Biography & Autobiography
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 3
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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 …
Two Years in the Forbidden City
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Princess Der Ling Yu
THE author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yu Keng, a member of the Manchu Wh…
The Story of a Soul (Version 2)
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Saint Therese Of Lisieux
She is also known as St. Thérèse of Child Jesus. She was born at Alençon, France, 2 January 1873; died at Lisieux 30 Se…
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 2
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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 …
Roughing It in the Bush
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Susanna Moodie
'Roughing It In the Bush' is Susanna Moodie's account of how she coped with the harshness of life in the woods of Upper Canada, as an Englis…
Richard I
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Jacob Abbott
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…
Lives of the Saints: With Reflections for Every Day in the Year
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Alban Butler
Compiled from the much larger 12 book set of "Butler's Lives of the Saints", this volume contains short biographies of the Saints,…
Outwitting The Hun; My Escape From A German Prison Camp
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Pat O'Brien
A true war narrative, published in 1918 while WWI was still going on. (Summary by David Wales)
Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead
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John L. Ransom
John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the …
Steep Trails
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John Muir
A collection of Muir's previously unpublished essays, released shortly after his death. "This volume will meet, in every way, the high …
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Thomas De Quincey
“Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty Opium!”Though apparently presenting the reader with a collage of poignant memori…
A Texas Cowboy; Or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony
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Charles A. Siringo
Charles A. Siringo was an American lawman, detective, and agent for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency during the late 19th century and…
How I Found Livingstone
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Henry Morton Stanley
Sir Henry Morton Stanley is famously quoted for saying "Dr Livingstone, i Presume?". Born in Wales, he migrated over to the United…
St. Francis of Assisi
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G. K. Chesterton
For Chesterton, Francis of Assisi is a great paradoxical figure, a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity; an artist who loved th…
Saint Athanasius: The Father of Orthodoxy
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Frances Alice Forbes
A short and rather old fashioned biography a great saint. Don't expect subtlety; it's unapologetic hagiography. The saint is presented as a …
Charles Dickens
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G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inim…
Queen Victoria
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E. Gordon Browne
This book is about the life of Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901). All nine of her children married into the royal houses of Europe. She became t…
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (version 2)
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Frederick Douglass
Published in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself was written in response to critics who…