Biography & Autobiography
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. II
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This volume, the second volume of a two-volume set, contains over 125 letters written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from 1781-1791. It has been…
Hobbes
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Leslie Stephen
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) famously wrote that in the state of nature "the life of man" was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, a…
The Girls' Book of Famous Queens
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Lydia Hoyt Farmer
In the annals of history, women have played an important part; and among the famous sovereigns of the world, queens, as well as kings, have …
Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative
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Emory Holloway
"You want to know in a word the sum total of my life philosophy as I have tried to live it and as I have tried to put it in my book. I …
Life and Times of Joseph Warren
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Richard Frothingham, Jr.
Joseph Warren was one of the popular leaders of Boston during the early stage of the American Revolution. He grasped its basis idea of civil…
Eminent Doctors: Their Lives and Their Work; Vol. 2
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George Thomas Bettany
Short biographies of doctors who were leaders in their profession. In this collection, we learn about men who developed specialities, of ten…
Caroline the Illustrious, Vol. 1
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William Henry Wilkins
Caroline moved to England from Hanover when her father-in-law became George I and her husband Prince of Wales. She had a tumultuous relation…
Robert Browning (Version 2)
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G. K. Chesterton
This mystery of the unconscious man, far deeper than any mystery of the conscious one, existing as it does in all men, existed peculiarly in…
Oliver Cromwell
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner
The following work gives within a short compass a history of Oliver Cromwell from a biographical point of view. The text has been revised b…
Rossini
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W. Armine Bevan
A brief summary of the life of the opera king, Rossini. - Summary by Mozartjr
Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer
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Dexter C. Bloomer
As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …