Who am I, and what is the nature of myself? These are a couple of questions I started asking from a very young age? I was in my early teens when I first heard about self-realization.
I Remember: A Black Son of the South's 74-year Living History : Recollections of Growin' Up "cullud," "negra'," "boy," and...
First volume of Jack Lang's reminiscences of his experiences in New South Wales politics, from before the First World War to the onset of the Great Depression.
Nick Names ' 35 pick her up, she would call to Doris saying, “Daaws, hea com Beah.” To this day one of my sisters still calls me Beah (another term of endearment). My mother used to call me “Baby” unless I was in trouble, ...
The American artist's much-imitated memoir, described by Paul Auster as one of the few totally original books I have ever read."Joe Brainard's I Remember is a literary and artistic cult...
I REMEMBER when I first took over the store, a couple of them personally asked me for a raise. I gently told them to talk to their supervisor and we would take it from there. I was not their boss. This word got around and during a ...
Remember. On Thanksgiving Day 2002, Dennis, our youngest son, asked me, “Why don't you write your autobiography, Mom?” Immediately I said to him, “Well, pray for me.” I had never thought about such a thing and well knew I would need the ...
I remember in the year 1974 when I was working for a woman's specialty store as a Visual Merchandising Executive. I recall you could stand in the middle of the sidewalk outside Macy's Department Store, (at that time one of the busiest ...
A Deaconess on a Motorcycle I remember when I became a deaconess, but I never thought that on this day I would be writing an article on what I remembered. After having been on the college campus for a number of years, I decided to buy a ...
Out of the ravages of a nationalist war - and the subsequent patched-together peace accord - comes a hauntingly simple book. It is an exercise in sanity, an affirmation of...
I Remember: A Life of Politics, Painting and People
'Perec is serious fun' The Guardian Both an affectionate portrait of mid-century Paris and a daring memoir, Georges Perec's I Remember is now available in English to UK readers for the first time, with an introduction by David Bellos.
Intermingled, between stories of life in the Navy doing battle, are the stories of a warmhearted, fun loving, brave American boy.His view is from the deck of the ship and from the body of an TBM-3 Avenger.
With simple, heartbreaking detail, Das Maddimadugu recalls the joys and tragedies of his childhood in a destitute family of the untouchable caste, nearly sold into slavery, and "adopted" by a single Mennonite missionary woman.
Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander takes us on a riotous ride through good times and sad spent with his extended family--a journey perfectly captured by Coretta Scott King Award winner Michele Wood's vibrant overflowing and overlapping images ...
The book is a primary document that provides information about a part of the history of American music for which there is little documentation.
I Remember: A History of St. Louis and Surrounding Areas
Journalist Dan Rather relates stories about the people, events, and values that made him what he is today.