Presents a brief biography of writer Stephen King, including information on his childhood, his education, and his achievements in literature. Includes photographs.
The author reflects on his days at a South Carolina military college. He recalls his love of basketball and its value to him as a means of self-expression, and shares experiences that shed new light on his novel "The Great Santini.".
Jennifer Boylan discusses how she spent the first forty years of life knowing she was a woman trapped in a man's body and explores how her physical, emotional, and spiritual life was changed after a sex-change operation.
A memoir in which the author recalls her childhood growing up in a reportedly haunted house in Pennsylvania, discusses how the situation reflected her own feelings of alienation, and tells about coming back to the house with a team of local ghostbusters as an adult, years after the surgery that changed her from male to female.
Swain Wolfe recounts his life growing up in the high country of Montana and Colorado, describing his lifelong love of nature, his explorations of the country's landscapes, the personal challenges that defined his life, and other related topics.
Presents a brief biography of philosopher and author Ayn Rand, from her birth in Russia in 1905 to her death in New York City in 1982, and features a wealth of photographs and illustrations selected from the Ayn Rand Archives.
