Biography & Autobiography
Oscar Wilde Twice Defended
Robert Sherard
Robert Sherard was Oscar Wilde’s friend of 20 years and first biographer. The Life of Oscar Wilde was the last of the four books he wrote ab…
Two Diaries From Middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February - May, 1…
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Susan R. Jervey
Two diaries from Middle St. John’s, Berkeley, South Carolina, February – May, 1865. Journals kept by Miss Susan R. Jervey and Miss Charlott…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix
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Francis Tiffany
A biography of a woman who advocated for the humane treatment of people with mental illness. As a young woman travelling overseas, Dorothea …
Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 2
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Charles F. Horne
A collection of writings about a variety of men and women from history who were some of the most prominent people around at the time. Marsha…
David Crockett, Scout
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Charles Fletcher Allen
Davy Crockett is one of the legendary heroes of the North American frontier, celebrated in song and story. This is a very accessible account…
St. Francis of Assisi (Version 2)
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G. K. Chesterton
Saint Francis of Assisi grew up in a wealthy family and his early life was characterized by splendor, riches and a lavish lifestyle. During …
My Thirty Years In Baseball
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John McGraw and John Mcgraw
The autobiography of John Joseph McGraw, another one of the "greats" of baseball. McGraw, along with Casey Stengel, has managed t…
The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven, Vol. 1
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Alexander Wheelock Thayer
The first of three volumes of the first scholarly biography of Ludwig van Beethoven. Covers the years 1770-1802. - Summary by Zain Solinski
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 9
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Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…
The Life of Christ
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Frederic Farrar and Frederic W. Farrar
The author, Frederic W. Farrar, was a Doctor of Divinity, and Fellow of the Royal Society, and at the time of publication of this edition, a…
The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey
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George Cavendish
Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic bishop. His appointment as a cardinal by Pope Leo X in 1515 gave him precedence over all…
Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers
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Edith Hubback Brown
"Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers" by Edith & John Hubback is a biography that explores the lives of Jane Austen's two sailor bro…
Patience Worth
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Casper S. Yost
Patience Worth is an examination of the communications between a seventeenth century woman and a certain Mrs. Curran of St. Louis, in 1913. …
Meine Kindheit
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Friedrich Hebbel
In diesem ursprünglich als Teil einer Biographie gedachten Text schildert der Autor die ersten Jahre seines Lebens. Wir bekommen Einbli…
Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli)
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Julia Ward Howe
A biography of the early feminist writer Margaret Fuller, a groundbreaking journalist and author of Woman in the Nineteenth Century, and one…
The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2
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Ida M. Tarbell
Volume 2 of Ida Tarbell's biography of Lincoln begins at chapter 22 with Lincoln's first inauguration, and ends with an account of his funer…
My Larger Education
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Booker T. Washington
This is a sequel to Washington's first autobiographical book, Up From Slavery, which depicted his early life. He says "This book contai…
Legends of the Saints
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Mary Seymour
Delightful children's book composed of fifty-five short Catholic legends. Included are stories of St. Nicholas, St. Christopher, St. Francis…