Family & Childhood Books


Journey to DestinyJourney to Destiny
Best Price: $15.56
"Wolfgang S. de Beauclair is a man with an interesting and diverse past. His autobiography,...
Escape from DespairEscape from Despair
Best Price: $12.30
Croatia has a wonderful and glorious history. My four grandparents came to America from Croatia....
MY MOTHER: Recollections of Maternal InfluenceMY MOTHER: Recollections of Maternal Influence
Best Price: $11.48
John Mitchell (1794-1870) a leading Congregational Minister of the 19th century New England...
Best Yet Life And Lore of the SmokiesBest Yet Life And Lore of the Smokies
Best Price: $13.35
This book is excellently written and is packed full of interesting information about the Smokey...
Icon of the Heart: A True Love StoryIcon of the Heart: A True Love Story
Best Price: $15.59
This story is about a young boy Ron Schaeffer, and a young girl, Jean Soric, who fall in love...


Recuerdos: Memories of Childhood in TucsonRecuerdos: Memories of Childhood in Tucson
Best Price: $11.54
RECUERDOS is a compilation of a family's memoirs of life in Tucson in the early 1900s. The...
On a WaveOn a Wave
Best Price: $7.89
This should give you a general idea of how good this book is: After reading the last page, I...
The Unknown Bobby FischerThe Unknown Bobby Fischer
Best Price: $14.89
This book isn`t only about Fischer. It contains many stories about Fischer and other players. It...
Forever Alien: A Korean Memoir, 1930-1951Forever Alien: A Korean Memoir, 1930-1951
Best Price: $37.50
Interspersed with historical information that feels forced and dry, this is a memoir of a young...
Once: As It WasOnce: As It Was
Best Price: $4.57
Griselda Jackson Ohannessian's memoir about her childhood tells of a time that really WAS the...


Stronger by The DayStronger by The Day
Best Price: $10.60
Stronger by the Day: A Gripping Story of Abuse, Neglect, Courage and Redemption is the chilling,...
Rattlesnake Mesa: Stories from a Native American ChildhoodRattlesnake Mesa: Stories from a Native American Childhood
Best Price: $12.42
Ednah New Rider Weber has what so many authors dream of: an authentic and original voice, and...
Soft Hearts & Hard Times: A boys life 1921-1941Soft Hearts & Hard Times: A boys life 1921-1941
Best Price: $11.84
Soft Hearts and Hard Times is the true story of a little boy who's age of awareness coincided...
The Next Better Place: Memories of My Misspent YouthThe Next Better Place: Memories of My Misspent Youth
Best Price: $0.75
This is a wonderful book. "A road trip with an alcoholic father and a child? Must be a...
Voices of Carolina Slave ChildrenVoices of Carolina Slave Children
Best Price: $8.58
Nancy Rhyne usually does an excellent job in chroncling South Carolina's folklore and rescuing...

Eight Kids Living In A Chicken Shack In MaineEight Kids Living In A Chicken Shack In Maine
Best Price: $13.95
Onward, Crispy Shoulders!Onward, Crispy Shoulders!
Best Price: $10.00
I grew up next door to Jim and moved away many years ago but reading the book from thousands of...
My Playmates Were EskimosMy Playmates Were Eskimos
Best Price: $46.66
Tales from Sacred Wind: Coming of Age in Appalachia: the Cratis Williams Chronicles. (Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies, 8)Tales from Sacred Wind: Coming of Age in Appalachia: the Cratis Williams Chronicles. (Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies, 8)
Best Price: $44.73
The stories of Cratis Williams are essential for the getting a glimpse of Appalachia. He is/was...
Father's Touch, Second EditionFather's Touch, Second Edition
Best Price: $14.95
That last reviewer must not understand the concept of a memoir or is prejudiced. You write the...

When the Moon Stood StillWhen the Moon Stood Still
Best Price: $20.85
In the small towns of eastern North Carolina in 1928, large families are not unusual. Susie is...
The Road South: A MemoirThe Road South: A Memoir
Best Price: $19.90
This book was truly an inspiration to me! I read it in only two days because I just could not...
ThingsThat Must Not Be Forgotten: A Childhood in Wartime ChinaThingsThat Must Not Be Forgotten: A Childhood in Wartime China
Best Price: $10.77
I was sent a copy of this book by my mum from Australia last year and only recently had the...
Tryin' to Get to You: The Story of Elvis PresleyTryin' to Get to You: The Story of Elvis Presley
Best Price: $8.09
Renaissance came at the end of 1968. Elvis did a Comeback Special for television. He sat in the...
Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the HolocaustDisplaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust
Best Price: $4.47
i loved this book. i felt as though i was right there with him and his family through every...

Forgotten Memories: Sequel to East Side DreamsForgotten Memories: Sequel to East Side Dreams
Best Price: $12.95
Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine October 2002 VOYA Growing up in San Jose, California, Arturo...
Fathering Words: The Making of an African American WriterFathering Words: The Making of an African American Writer
Best Price: $0.70
Fathering Words portrays the grief and loss one man feels when his father and brother suddenly...
My Story About CancerMy Story About Cancer
Best Price: $3.66
HI ,i am cb aunt kathy and i just wanted to thank every one. who has bought his little book.....
Down Home Missouri: When Girls Were Scary and Basketball Was KingDown Home Missouri: When Girls Were Scary and Basketball Was King
Best Price: $17.49
In this warmly witty account, Joel Vance re-creates what it was like for a city kid to have his...
Crossing Highbridge: A Memoir of Irish America (Irish Studies)Crossing Highbridge: A Memoir of Irish America (Irish Studies)
Best Price: $15.63
Frank McCourt must've penned a primer for those who write autobiographies profiling their rise...

Hotel Kid: A Times Square ChildhoodHotel Kid: A Times Square Childhood
Best Price: $4.60
I've stayed in the michealangelo several times and this is such a great description of the hotel...
The Village of LongingThe Village of Longing
Best Price: $14.54
Christina's WorldChristina's World
This book was very good. It should be read by foster parents, as well as anyone who loves...
Over to Candleford (Isis Series/5 Audio Cassettes)Over to Candleford (Isis Series/5 Audio Cassettes)
Best Price: $39.96
Playing Right Field: A Jew Grows in GreenwichPlaying Right Field: A Jew Grows in Greenwich
Best Price: $3.95
I first met George Tabb at a club one night last year and found out we had some old friends from...

Village of the Small Houses: A Memoir of SortsVillage of the Small Houses: A Memoir of Sorts
Best Price: $5.00
Written and narrated by author Ian Ferguson, Village Of The Small Houses: A Memoir Of Sorts is...
Mary Paxson: Her Book: 1880-1884Mary Paxson: Her Book: 1880-1884
Best Price: $4.13
Once in a long time an authentic bit of childhood is captured and held within the pages of a...
The Real Oliver Twist: Robert Blincoe: A life that Illuminates a Violent AgeThe Real Oliver Twist: Robert Blincoe: A life that Illuminates a Violent Age
Best Price: $3.98
Robert Blincoe's political, personal and turbulent story illuminates the Dickensian age like...
Through the Burning Steppe: A Memoir of Wartime Russia, 1942-1943Through the Burning Steppe: A Memoir of Wartime Russia, 1942-1943
Best Price: $4.99
Elena Kozhina's Through the Burning Steppe: A Wartime Memoir is so much more than a highly...
Under a Wing (Isis Large Print Nonfiction)Under a Wing (Isis Large Print Nonfiction)
Reeve Lindbergh gives a most interesting overview of her very famous parents - her father with...

Drawing to an Inside Straight: The Legacy of an Absent FatherDrawing to an Inside Straight: The Legacy of an Absent Father
Best Price: $5.00
Spare and elegant prose, like the dry side of the Cascades, makes this book utterly memorable....
Immigrant Son: An Armenian Boyhood (Chinchinian, Harry. Immigrant Son, Bk. 1.)Immigrant Son: An Armenian Boyhood (Chinchinian, Harry. Immigrant Son, Bk. 1.)
This book shares great insight on the human experience. The author's unique perspectve is...
Diary of a Little Girl in Old New YorkDiary of a Little Girl in Old New York
Best Price: $4.70
This diary describes the memories of the author as a ten year old girl growing up in New York...
Spatzies and Brass BBsSpatzies and Brass BBs
Best Price: $19.96
I had the pleasure of having Dr. Ohm as an instructor while attending Washburn University in...
Surviving St. PeterSurviving St. Peter
Best Price: $13.57
Patrick Thomas Kiernan was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1962, and attended St. Peter’s Grammar...

Catch Me Before I FallCatch Me Before I Fall
Best Price: $6.43
A powerfully written memoir examines issues of race, class and mental health. Growing up in...
Born Jewish: A Childhood in Occupied EuropeBorn Jewish: A Childhood in Occupied Europe
Best Price: $10.66
This is a spellbinding account of a Jewish teenager in Belgium, during the war. The second of...
Pictures of Home: A Memoir of Family and CityPictures of Home: A Memoir of Family and City
Best Price: $1.50
This is a tender narrative that provides uncommon insight into family life on Chicago's South...
Rescued Images : Memories of a Childhood in HidingRescued Images : Memories of a Childhood in Hiding
Best Price: $6.50
People of my generation or younger, born after the mid nineteen-sixties, are caught in a strange...
Before the Knife: Memories of an African ChildhoodBefore the Knife: Memories of an African Childhood
Best Price: $1.85
Captivating, , honest, searing, this is a beautifully rendered story of a painfully difficult...

Germs: A Memoir Of ChildhoodGerms: A Memoir Of Childhood
Best Price: $14.87
This memoir set in pre-World War II England has many very well written passages that nicely...
Through the Jungle of Death: A Boy's Escape From Wartime BurmaThrough the Jungle of Death: A Boy's Escape From Wartime Burma
This was an enjoyable and quick read. Brookes as a boy escaped with his family from wartime...
Memory FieldsMemory Fields
I liked this book even though I didn't rate it highly. Breznitz did a good job detailing his...
Paperboy: Confessions of a Future EngineerPaperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer
Best Price: $1.00
This is a great compilation of memories for anyone who grew up in Cambria Heights in the...
Ghosts Of KilrushGhosts Of Kilrush
Best Price: $11.17
What a great read, particularly for people that left Ireland during the emmigration wave of the...

Hangchow, My Home: Growing Up in Heaven BelowHangchow, My Home: Growing Up in Heaven Below
Best Price: $11.66
Marco Polo called Hangchow (Hangzhou) "the greatest city on Earth." The people of...
    
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