An Autobiography "I Came as a Shadow" by John Thompson and co-author Jesse Washington, brings to life John's loving family background and societal hardships he faced as he faced throughout his life, i…
Biographies
'Don't Sing at the Table' by Adriana Trigiani explores the history of the author's grandmothers and their successes they reached during their lives. One of her grandmothers grew up in Pennsylvania and…
Slavery can be a difficult subject to talk about, especially in today's society, as slavery is seen as a thing of the past. While this is true, racial injustice and discrimination still conitnue to ex…
In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, Vivian Baxter, Maya's biological mother, is the most influential figure throughout Maya's adolescence. Even though Momma is the most prominent paren…
Have you ever taken responsibility for something you didn't do to help save a friend or family member? In Born again a gentleman by the name of Charles Colson was faced with the same decision. One da…
"The bizarre episode reminded me of why I returned to the subject of Diana, Princess of Wales in the first place , some twelve years after my first biography , Diana: Her True Story, written with her …
"Peter the Great" is a biography of the Russian Tsar Peter I written by Professor Emeritus M.S. Anderson and published in 1995. Anderson's main idea throughout the book is that Peter wasn't responsibl…
During a chaotic period where there was apartheid in South Africa in the 1900s, there was a baby that was considered illegal, and later on, he became a successful figure in today's world. Despite the …
Known as "Crazy Henry", Henry Ford has been a major influence in the advancements of automobiles. Growing up just outside of Detroit, Henry Ford lived on a farm with his parents and 4 siblings. He wor…
A memoir is a type of autobiography where the narrator delves into certain situations in their lives that had a significant impact on them. There are many benefits to writing a memoir such as inducing…