Biography & Autobiography

Heroines of Service

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Mary Rosetta Parkman


From time immemorial, women have served as wives, mothers and domestic organizers. But in the nineteenth century, the lives of women were ch…

Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian

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Alma Lutz


Alma Lutz's outstanding biography of Susan B. Anthony is revered for its descriptive power, attention to detail and historical significance …

Mark Twain and the Happy Island

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Elizabeth Wallace


This Mark Twain Memoir by Elizabeth Wallace paints an idyllic portrait of his time in Bermuda, not long before his death in 1910. Wallace an…

Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 3 (1895-1897)

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Oscar Wilde


This third collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes the letters Wilde wrote from prison. It begins with notes of thanks to t…

Hypatia

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John Toland


Hypatia is John Toland's biography of the one he calls "a most beautiful, most vertuous, most learned, and every way accomplish’d lady,…

Космонавт № 34. От лучины до пришельцев

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Гречко Георгий


Автор:  Гречко Георгий Название:  Космонавт № 34. От лучины до пришельцев Исполнитель:  Леонов Андрей Жанр:  Биографии и…

Confessions of Two Brothers

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John Cowper Powys


A short self portrait of Powys’ beliefs, temperament and peculiarities which prefigures his later, greater Autobiography. (Summary by Keri F…

Catherine Booth

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Mildred Duff


Catherine Booth (1829 – 1890) was the wife of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army in England. She was a full-partner with her …

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (Version 2)

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Alexander Wheelock Thayer


The first scholarly biography on the life of Ludwig Von Beethoven. Volume 1 - Summary by Realisticspeakers

The Authoritative Life of General William Booth

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George Scott Railton


William Booth, together with his wife Catherine founded a small mission in London which eventually expanded to become a global movement, car…

Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 3

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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. Alfred…

Giacomo Puccini

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Wakeling Dry


This biography of Puccini was written while the composer was at the height of his career. Besides the usual biographical information, the au…

Biographical Notice Of Nicolo Paganini With An Analysis Of His Compositions And…

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Francois-Joseph Fetis


Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (1782 – 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebra…

Partial Portraits

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Henry James


In this book, writer Henry James gives wonderful and probing insights into the lives and works of many famous and interesting writers, some …

Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Wit…

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John Kendrick Bangs


Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I …

Society as I Have Found It

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Ward Mcallister


Mark Twain illustrator Dan Beard recalled discussing McAllister’s book with Twain. “It was before Webster & Company failed that Ward McA…

Napoleon and Josephine 'The Rise of the Empire'

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Walter Geer


FOREWORD: "In the popular estimation the Empress Josephine is crowned with a halo of goodness which makes the task of her biographer on…

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…

Hildebrand and his Times

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William Richard Ward Stephens


W.R.W. Stephens, the Anglican Dean of Winchester, writes a short, lively biography of the great church reformer, Hildebrand of Sovana (1015-…

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