5 Biographies eBooks

Solstice by Julia Young
1915 Diary of S. An-sky : A Russian Jewish Writer at the Eastern Front
Walk, Don't Run: A Rockin' and Rollin' Memoir by Steven Jae Johnson
What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography by Bruce Dickinson
The Sleep of Reason: The James Bulger Case by David James Smith

*Solstice by Julia Young

English | October 28th, 2017 | ASIN: B0769XM8NH, ISBN: 9781788030878 | 108 Pages | EPUB | 2.51 MB
Solstice charts the progress of a person determined to fight the exhaustion of unresolved mental issues and looming life challenges, using the movement of the seasons as stabilising focus, starting from the dark of Winter to the light of Spring. Whilst life must continue with high professional and social functionality, the author anchors with elements from philosophy, values, friendship, and nature, to weather intense storms of mental challenge.
Life has no guarantees, so only as the days unfold can they be captured as better or worse, with slow manoeuvring to new boundaries for a personally more manageable and fulfilling present and future, and to cut free from dead weights from the past. As things surface and are revealed, they need to be navigated, and given appropriate marker points in this journey.
Our cerebral, internal side of life isn’t often seen or shared. In the process of resolving self-defeating thoughts, insights into why this is a vital part of our world which deserves more attention are shared through a personal lens of how they arose and what causes them to remain. Whilst we might know and understand the futility of such thoughts and feelings, they nevertheless return and return. They can be changed, with practice, but mostly with care.
In an observational, sometimes raw and disturbing, and occasionally cryptic chart through a year, Solstice shows part of a journey that never stops in our inner most minds.

*1915 Diary of S. An-sky : A Russian Jewish Writer at the Eastern Front

English | 2016 | ISBN: 025302045X | 202 Pages | PDF | 4.2 MB
S. An-sky was by the time of the First World War a well-known writer, a longtime revolutionary, and an ethnographer who pioneered the collection of Jewish folklore in Russia's Pale of Settlement. In 1915, An-sky took on the assignment of providing aid and relief to Jewish civilians trapped under Russian military occupation in Galicia. As he made his way through the shtetls there, close to the Austrian frontlines, he kept a diary of his encounters and impressions, written in Russian. His diary entries present a detailed reflection of his daily experiences. He describes conversations with wounded soldiers in hospitals, fellow Russian and Jewish aid workers, Russian military and civilian authorities, and Jewish civilians in Galicia and parts of the Pale. Although most of his diaries were lost, two fragments survived and are preserved in the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. Translated and annotated here by Polly Zavadivker, these fragments convey An-sky's vivid firsthand descriptions of civilian and military life in wartime. He recorded the brutality and violence against the civilian population, the complexities of interethnic relations, the practices and limitations of philanthropy and medical care, Russification policies, and antisemitism. In the late 1910s, An-sky used his diaries as raw material for a lengthy memoir in Yiddish published under the title The Destruction of Galicia.

*Walk, Don't Run: A Rockin' and Rollin' Memoir by Steven Jae Johnson

English | August 4, 2015 | ISBN: 0984816267 | EPUB | 260 pages | 1.9 MB
Kids, This Is Rock ‘N’ Roll: A Rockin’ and Rollin’ Memoir Made on the 1960s Sunset Strip in Hollywood
Here is a story that is glamorous, inspiring, and gritty — a marvelous fusion of the ups, downs, and in-betweens of life and music and passion in 1960s Hollywood, California, the place where dreams are made and chased and, sometimes, die.
When Steven “Rusty” Johnson, Eddie Olmos, and Joey Zagarino met in high school in 1962, the sky was the limit and rock ‘n’ roll stardom was a record deal away. These three friends forged a life-long friendship that would take them through triumph and tragedy, victory and defeat, success and failure — all in the pursuit of reaching the rock ‘n’ roll dream.
This is not only the story of three dreamers, it is a true tale that shows that success — and life — is about taking it from the top, catching a good groove, and taking it one beat at a time.

*What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography by Bruce Dickinson

English | October 31, 2017 | ISBN: 0062468138, 0062468146, ASIN: B01MUFZIRR | AZW3 | 384 pages | 3.7 MB
A long-awaited memoir from the larger-than-life, multifaceted lead vocalist of Iron Maiden, one of the most successful, influential and enduring rock bands ever.
Pioneers of Britain’s nascent Rock & Metal scene back in the late 1970s, Iron Maiden smashed its way to the top, thanks in no small part to the high-octane performances, operatic singing style, and stage presence of its second, but twice-longest-serving, lead singer, Bruce Dickinson. As Iron Maiden’s front man—first from 1981 to 1993, and then from 1999 to the present—Dickinson has been, and remains, a man of legend.
But OTT front man is just one of the many hats Bruce wears. In addition to being one of the world’s most storied and well-respected singers and songwriters, he is an airline captain, aviation entrepreneur, motivational speaker, beer brewer, novelist, radio presenter, and film scriptwriter. He has also competed as a world-class level fencer. Often credited as a genuine polymath Bruce, in his own words (and handwritten script in the first instance!), sets forth many personal observations guaranteed to inspire curious souls and hard-core fans alike.
Dickinson turns his unbridled creativity, passion, and anarchic humour to reveal some fascinating stories from his life, including his thirty years with Maiden, his solo career, his childhood within the eccentric British school system, his early bands, fatherhood and family, and his recent battle with cancer.
Bold, honest, intelligent and very funny, his memoir is an up-close look inside the life, heart, and mind of one of the most unique and interesting men in the world; a true icon of rock.

*The Sleep of Reason: The James Bulger Case by David James Smith

English | October 28th, 2017 | ASIN: B0769XM8NH, ISBN: 9781788030878 | 108 Pages | EPUB | 2.51 MB
Solstice charts the progress of a person determined to fight the exhaustion of unresolved mental issues and looming life challenges, using the movement of the seasons as stabilising focus, starting from the dark of Winter to the light of Spring. Whilst life must continue with high professional and social functionality, the author anchors with elements from philosophy, values, friendship, and nature, to weather intense storms of mental challenge.
Life has no guarantees, so only as the days unfold can they be captured as better or worse, with slow manoeuvring to new boundaries for a personally more manageable and fulfilling present and future, and to cut free from dead weights from the past. As things surface and are revealed, they need to be navigated, and given appropriate marker points in this journey.
Our cerebral, internal side of life isn’t often seen or shared. In the process of resolving self-defeating thoughts, insights into why this is a vital part of our world which deserves more attention are shared through a personal lens of how they arose and what causes them to remain. Whilst we might know and understand the futility of such thoughts and feelings, they nevertheless return and return. They can be changed, with practice, but mostly with care.
In an observational, sometimes raw and disturbing, and occasionally cryptic chart through a year, Solstice shows part of a journey that never stops in our inner most minds.