Despite the hard knocks of life, Marshall Rowland, a true country boy from Georgia, somehow managed to find fame and a little bit of fortune through hard work, gambles with fate, and a love of country music.
Charmers and Chancers tells the stories about the many famous and infamous people whom Ive met and often interviewed during my fifty-year media career.
There are so many stories that I have to share that are a result of my upbringing, my home, schools I attended and my Catholic faith that the only way to do them justice is to continue the remainder of the book in vignettes.
Carl Zuckmayers illustrious career as one of Central Europes most prolific and popular playwrights during the years of the Weimar Republic after 1918 was cut short by the Nazi seizure of power in Germany in 1933.
This book reflects on some memorable and interesting events that took place in its author's life since the publication in 2011 of his autobiography "e;My Life through Six Continents"e;.
This is a story of a man who basically grew up poor in the streets of New York City, who is one of five children, and his struggle to create a better life for himself.
As a member of Big in Japan, The Slits and, most famously, Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Creatures, 'Budgie' was an era-defining drummer in the much-mythologised post punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
George Heriot (1759-1839), a Scot, is best known as a skilled landscape watercolourist and as the contentious deputy postmaster general of British North America from 1800 to 1816.
In this book Yousuf Karsh, whose great photographic portraits have revealed so vividly the outstanding personalities of our time, writes about his own life and work.
George Heriot (1759-1839), a Scot, is best known as a skilled landscape watercolourist and as the contentious deputy postmaster general of British North America from 1800 to 1816.
In this book Yousuf Karsh, whose great photographic portraits have revealed so vividly the outstanding personalities of our time, writes about his own life and work.
How Good Should I Dream of Bright Quang, a Vietnamese-American creator, opens new way of his life's Happiness, Source of life, and Sorrow in order to bury the hatchet.
David McKee is known as the progenitor of the McKee family of Noble County, Ohio; however, with our current lifestyles and social terms, Martha, David's wife, may well be included in this status.
Valery Panovs autobiography, Scene From The Wings, reveals the workings of the ballet world: behind the stardust and the fame Panov is a man living through the prism of his art.
This is the first book of a three-book series on the Messiah, the final end of days redemption, the ten tribes, and the war of Gog and Magog according to Judaism, which is based on authentic Torah sources.
The book is based on the true story of Thovhedzo Richwoman and her journey to get to the top in the South African mining industry and the segregation she faces from white examiners and white bosses, until she decided the world has to stop burying its head in the sand and pretend that racism is a thing of the past when she started experiencing a nightmare she thought had gone with the coming of independence in 1994.
HumilityEdgar Lungu has been known for many things but humility for a man of influence in a country where people often get over-consumed by their own self-importance sets him several paces apart from other politicians or national leaders.
Sekar K , My Experiments with Projectand Personnel ManagementThis book is a treasure of project management with rich hands on experiences portrayed in a simple manner, deals with four stages of professionals- novice, middle level, executive level and top levels, discussing the essential qualities desired at each level.
This very important research based, comprehensive and most enlightening book is the revised and updated book combining my two most important books on Sri Sathya Sai Incarnation: Section I presents the second Sai Baba Incarnation - Sri Sathya Sai Babas life (1926-2011), His Identityand Role, Teachings and His Contributions to humanity.
SHIRDI sAI SPEAKS TO YOGI SPENCER IN VISIONpresentsResearch-based compressive profile of Shirdi Sai Avatar (1838-1918)His greatness and unique importance as prophet of secularism, integration and global harmony in the new age for the mankind.
This unique book provides comprehensive profiles of the three great incarnations of Sai Baba Shirdi Sai Baba(1858-1918), Sathya Sai Baba (1926-2011) and the future Sri Prema Sai Baba whose advent in the present century has been prophesied.
Strategic leadership is observed through campaigns of the great commanders from Pharaoh Thutmose at Meggido (1479 BC) to Manekshaw and the Bangladesh War of 1971.