and hard-won insights as he looks back on his storied life and explores the mixed blessings of growing older.
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Author:Sedaris, DavidSummary:From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a...
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Author:Francis, MelissaSummary:Melissa Francis was only eight years old when she won the role of a lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls, the little girl who was adopted with her brother by the Ingalls family on the world's most famous primetime soap opera...
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Author:White, MichaelSummary:White weaves the history of early scientific endeavor, Leonardo's colorful personal life, including his deprived childhood, homosexuality, and relationships with contemporaries such as Machiavelli and Borgia.
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Author:Krull, KathleenSummary:Krull presents a vivid and highly accessible portrait of a true renaissance man--an artist, scientist, and inventer of unparalleled genius. Themes include homosexuality.
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Author:Windhorst, BrianSummary:With eight straight trips to the NBA Finals, LeBron James has proven himself one of the greatest basketball players of all time. And like Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan, LeBron has also become a global brand and businessman who has...
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Jared Kindred left his home and family at eighteen, choosing to wander America on freight trains and live on the street. Addicted to alcohol most of his short life, he never found a way to survive. Through this ordeal, Dave Kindred...
- Author:SAUNDERS, Keith BSummary:
As a young Aboriginal man already embittered by his experience of racism, Keith Saunders saw his involvement in sport as a way of becoming 'a somebody' and maintaining his self-respect in the face of exploitation and injustice...
- Author:Kember, LorraineSummary:
Mesothelioma was the furthest thing from Brian Kember's mind when at the age of fifty two he began to experience shortness of breath. Exposed to Asbestos as a child living with his parents in the asbestos mining town of Wittenoom...
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Author:Nawaz, ZarqaSummary:Zarqa Nawaz has always straddled two cultures. She's just as likely to be agonizing over which sparkly earrings will 'pimp out' her hijab as to be flirting with the Walmart meat manager in a futile attempt to secure halal chicken the...
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Author:Steedman, CarolynSummary: -
Author:Cariou, WarrenSummary: - Author:Ayotte, MartineSummary:
L'enfance de Martine Ayotte lui a été volée. Alors qu'elle a à peine trois ans, un véritable cauchemar commence. Son père s'invite dans son lit au cœur de la nuit et abuse d'elle. Or cet événement ne sera...
- Author:MCKAY, Victoria MSummary:
A biography of a West Australian achiever.
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From all four parts of Kurdistan and across the diaspora, Kurdish women from different geographical, political, and educational backgrounds pick up a pen, reflect, and remember. Going beyond exoticising stereotypes and patriarchal...
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