Biography & Autobiography

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

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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)

Jock of the Bushveld

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Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick


Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, jou…

A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukaw…

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Ukawsaw Gronniosaw


Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 - 1775) was a freed slave and autobiographer. His autobiography is considered…

The Central Period of the Middle Age 918-1273

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Beatrice A. Lees


Beatrice Lees writes that the history of the period of the Middle Ages from 918 to 1273 is that of "a heroic period, the age of feudali…

John Quincy Adams

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John T. Morse


This biography contains three main sections. the first covers Adams's early years and his time as a diplomat--both in America and overseas. …

Lord Kitchener

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G. K. Chesterton


“The paradox of all this part of his life lies in this--that, destined as he was to be the greatest enemy of Mahomedanism, he was quite exce…

Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea

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Laura E. Richards and Laura E. Howe Richards


One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were t…

Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus

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Xenophon


The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC by the Athenian gentle…

Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola

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Edson L. Whitney


Four American Indians by Edson L. Whitney and Frances M. Perry, gives a short history of King Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags; Pontiac, an …

The Story of My Misfortunes (or: Historia Calamitatum)

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Pierre Abélard


Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating.Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, a…

Antologia Brasileira, Coletânea em Prosa e Verso de Escritores Nacionais, Volum…

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Eugenio Werneck and Variousandeugenio Werneck


A Antologia Brasileira de Eugenio Werneck, cuja primeira edição foi publicada em 1900, como parte da comemoração…

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