Biography & Autobiography

A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell

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Ernest Protheroe


Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman

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Sarah Hopkins Bradford


A portrait of Harriet Tubman is scheduled to replace that of Andrew Jackson on the front of the U.S. $20 bill in 2020. Sarah H. Bradford, w…

Captain Cook

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Walter Besant


James Cook (1728-1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy was the son of a farm laborer. Apprenticed …

Autobiography

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John Stuart Mill


John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), British philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influe…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2

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Giorgio Vasari


The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…

Historic Girls

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Elbridge Streeter Brooks


Twelve short stories of real girls who have influenced the history of their times. (Summary by Carmen H)

The Lepers of Molokai

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Charles Warren Stoddard


This is the story of the lepers of Molokai and of the Roman Catholic missionary, Father Damien, who ministered to those who languished in th…

The Frozen North

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Edith Horton


The Frozen North offers short sketches of the first men who bravely took great risks to explore the unknown polar regions and unlock the mys…

Famous Assassinations Of History

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Francis Johnson


It has been the object of the writer to make each of these “famous assassinations” the central scene of a picture in which the political, re…

Eminent Victorians

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Giles Lytton Strachey


On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also help…

Autobiography of Anthony Trollope

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Anthony Trollope


Anthony Trollope's autobiography will delight you whether or not you've read (or listened to) any of his many works. His honest if self-depr…

Hidden Treasures

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Harry A. Lewis


"Some succeed while others fail. This is a recognized fact; yet history tells us that seven-tenths of our most successful men began lif…

The Central Period of the Middle Age 918-1273

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Beatrice A. Lees


Beatrice Lees writes that the history of the period of the Middle Ages from 918 to 1273 is that of "a heroic period, the age of feudali…

James Watt

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Andrew Carnegie


This biography of the inventor James Watt covers his early years, successes and failures, and legacy. (Summary by Bill Boerst)

Jock of the Bushveld

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Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick


Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, jou…

Lord Kitchener

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G. K. Chesterton


“The paradox of all this part of his life lies in this--that, destined as he was to be the greatest enemy of Mahomedanism, he was quite exce…

A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukaw…

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Ukawsaw Gronniosaw


Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 - 1775) was a freed slave and autobiographer. His autobiography is considered…

Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus

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Xenophon


The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC by the Athenian gentle…

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