Biography

< Back to home

Save a tree. Publish online instead. Smashwords.com

Visit other Smashwords satellites:

Welcome to our directory of downloadable Kindle ebooks from the authors and publishers at Smashwords. Sample up to 10,000 words for free, then click over to Smashwords to download samples for your Kindle, or to purchase the books. Hundreds to choose from, with new content every day. Enjoy!

Sort by:

Date Added

Title

Price

Length

- Hide covers - Hide descriptions + Show bios

God is Dead: My Fall from Fundamentalist Christianity	by Ryan Barlow Feb. 08, 2012	$1.49	2944 words	Sample 20%
An introspective, thoughtful look into the life a person who went from devout Christian to Atheist, and the personal ramifications of that decision. Both heartwarming and tragic, it is a must read for believer and atheist alike.
JESUS: ONLY A PROPHET	by Elijah Muhammad Feb. 08, 2012	$1.97	7166 words	Sample 15%
These articles are written due to the mental blindness and theological knowledge of the Bible's teachings of Jesus' birth, life, teachings and death: The making of Jesus the equal to his sender (Almighty God) and more than a prophet; and a hearer of prayers; the rising from the dead and ascending into space to reach his FATHER in the heavens, to wait at His right-hand until the Day of Judgment.
Health and Wellbeing Millionaire	by Fiona Jones Feb. 08, 2012	$14.95	104836 words
short
The Year My Mother Died	by Sherry Scott Feb. 08, 2012	$0.99	92721 words	Sample 15%
Scott portrays a year-long journey from the perspective of a palliative/hospice trained physician. The book is punctuated by nostalgia and quirky behavior and ultimately offers hope to those who grieve. Through humor and reflection, she finds a way to honor her mother's profound contribution to her life.
The Life and Times of L.M. Montgomery	by BookCaps Feb. 08, 2012	$0.99	5246 words	Sample 20%
She was best known for Anne of Green Gables; but who was she outside of her books? This short book looks at the life and times of L.M. Montgomery.
I Would Rather Have Root Canal Every Week for the Rest of My Life Than Ever Buy a House Again	by Joel Samberg Feb. 07, 2012	$1.85	30139 words	Sample 15%
If author Joel Samberg had a dollar for every time someone told him he should write a book about his recent experience selling his house in New Jersey and buying another one in Connecticut, he'd have enough money to run for President. And if he ran and won, his first order of business would be to put every real estate agent, mortgage broker and home inspector in jail. For life. Why? Read the book.
Tiaras and T-shirts: A Working Life at Sea	by Muriel Arnold Feb. 07, 2012	$4.99	76775 words	Sample 20%
Muriel Arnold worked for many years as a lady purser on board some of the most famous cruise liners afloat. She takes us behind the scenes and describes the frenetic activity which ensures the smooth operation enjoyed by their cosmopolitan clientele, from millionaires to backpackers. Another world opened up for her when she was appointed Social Secretary of Queen Elizabeth 2 for the world cruises.
Justin Bieber At 18	by Neptunes Publishing Feb. 07, 2012	$5.99	37138 words	Sample 10%
Justin Bieber, a worldwide star at the age of just 15, turns 18 on March 1 2012. What is his life like, now that he has reached such a big milestone? Will his success continue as an adult? Is marriage now on the horizon, with girlfriend Selena Gomez? The answers to all these questions, and many more, are in this fascinating look behind the headlines.
Poet Healed	by John Crandall Feb. 07, 2012	$10.00	12915 words	Sample 20%
A selection of writings that reflect the authors journey to wholeness. The pieces included here were all penned in writing groups that follow the Amherst Writers and Artists practices as described by Pat Schneider in "Writing Alone and With Others". Poet Healed is a collection of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and personal reflections, that have not been over-polished.
Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan	by Melissa Bowersock Feb. 07, 2012	$4.99	35306 words	Sample 20%
Marcia Gates was an Army nurse and prisoner of war during WWII. As an "Angel of Bataan," she spent three years in a Japanese internment camp in the Philippines. This is her story, told through her letters and the newspaper clippings, photos and letters collected by her mother.
Circles of Light by Dr. Mary Helen Hensley	by Mary Helen Hensley Feb. 07, 2012	$4.99	75565 words	Sample 20%
Circles of Light continues the life story of Dr. Mary Helen Hensley, an American Chiropractor, living in Athlone in Ireland. It details her car crash, and brief journey to the afterlife and then her work with spirit guides, psychic phenomenon and healing. From communicating with the dead, premonitions of global events to vibrational healing and energt orbs; all is explained in this amazing book.
4 Decades Of Love	by The Hippy Coyote Feb. 06, 2012	$4.44	9212 words	Sample 20%
From being a hippie in the 1960s to a Mr. Mom in the 1990s, my loves and lovers have been documented in my poetry, lyrics, and songs. Each of my past four decades of lovers are represented here with song lyrics and the accompanying chords above them. Many of these songs have been on albums and a few in movies. This collection was created for a Freemason fundraiser I performed at in 2009. Enjoy!
Letters from India 1932-1945	by Molly Titus Feb. 06, 2012	$7.00	93170 words	Sample 20%
Set against the backdrop of momentous world events, the letters--vivid, perceptive, compassionate,witty and informative--draw the reader into a world which remains forever fascinating.
From Harvard to Hagerman	by Myron Finkbeiner Feb. 06, 2012	$5.99	51187 words	Sample 20%
Harry Who? Famous Harryâ€™s: Truman, Houdini, Belafonte, Potter? All fascinating personalities, but no! This is about an unknown Harry. This Harry is unwritten, invisible and obscure. This Harry was an adventurer, commoner, countryman and athlete. This is a story about a Harry that flew under the radar and was unknown to fame
Seven Centuries of Diepenbrocks	by William Diepenbrock Feb. 06, 2012	$3.99	14503 words	Sample 15%
The author documents the fascinating personal history of the Diepenbrock clan from the 1300s to present day and chronicles its involvement in European and American history.
Crazy Little Thing Called Life	by Philip Wooldridge Feb. 05, 2012	$1.99	19264 words	Sample 20%
A collection of essays on life, love and family as only Philip Wooldridge can pen them. He learns why comedy should be tactful. He works at a variety of jobs, and he discovers the down side of childhood competition. He finds ways to avoid marital conflict, bring the best out of chaotic holidays, and find contentment in the midst of turmoil. Normal? Perhaps not, but always humorous and heartfelt.
Julio RamÃ³n Ribeyro, Impurity, and the Trials of the Amateur	by Juan LePuen Feb. 05, 2012	$1.80	6313 words	Sample 30%
"To me," wrote Peruvian Julio RamÃ³n Ribeyro, "the crippled, the cretins, the beggars, and the pariahs. They come naturally to me without my having to summon them."
something the cat dragged in	by anne bentley Feb. 05, 2012	$0.99	62396 words	Sample 20%
only a mother can destroy every ounce of hope!This is the true story told of the author's own chidhood. all the horrors of a nightmare childhood almost too terrible to recall, written here in all the grim, gritty details. memories so tragic in fact, it took an immensely courageous and painful nine years to write. why did her mother hate her so much? why did her uncle show his love in that way?
The Pied Piper of Hip Hop	by Steven Hager Feb. 05, 2012	$1.99	6305 words	Sample 20%
This profile of Afrika Bambaata was the first time the words "hip hop" appeared in print. The story woke many people up to the fact that rap music, break dancing and graffiti were all somehow artistically connected.
Senna - The Driver	by Tim Hadleigh Feb. 05, 2012	$0.99	6187 words
"At last, a book that celebrates Senna's brilliance as a driver!" There have been many documentaries and books on Ayrton Senna but they all focus on his race wins, controversial incidents, bust-ups with team mates and his untimely death. 'Senna - The Driver' is a short ebook that analyzes and explains Senna's true ability - driving!
MSCANTGETRIGHT	by Shakeya Craig Feb. 04, 2012	$7.75	147085 words	Sample 15%
"Mscantgetright" lives up to the titled claim. A book often described to the author as "hard to put down,â€ this personal memoir from one Philadelphia woman's experience growing up out of an abusive childhood, will only reveal hell and turmoil. Shakeya Craig expresses her memories in words of trials, tribulations and excitements through her writing that without a doubt, will surely keep you enrapt!
Living on Tattooine (a.k.a. Kuwait)	by Christine Cook Feb. 04, 2012	$3.99	68186 words	Sample 20%
Meet Lieutenant Colonel Christine Cook, battalion commander of a National Guard unit. In November 2003, deployed to Kuwait, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She sent an email letting her friends know she was alive and safe, but the seemed like another universe. Thus begins a year's worth of emails that kept her loved ones amused, but informed, about the doings of an intrepid soldier.
A Difficult Passage	by Ray Wiseman Feb. 04, 2012	$4.95	56674 words	Sample 20%
Life on the Canadian prairies in the 1930s and 40s had special challenges. The Great Depression drove Fred Stone from early retirement back to the farm with his young wife and two sons: Fred Jr. and Stan. Poverty, vicious winds, blistering to frigid temperatures, and dust storms ravaged the prairies. Crops failed. Then came an unpredictable change in circumstances. Things got immeasurably worse!
My Life On The Ocean Waves	by Douglas Freeman Feb. 04, 2012	$3.99	46297 words	Sample 10%
Douglas Freeman was in the Royal Navy from 1966 to 1976. Is this the funniest Royal Navy Auto-biography ever? Well my family and friends seem to think so. The people I loaned my book to said they were in stitches with all the funny stories I had to tell about my journeys around the world and "My Life On The Ocean Waves".
Overcoming the Darkness	by APRIL M. BARBOSA Feb. 04, 2012	$9.99	40927 words	Sample 20%
This memoir is about the day my life went from school problems to real-life, grown up problems. I am not sure of exact dates since all this happened more than 13 years ago. This was at a time when I was a mere child who threw herself into a grown up world. I thought I knew it all. I have to laugh when I think of the teenage me who was so brave yet so very stupid.
Multi-Dimensional Life	by Moyra Caldecott Feb. 03, 2012	$5.99	69794 words	Sample 20%
Moyra Caldecott reveals the many levels of her own life as a writer and the extraordinary events and experiences that have inspired her life and writing.
Dismissed: How one woman's intuition ended her addiction and exposed a government cover-up	by ADIGI Books Feb. 03, 2012	$9.99	62688 words	Sample 15%
In this remarkable memoir of courage, determination, and liberation, Gisele's intuition leads her on a fact-finding, soul-searching journey that ends her addiction and helps to expose a government cover-up. It's an inspiring true story filled with serendipitous twists and inspiring moments of strength that will speak to anyone who wishes to overcome the seemingly unconquerable.
Rock's First Diva	by Steven Hager Feb. 03, 2012	$0.99	3882 words	Sample 20%
Arlene Smith was only 16-years-old when she became the first female rock star to emerge from the world of R&B, fronting her group, The Chantels. She forged a trail later traveled by Ronnie Spector and Diana Ross.
Postcards From Ireland	by Michael Harling Feb. 03, 2012	$2.99	46035 words	Sample 20%
Postcards From Ireland is a humorous ramble through the bogs and backlands of Ireland via the bewildered musings of the author who, while displaying his trademark ineptitude at dealing with life beyond the borders of the US of A, is unknowingly being drawn into an even grater adventure.
Eleanor LeJune - Quando il sesso Ã¨ poesia	by Amodio Tortora Feb. 03, 2012	Free!	8267 words	Read a sample
Una presentazione della scrittrice Eleanor LeJune e delle sue opere, con brani estratti da esse.
Cannabis Cures Cancer?	by Steven Hager Feb. 02, 2012	Free!	4134 words	Read a sample
This is the story of Rick Simpson, originally published in High Times magazine, presented free as a public service to raise awareness on the medical benefits of cannabis.
The Days I Knew	by Lillie Langtry Feb. 02, 2012	$4.99	84678 words	Sample 20%
She was the most sought after professional beauty in Victorian London, the favorite of artists, photographers and the literati. She soon caught the eye of the Prince of Wales and became his acknowledged mistress. But, realizing that her relationship with the future king of England could not and would not last forever, she became a stage actress and in no time
Etheldreda	by Moyra Caldecott Feb. 02, 2012	$5.99	71654 words	Sample 20%
The fictional story of Etheldreda, Princess of East Anglia, Queen of Northumbria and Abbess of Ely.
Who Am I?	by Andrew G Carson Feb. 02, 2012	$2.99	21587 words	Sample 15%
This short ebook is a chronicle of my life and my attempts to rediscover my creative side and become a published author whilst coping with chronic illness and personal challenges.
O Projeto 3.7 e NÃ³s	by Washington Conceicao Feb. 02, 2012	$4.99	40376 words	Sample 20%
In this book the author tells stories about his and his family's experience during a special period in their lives, as resident foreigners in the Great Chicago area.
Withdrawal	by J Joseph Michaels Feb. 01, 2012	Free!	397 words	Read a sample
The Hell of withdrawal...the Hell I am living...
Diaspora to the Sun	by Jack R. Williams Feb. 01, 2012	$4.99	130910 words	Sample 20%
This is my family saga across the anti-podal easterly flow of twentieth century history. My family characters are light and they always considered themselves ironically to be in the best of worlds, reminiscent of Voltaireâ€™s Dr. Pangloss.
The London Bard. One Poet's Olympic Struggle Against Tyranny (Part One)	by L.A. Coltrane Feb. 01, 2012	$2.99	19874 words	Sample 20%
In this heart warming piece, L. A. Coltrane drops our first ever Poet Laureate, into his greatest play, to rescue him from his gravest mistake, to solve, once and for all, the longest standing mystery surrounding Benjamin Jonson.
Where'd I Put My Boobs? Life Goes On During Breast Cancer	by Sarah Ball Feb. 01, 2012	$9.95	73660 words	Sample 10%
Just days before Sarah Ball, who had the BRCA2 gene, was attempting to save her breasts by having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed, she was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. Talk about timing.
Out of the Void - The Primal Scream Story	by brendan yates Feb. 01, 2012	$4.99	52510 words	Sample 20%
Few bands have persevered like Primal Scream. From leather-clad indie icons to electro punk rockers, they have frequently appealed to and surprised their followers in equal measure since their chaotic beginnings in the mid '80's.
An Accidental Cowboy	by Jameson Parker Feb. 01, 2012	$2.99	73073 words	Sample 8%
Not long after Simon & Simon went off the air, the author was shot twice and left for dead. Physically, he recovered fairly quickly. Psychologically, however, the effects were far more severe and long-lasting, sending him into a spiral of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. As a result, almost by accident, he ended up in a world of horses and cattle and ranching that helped him survive.
The Young Romantics: Writers & Liaisons, Paris 1827-37	by Linda Kelly Feb. 01, 2012	$9.99	57215 words	Sample 20%
Linda Kelly sketches in the political background as well as the literary beginnings of the French Romantic movement... She traces the rise and decline of Romantic theatre from 'Cromwell' to 'Ruy Blas', with piquant cameos of the famous prima dommas, the most - perhaps the only - independent women of their time, except of course the unique Georges Sand. -- The Washington Post
CIA Bride	by Thornton Barnes Jan. 31, 2012	$5.99	69266 words	Sample 20%
CIA Bride is a biography of the life of Velma and Werner Weiss, a CIA family starting during World War II when Velma worked for the CIA in England and continuing into Area 51 in the Nevada desert where Werner, a.k.a. the Desert Fox, commanded Project OXCART, the CIA's A-12 Mach 3 spyplane. The author worked with Werner Weiss at Area 51 and remained a close friend of Velma Weiss until her death.
Preserved Ginger	by Barry Johnstone Jan. 31, 2012	$4.99	65157 words	Sample 20%
Preserved Ginger is a kind of loose biography, being the life stuff of a retired orchestral musician. (Old enough to know better and too old to give a sâ€¦) Iâ€™ve developed some reasonably firm views over the years, and being utterly unknown I enjoy the complete freedom to have a stab at anything I feel like - right or wrong
Naked in Budapest - Travels with a passionate nomad	by Heather Hapeta Jan. 30, 2012	$4.99	96370 words	Sample 20%
Whether naked in Budapest, canoeing down the Zambesi, sailing the Great Barrier Reef, eating durian in Malaysia, cooking in Athens, shaking hands with the King of Cambodia, watching bear cubs in Alaska, visiting Gracelands or having a young Egyptian lover, Heather says she feels most alive when on the road. A slow traveler, Heather gets to know locals, eat their food & learn something as she goes.
Last Year	by Merlin Douglas Larsen Jan. 30, 2012	Free!	23440 words	Read a sample
A short tribute to the memory of my best friend, Rocky Russo. We shared slot car racing, war games, wrote war games rules together, argued history, religion sometimes, had a soul mate kind of relationship as pals, yet were as different as two men can be in most things. Closeness in the presence of so much difference is a mysterious thing....
Uniform Decisions: My Life in the LAPD and the North Hollywood Shootout	by John Caprarelli Jan. 30, 2012	$9.99	46670 words	Sample 10%
"Uniform Decisions: My Life in the LAPD and the North Hollywood Shootout," by Officer John Caprarelli. February 28, 1997 - Los Angeles was the scene of a botched robbery at a Bank of America. Officer Caprarelli was one of the first officers at the scene. Before a national TV audience, he confronted one of the robbers, provoking a gun battle and exchanging numerous shots before the gunman fell.
Well of Life	by Roderic Anderson Jan. 30, 2012	$4.99	68932 words	Sample 10%
Well of Life is Roderic Andersonâ€™s memoir up to age 18. Born into affluence until when he is four, his artist father becomes unemployed and the family have to survive the Great Depression on the little he makes from private commissions. At school Rod becomes interested in left wing politics and at puberty realizes he is gay but is scared to reveal his true feelings.
Betty's Black & Blue Bottom	by Louis Kahn Nin Jan. 29, 2012	Free!	2498 words	Read a sample
A man goes to a Los Angeles dungeon and finds that spanking a slave-for-hire can be rather transgressive for the sinful soul.
Back Home Again in Indiana	by J. Conrad Guest Jan. 29, 2012	Free!	3087 words	Read a sample
Four men of a certain age make an all-night drive to attend the 2011 Indianapolis 500. This short story provided for your quick reading entertainment by J. Conrad Guest, author of the detective novel series, "One Hot January" and "January's Thaw", and the romantic baseball novel "Backstop, A Baseball Love Story in Nine Innings".

1 [2] [3] [4] [5] Next > Last ›

Kindle EBook Downloads

Biography

Visit other Smashwords satellites: