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The Life of Charlemagne (Einhard)
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Einhard
Einhard was employed by Charlemagne as a court historian. At the request of Charlemagne's son and successor Louis the Pious, he wrote a biog…
Famous American Statesmen
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Sarah Knowles Bolton
A sketch of the lives of some of America's early Statesmen: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Andr…
A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell
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Ernest Protheroe
The Petticoat Commando
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Johanna Brandt
In introducing the English version of this book I venture to bespeak a welcome for it, not only for the light which it throws on some little…
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
Read by Sue Anderson
Sarah Hopkins Bradford
A portrait of Harriet Tubman is scheduled to replace that of Andrew Jackson on the front of the U.S. $20 bill in 2020. Sarah H. Bradford, w…
Captain Cook
Read by Pamela Nagami
Walter Besant
James Cook (1728-1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy was the son of a farm laborer. Apprenticed …
Autobiography
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John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), British philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influe…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2
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Giorgio Vasari
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…
Historic Girls
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Elbridge Streeter Brooks
Twelve short stories of real girls who have influenced the history of their times. (Summary by Carmen H)
The Lepers of Molokai
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Charles Warren Stoddard
This is the story of the lepers of Molokai and of the Roman Catholic missionary, Father Damien, who ministered to those who languished in th…
The Frozen North
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Edith Horton
The Frozen North offers short sketches of the first men who bravely took great risks to explore the unknown polar regions and unlock the mys…
Eminent Victorians
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Giles Lytton Strachey
On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also help…
The Story of Aristotle's Philosophy
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Will Durant
This little Blue Book No. 39, by Will Durant, deals with Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.), a Macedonian pupil of Plato, who became the teacher of …
Hidden Treasures
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Harry A. Lewis
"Some succeed while others fail. This is a recognized fact; yet history tells us that seven-tenths of our most successful men began lif…
Famous Assassinations Of History
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Francis Johnson
It has been the object of the writer to make each of these “famous assassinations” the central scene of a picture in which the political, re…
Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
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Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope's autobiography will delight you whether or not you've read (or listened to) any of his many works. His honest if self-depr…
James Watt
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Andrew Carnegie
This biography of the inventor James Watt covers his early years, successes and failures, and legacy. (Summary by Bill Boerst)
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