|
|
New in Ebooks - Biographies & Memoirs
New e-title highlights is brought to you by Ebook Alerts. If you would like to see all new titles for this category, click here
|
|
|
Sinner's Creed
Scott Stapp
|
Sinner's Creed is the uncensored memoir of Scott Stapp, Grammy Award-winning leader of the multiplatinum rock band CREED. Raised by an abusive stepfather, Scott was always aware of God's presence in his life, but it wasn't until years later, amid a life punctuated by sex, drugs, and rock... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
My Journey to Heaven
Lorilee Craker
|
On April 28, 2006, as he lay in his hospital bed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, visions of celestial beauty were the last thing on Marv Besteman's mind. He had just had surgery to remove a rare pancreatic tumor. It was after visiting hours and his family had left for the day. Alone and racked... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Story of Captain Cook
John Lang
|
Captain James Cook FRS RN (1728-1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Growing Up Amish
Ira Wagler
|
One fateful starless night, 17-year-old Ira Wagler got up at 2 AM, left a scribbled note under his pillow, packed all of his earthly belongings into in a little black duffel bag, and walked away from his home in the Amish settlement of Bloomfield, Iowa. Now, in this heartwarming memoir,... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Miracle for Jen
Linda Barrick
|
On the night of November 5, 2006, the Barrick family was driving home from church when their van was struck by a drunk driver. Fifteen-year-old Jen suffered multiple skull fractures and severe brain trauma and was not expected to survive the night. But against all odds, she did. As she lingered... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anne Frank's Story
Carol Ann Lee
|
The Diary of Anne Frank is read and loved by children throughout the world. Yet few of those readers know what life was really like for the young Jewish girl before and after she wrote her famous diary.Written in a lively yet sympathetic style, Anne Frank's Story follows Anne Frank from... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Churched
Matthew P. Turner
|
He spent his childhood trapped within the confines of countless bizarre, strict rules. And lived to tell about it. In this first-hand account, author Matthew Paul Turner shares amusing-sometimes cringe-worthy-and poignant stories about growing up in a fundamentalist household, where even... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins
|
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed... |
|
|
|
|
|
|