Biography & Autobiography

Mrs. Piozzi's Thraliana

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Charles Hughes



"It is many years since Dr. Samuel Johnson advised me to get a little book, and write in it all the Anecdotes which might come to my kn…

A Group of Famous Women

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Edith Horton



It is a remarkable fact that little attention, if any, has been given to the study of the careers of distinguished women, and the question h…

The Story of My Life, Part 3 (Supplemental - Helen's Education)

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Helen Keller



Secondary Title - A supplementary Account of Helen Keller's Education, including passages from the Reports and Letters of her Teacher, Anne …

Shri Dnyaneshwar - A Sketch Of His Life And Teachings

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William James Mcglothlin



An overview of the life of Shri Dnyaneshwar and his devoted family. Dnyaneshwar was a 13th-century Indian poet and yogin. He commentated the…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 7

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Giorgio Vasari



The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de'…

Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket

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Richard Gorton Barlow



R. G. "Dick" Barlow was one of the most accomplished all-round cricketers of the late 19th Century. For many years he opened the b…

Catharine de Bora; or, Social and Domestic Scenes in the Life of Luther

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John G. Morris



"There are many interesting and characteristic incidents in the domestic life of Luther which are not found in biographies of the great…

Milton

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



John Milton (1608-1674) was an English poet, classicist, and fearless advocate for civil liberty, who served the Commonwealth of England und…

Charles II

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Osmund Airy



This engaging book is an inestimable resource for any student of the merry monarch, Charles II. "Odd's fish," he said "I am a…

Life of Henry David Thoreau

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Henry Salt



Henry David Thoreau was a fascinating man, contributing vast amounts of information on nature history, leading the way for environmentalism.…

You Can't Win

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Jack Black



'You Can't Win' is an autobiography that was serialized in the San Francisco Call and Post (1925). It became so popular that it was publishe…

The Story of Slavery

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Booker T. Washington



Booker T. Washington, the author of the following sketch of slavery in America, was himself born a slave, and the story of his life begins w…

Hector Berlioz; A Romantic Tragedy

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Herbert Francis Peyser



How much more futile is it to attempt on the minuscule scale of the following tiny, if rambling, pamphlet to touch upon even a thousandth of…

An Alabama Student And Other Biographical Essays

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Sir William Osler



Here are thirteen biographical sketches of physicians penned by one of the founders of modern medicine, William Osler, published in 1908. &…

Biographies In Sound 56 09 25 The Adventures Of W C Fields




Fred Allen narrates "Magnificent Rogue: The Adventures of W. C. Fields", with clips from many famous personalities recounting thei…

Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed

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William Alexander MacKay



By Zorra, in the following sketches, is meant a little district in Oxford county, Ontario, some ten miles square, composed of part of East a…

A Book of Sibyls: Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Opie, Miss Austen

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Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie



This book is a biography of four woman authors whose names were well known by readers at the time of its publication (1883) : Anna Barbaud, …

The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States

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Benjamin Griffith Brawley



Noted African-American author and educator, Benjamin Brawley, presents short biographies of other African-Americans in the fields of literat…

Daughter of the Sky: The Story of Amelia Earhart

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Paul L. Briand, Jr.



This is an engaging biography of the renowned aviator. In his introduction, Briand says, " Amelia Earhart was one of America’s great he…

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