Biography & Autobiography

The Autobiography of Madame Guyon

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Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon



Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) (April 13, 1648 - June 9, 1717) was a French mystic and one of the k…

England and the Hundred Years' War

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Charles William Chadwick Oman



This little book by the British military historian, Charles Oman, begins with the accession of the warrior king, Edward III, to the English …

Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous

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Sarah Knowles Bolton



These characters have been chosen from various countries and from varied professions, that the youth who read this book may see that poverty…

Art and Morality

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Stuart Mason



“Who can help laughing when an ordinary journalist seriously proposes to limit the subject-matter at the disposal of the artist?”“We are dom…

Letters on an Elk Hunt

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Elinore Pruitt Stewart



This is a sequel to Letters of a Woman Homesteader in which Elinore Rupert (Pruitt) Stewart describes her arrival and early years on a Burnt…

The Underground Railroad

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William Still



"The work is intensely interesting. Many of the narratives thrill the reader through and through. Some of them awaken an indignation, a…

Kepler

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Walter W. Bryant



This biography of Johannes Kepler begins with an account of what the world of astronomy was like before his time, then proceeds to a look at…

Queen Elizabeth

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Edward Spencer Beesly



A biography of Queen Elizabeth the First, the last monarch of the Tudors. (Summary by Brendan Stallard)

The Story of Geronimo

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Jim Kjelgaard



Geronimo (1829 – 1909) was a prominent leader of the Bedonkohe Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion in…

The Log-Cabin Lady

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Unknown



'The story of The Log-Cabin Lady is one of the annals of America. It is a moving record of the conquest of self-consciousness and fear throu…

President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation

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Henry Watson Wilbur



A review of events prior to, during and following the American Civil War bringing an insightful perspective on Lincoln's true attitude towar…

Dog-Watches At Sea

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Stanton Henry King



Stanton H. King was from Barbados and followed his brothers to sea at the age of twelve in 1880. He spent only twelve years at sea for reaso…

The Normans in European History

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Charles Homer Haskins



Wherever their ships took them, the Normans (Northman) were ruthless conquerors but gifted governors. These eight lectures, given in Boston …

The Autobiography of Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe



This Autobiography of Goethe has a lengthy introduction and short biography of Goethe's life by Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) and was translate…

The Life of Captain James Cook

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Arthur Octavius Kitson



“In publishing a popular edition of my work, Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., it has, of course, been necessary to condense it, but care ha…

The Backwoods of Canada

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Catharine Parr Traill



The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superi…

Captains of Industry

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James Parton



In this volume are presented examples of men who shed lustre upon ordinary pursuits, either by the superior manner in which they exercised t…

In God's Garden

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Amy Steedman



"In this book you will not find the stories of all God's saints. I have gathered a few together, just as one gathers a little posy from…

The Underground Railroad

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William Still



"I congratulate you that, after much patient research, careful preparation, and untiring labor, you have completed your voluminous work…

The Story of Aristotle's Philosophy

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Will Durant



This little Blue Book No. 39, by Will Durant, deals with Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.), a Macedonian pupil of Plato, who became the teacher of …

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