Biography & Autobiography

Apologia Pro Vita Sua

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John Henry Newman


A religious autobiography of unsurpassed interest, the simple confidential tone of which "revolutionized the popular estimate of its au…

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln

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John George Nicolay


John G. Nicolay was Abraham Lincoln’s private White House secretary. With assistant secretary, John Hay, he wrote the two volume definitive …

Richard II, Makers of History

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Jacob Abbott


Chronicles the life of Richard II, born in 1367 in Bordeaux, France, who later wore the crown of King of England. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

Acres of Diamonds

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Russell Conwell


Text of famous inspirational lecture and biography of Russell Conwell, a Baptist minister and Temple University Founder (Summary by Scott Da…

The Autobiography of a Thief

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Hutchins Hapgood


I met the ex-pickpocket and burglar whose autobiography follows soon after his release from a third term in the penitentiary. For several we…

Saint Benedict

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Frances Alice Forbes


Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – 543 or 547) is honoured by the Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students. Benedict found…

A Gold Hunter's Experience

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Chalkley J. Hambleton


"Early in the summer of 1860, I had an attack of gold fever. In Chicago, the conditions for such a malady were all favorable. Since t…

The Life of Cicero, Vol. I

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Anthony Trollope


Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC) was an orator, statesman, philosopher and prolific correspondent, who rose as a ‘new man’ in Rome in the tu…

Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams, Vol. 1

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Abigail Adams


Abigail Adams lived the American Revolution as the wife of one of its central figures--John Adams. Her family correspondence, published alon…

Great Artists: Volume 1

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Jennie Ellis Keysor


Biographies of Raphael Santi, Murillo, Peter Paul Rubens, and Albrecht Durer. This is a wonderful tool for art study as there are references…

The Trail of the Hawk: a Comedy of the Seriousness of Life

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Sinclair Lewis


Trail of the Hawk, narrated by Mike Vendetti aka Miketheauctioneer, is Sinclair Lewis’ second novel published under his own name. It was not…

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 4

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus


Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

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Nellie Bly


This is a true account by American woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne…

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave

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Henry Bibb


Henry Walton Bibb was born a slave. His father was white although his identity was not positively known. Bibb was separated from his mother …

Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888

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Frances M. A. Roe


"There appeared from the bushes in front of me, and right in the path, two immense gray wolves . . . Rollo saw them and stopped instan…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 1

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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 delle più eccellen…

Queen Victoria

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Giles Lytton Strachey


Lytton Strachey’s first great success, and his most famous achievement, was "Eminent Victorians" (1918), a collection of four shor…

My School Days

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E. Nesbit


A short memoir about the author's school days, serialised in The Girl's Own Paper from October 1896 to September 1897. It includes stories a…

Great Inventors and Their Inventions

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Frank Puterbaugh Bachman


This book is about Great inventors and what they created. It has different stories like Alexander Bell, Wrights, Morse, Gutenberg, and Ediso…

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