Discusses how to become more attuned to the spiritual side of life through the sharing of common, meaningful experiences

Product Description: A guide to writing your Autobiography and tips on how to get published. Write your story. The learning series. Step by step guide

Product Description: In Family Treasures - A Guide to Writing Your Life Stories, Dr. Gibson's second book, you are treated to a delightful memoir of the author's life and loves. Her personal stories will help you recall details of your own life experiences...read more

Product Description: A creative, flexible, and practical guide to writing one's personal story, with fascinating real life examples There are many reasons to set out to write one's life story—to gain perspective at a time of crisis, such as illness or bereavement, or in later life when one has time to spare...read more

The first ever practical text on this increasingly popular research method, it provides a background and considers some of the criticisms of the approach. It is suitable for all social science students, both graduate and upper level undergraduate. The book is structured to mirror the process of writing about experience, from establishing an idea through to the process of writing and the development of creative writing skills, and provides detailed worked examples of the whole process. The final two chapters are devoted to exploring two cases in which readers can see the principles discussed in action. There are also a wide range of case studies drawn from a wide a range of social science disciplines and exercises throughout the text.

Product Description: In 'Companionship in Grief,' Jeffrey Berman focuses on the most life-changing event for many people the death of a spouse. Some of the most acclaimed memoirs of the past fifty years offer insights into this profound loss: C. S. Lewis s 'A Grief Observed;' John Bayley s three memoirs about Iris Murdoch, including 'Elegy for Iris;' Donald Hall s 'The Best Day the Worst Day;' Joan Didion s best-selling 'The Year of Magical Thinking;' and Calvin Trillin s 'About Alice...read more

Product Description: Writing your life story is one of the greatest gifts you can give your family. In writing it you will find yourself drawing even closer to your children and grandchildren. You will also find it an exciting and fascinating process, one that helps you to make sense of your own life...read more

Product Description: This useful guide supports young people in experimenting with different forms of personal writing. Young authors will learn to use their memories and experiences as material for creative nonfiction. The text leads readers through the five steps of the writing process with straightforward explanations, examples, and engaging photographs...read more

Product Description: Perfect for non-writers who want to tell their story, creative guidance is combined with practical information on sources, structure, and publication For anyone who has wanted to write down their life story but never found the time or the confidence, this is the perfect book...read more

Product Description: Tools to powerfully write about and manifest your life using the power found in the sacred sites of ancient Egypt • Reveals how to create meaning from one’s life experiences and manifest new destinies through spiritual writing • Contains meditations and creative writing exercises exploring sacred themes in the Egyptian Book of the Dead and other hieroglyphic texts of ancient Egypt • Shares transformative and inspiring pieces written by those who’ve attended the authors’ Egyptian sacred tours Within each of us is a story, a sacred story that needs to be told, of our heroic efforts and of our losses...read more

Product Description: Every reader has a story inside them. Laura Oliver has been teaching aspiring writers how to plumb emotional contradictions for insight for more than a decade in workshops and university classes. Now she has written the book her students have been asking her for, a book that aspiring writers of every genre can use to guide, coach, and encourage them on their journey...read more

Each year brings a batch of new memoirs, ranging from works by former teachers and celebrity has-beens to disillusioned soldiers and bestselling novelists. In addition to becoming bestsellers in their own right, memoirs have become a popular object of inquiry in the academy and a mainstay in most MFA workshops. Courses in what is now called "life writing" study memoir alongside personal essays, diaries, and autobiographies. Memoir: An Introduction proffers a succinct and comprehensive survey of the genre (and its many subgenres) while taking readers through the various techniques, themes, and debates that have come to characterize the ubiquitous literary form. Its fictional origins are traced to eighteenth-century British novels; its early American roots are examined in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography and colonial captivity narratives; and its ethical conundrums are considered via the imbroglios brought on by the questionable claims in Rigoberta Menchú's I, Rigoberta, and more notoriously, James Frey's A Million Little Pieces. Alongside these more traditional literary forms, Couser expands the discussion of memoir to include film with what he calls "documemoir" (exemplified in Nathaniel Kahn's My Architect) and graphic narratives like Art Spiegelman's Maus.

Product Description: Casanova, Stendhal, Tolstoy: Adepts in Self-Portraiture, the final volume of Stefan Zweig’s masterful Master Builders of the Spirit trilogy, discloses the smaller version of a writer’s own ego. Unconscious though it is, no reality is as important to the writer as the reality of their own life...read more

Product Description: This book explores the conflicted relationship writers have with their public image, particularly when they have written about their personal lives. D'Amore analyzes the autobiographical works of Norman Mailer, John Edgar Wideman, and Dave Eggers in light of theories of authorship, autobiography, and celebrity...read more

Product Description: Even if you don't happen to be a celebrity, this book will teach you methods for striking publishing gold―conceptualizing, selling, and marketing a memoir―while dealing with the complicated emotions that arise during the creation of your work...read more