Autobiography: general

In Biker Chicz of North America, Edward Winterhalder and Wil De Clercq have compiled in-depth profiles of twenty-two fascinating women who ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

What do experts think of Coup D'état Oman?

This new collection of essays shares insights drawn from more than fifty years of traveling.

Thoughts and Transmission brings together essays that originally appeared as introductions to works produced by Dharma Publishing.

"Once you invite the blessings of the Dharma into your heart, you may not have much need of teachers or traditions.

The Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism began in the eleventh century with such renowned figures as Marpa and Milarepa, and its seminal meditative traditions are Mahamudra and the six Dharmas of Naropa.

What would happen if, instead of bolting your doors against the intrusion of demons you invited them in?

Jan Willis is not Baptist or Buddhist.

This book contains seven fundamental Buddhist texts considered essential to Western students by Geshe Wangyal, who first brought Tibetan Buddhism to America.

This updated landmark volume makes available for the first time in decades the teachings that were formative to a whole generation of American Zen teachers and students.

When Adhe Tapontsang--or Ama (Mother) Adhe, as she is affectionately known--left Tibet in 1987, she was allowed to do so on the condition that she remain silent about her twenty-seven years in Chinese prisons.

This lucid translation of a rare Tibetan text makes available for the first time to Western readers the remarkable life story of Princess Madarava.

Mission to Tibet recounts the fascinating eighteenth-century journey of the Jesuit priest ippolito Desideri (1684 - 1733) to the Tibetan plateau.

The Lawudo Lama presents two life stories along with an extended introduction laying out their social and cultural context.

Duncan Williamson was the son, grandson and great grandson of nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers and storytellers.

'Propulsive.

From the age of three Sheena Harrison was brought up by her grandmother whilst her own mother, Kathleen, sought work in America.

Detective Sergeant Harry Keeble's bestselling books, Baby X and Little Victim described his early years in Hackney's Child Protection Unit, as he battled to get to grips with cases of unimaginably horrific child abuse.

When Wendy Watson was just 16, her mother died from breast cancer.

Lisa Niemi and Patrick Swayze first met as teenagers at his mother's dance studio.

In this powerful and honest memoir, Laurie Matthew takes the reader with her as she revisits her childhood in 1950s and 1960s Dundee.

The compassionate and compelling true story of a young nurse who left behind an idyllic rural life in post-war Britain to work in the worlds most turbulent war zones.