Biography & Autobiography
The History of the Popes During the Last Four Centuries, Volume 1
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Leopold Von Ranke
Leopold von Ranke was a German Lutheran historian and a founder of modern historical writing based on primary sources. This is a panoramic a…
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin
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Harry Houdini
This work is by Harry Houdini, and was an attempt, by him, to undermine the public reverence for the man regarded as the master of modern ma…
Pierre Curie
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Marie Curie
This biography of the noted French physicist Pierre Curie was written by his wife, the renowned physicist Marie Curie. In it, she not only c…
Gertrude Bell
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Ronald Bodley and Lorna Hearst
A highly engaging biography about a fascinating English woman who was most unusual for her time. An adventurous traveler who fell completely…
A Greater than Napoleon, Scipio Africanus
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B. H. Liddell Hart
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (c. 236-c.183 B.C.) was one of the greatest military tacticians and strategists of all time. Only in his …
The Life of Philip Melanchthon
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Karl Friedrich Ledderhose
Philip Melanchthon (1497 – 1560) is best known as the theologian of the Protestant Reformation, systematizing and defending much of Martin …
Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Years 1807-8
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William Walker, Jr.
The early nineteenth century was a period of great discovery and advancements in science. Here we have a snapshot of some of those whose nam…
Journal Of Small Things
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Helen Gansevoort Edwards Mackay
Brief journal sketches from France during WW1. The author was was American, but went on to spend much of her life in France. - Summary by ka…
An Adventure
Read by Martha H. Weller
Charlotte Anne Moberly
The Moberly–Jourdain incident was an event that occurred on 10 August 1901 in the gardens of the Petit Trianon, involving two female academi…
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, Vol I
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Charles Lewis Meryon and Lady Hester Stanhope
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in Conversations with her Physician, comprising her opinions and anecdotes of som…
Twelve Good Musicians: From John Bull to Henry Purcell
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Frederick Bridge
Brief sketches of the lives and music of 12 well-known musicians. - Summary by KevinS
Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais
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John Rivers
Beaumarchais – Watchmaker, music teacher, politician, opportunist, publisher, secret agent for Louis XVI, yet fomenter of revolution in both…
Edward III
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William Parsons Warburton
Edward III reigned for fifty years, from 1327 to 1377. William Warburton writes that "the backbone of the story of his reign and times …
Why We Love Lincoln
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James Creelman
Brought to us by notable reporter and writer, James Creelman, this story of Abraham Lincoln is a more personal and simple portrait of the m…
Edward the First (Version 2)
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Thomas Frederick Tout
Part of the Twelve English Statesmen series of books. Edward I, was one of the greatest of the medieval monarchs, driven either by a deep co…
A Political Pilgrim in Europe
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Mrs. Philip Snowden
Written in the aftermath of Word War I, Viscountess Snowden recounts her travels in post war Europe in, as she describes it, "an attemp…