Biography & Autobiography

Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

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John Gilmary Shea


"It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette…

Biographia Literaria

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark …

A Day With Great Poets

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May Gillington Byron


Who was John Milton? The author of Paradise Lost you say? Well, certainly, but he was also a man, going about his daily life like any of us …

Women of Achievement

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Benjamin Griffith Brawley


This volume, published in 1919 by the American Women's Baptist Home Mission Society, opens with an introduction spelling out the important w…

Från barnaår till silfverhår. Första afdelningen

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Anders Ramsay


"Från barnaår till silfverhår" (From childyears to silverhairs) by Anders Ramsay (1832-1910) is one of the most …

Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2

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Benvenuto Cellini


Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as h…

Claimants to Royalty

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John Henry Ingram


A compilation of chronicles of the numerous impostors and impostures of kings, queens, and rulers. (Summary by Carmen H)

Maria Theresa

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James Franck Bright


By the time of his death in 1740, the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, had done everything possible to secure the succession to the throne of…

Kaspar Hauser - Beispiel eines Verbrechens am Seelenleben des Menschen

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Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter Von Feuerbach


Kaspar Hauser, der Findling von Nürnberg, ist eine der geheimnisvollsten Personen in der deutschen Geschichte. Seine Herkunft, sein Leb…

The Life of Washington, Volume 1

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John James Marshall


If it be true that it takes a great man to interpret the life of a great man then Bushrod Washington made no mistake in the selection of a b…

Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409

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Oscar Browning


The High Middle Ages in Italy, 1250-1409, were a time of incessant strife between rival city-states, some the Ghibelline allies of the Holy …

Yankee at Molokai

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Eva K. Betz


As a daring soldier in the Union Army, Ira Dutton earned the respect and affection of the men around him. Handsome and affable, he could hav…

Oscar Wilde: A Study

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André Gide


This is a 1905 memoir of one great litterateur’s latter days written by another great litterateur. This recording omits the numerous footnot…

The Sainted Queens

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Unknown


A collection of short biographies of six Catholic Queens who became saints. Saint Margaret of Scotland - Saint Elisabeth of Portugal - Saint…

Daniel Boone, Backwoodsman

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C. H. Forbes-Lindsay


Daniel Boone is celebrated in history and legend as one of the foremost pioneers who opened up the wilderness of Kentucky. Famed for his sk…

Transformed; or, the History of a River Thief, Briefly Told

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Jerry Mcauley


Jerry McAuley gives a testimony of his transformation from one of the wickedest men to ever live to being saved and a life of helping others…

The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh (Version 2)

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Margaret Duncan Kelly


The story of Sir Walter Raleigh from his boyhood days to his exploits in Ireland and his unexpected entry into the court of Queen Elizabeth.…

The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peac…

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Osmund Airy


In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded th…

Eighty Years Ashore and Afloat, or, The Thrilling Adventures of Uncle Jethro: E…

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E. C. Cornell


Experiences of Jethro Ripley, mainly in the Atlantic coast trade, but including an account of a whaling voyage around Cape Horn. The narrati…

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