Biography & Autobiography
Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 1
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Moncure Daniel Conway
Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This first volume of his autobiography covers roughly t…
Pauls Ontwaken
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Frederik Van Eeden
In dit aangrijpende korte werk beschrijft de schrijver en psychiater Frederik van Eeden het leven en met name de dood van Paul, de jongste z…
Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of …
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Lionel Allshorn
Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries …
עולה (Injustice), with excerpt from The Escaping Club
Read by Omri Lernau
יוסף חיים ברנר Yosef Haim Brenner
This is a bilingual project. The first part, in Hebrew, is the story "Injustice" by Yosef Haim Brenner, written following the conq…
A Boys' Life of Booker T. Washington
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Walter Clinton Jackson
Booker T. Washington was one of the first nationally recognized African American leaders after the Civil War. He was born to a slave woman …
Mazarin
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Arthur Hassall
Guilio Raimondo (Cardinal Mazarin, 1602-1661), Richelieu's designated successor as chief minister of France, was a master of diplomacy. Thou…
Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death
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Margaret O. Oliphant
The story of Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc , has passed into folklore and has been retold by many. The young teenager was sent by an as-yet u…
The Real Oscar Wilde
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Robert Sherard
The Real Oscar Wilde is the third book about the Irish poet and playwright by his earliest and most prolific biographer. Since writing his e…
History of a Six Weeks' Tour
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Full titled History of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Rou…
The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 2
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Edward Tyas Cook
A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of he…
Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch
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William M. Clemens
As far as anyone has been able to establish, Will Clemens was NOT related to Sam Clemens (Mark Twain), though they did become acquaintances.…
Margaret Sanger; an autobiography
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Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger, an advocate for birth control rights, chronicles the story of her struggles, including her times in jail and in exile, in o…
The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath
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Oliver Goldsmith
Beau Nash (1674–1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the…
Gutenberg and the Art of Printing
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Emily Clemens Pearson
This book is readable account of one of the greatest inventions of modern time: moveable type. Gutenberg's work lays the foundation for the …
Twain and Howells On Each Other
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William Dean Howells and Mark Twain
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and William Dean Howells were friends for 44 years. Their personal and professional relationship is considered b…
Twelve Types
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G. K. Chesterton
Short biographical essays of twelve persons central to European culture. - Summary by KevinS
The Story of My Life, Part 1 (Version 3)
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Helen Keller
When Helen Keller's autobiography was first published in 1903, she was a young woman studying at Radcliffe College. In it, Helen shares memo…
The Autobiography of Cockney Tom
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Thomas Bastard
The Autobiography of Cockney Tom, Showing his Struggles through Life,and proving this Truth of the Old Saying"that Honesty is the best …
Joseph Haydn; Servant And Master
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Herbert Francis Peyser
Haydn, barring a few hardships in his youth, lived an extraordinarily fortunate life and had abundant reason for the optimism which marked e…