Biography & Autobiography
David Hume and his Influence on Philosophy and Theology
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James Orr
David Hume justly takes rank as the most distinguished member of that brilliant circle of literary men whose names gave such a lustre to the…
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 04
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Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - S…
William Penn
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George Hodges
Biography of William Penn - Summary by Richard Vogel
When Buffalo Ran
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George Bird Grinnell
"Seventy years ago, when some of the events here recounted took place, Indians were Indians, and the plains were the plains indeed.In s…
The dogaressas of Venice: The wives of the doges
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Edgcumbe Staley
A series of biographies of the wives of the doges (leaders) of the Venetian Republic. - Summary by Timothy
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 8
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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'…
William the Third
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Henry Duff Traill
William Henry, Prince of Orange and Nassau, Dutch William to the English, was born in a state threatened by the military ambitions of Louis …
Captain John Smith
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C. H. Forbes-Lindsay
Captain John Smith is probably best known for his association with the colonization of Virginia from the early days of Jamestown, and his ex…
Mimosa, Who Was Charmed
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Amy Wilson Carmichael
“This story is true. It tells the eternally new tale of the matchless charm of our Lord Jesus Christ. One look at that loveliness, and, th…
The Valley of Baca: a Record of Suffering and Triumph
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Jennie Smith
Jennie Smith was a 19th-Century Job. At 15 years old, her father's business and finances failed, and he later died of illness, leaving her f…
Episodes Before Thirty
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Algernon Blackwood
Blackwood wrote this autobiography in his fifties, describing his first thirty years as an almost penniless British adventurer in Canada and…
The Life of Washington, Volume 4
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John James Marshall
This fourth volume covers the final battles and the peace conditions of the war, Washington at home, Washington as first President, and the …
Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy
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Ruth Putnam
Charles the Bold was the last Duke of Burgundy of the House of Valois. Born in 1433, his dream was to be crowned king by declaring the terri…
The Life of Columbus
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Sir Arthur Helps
A factual account of the life of Christopher Columbus, from his early years, through discoveries in the New World, to his death in 1506. - S…
Post Mortem: Essays, Historical And Medical
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Charles MacLaurin and Charles Maclaurin
This 1922 collection of extensive essays comprises well written biographies of a few famous folk. The life narratives include analyses of me…
Lincoln's Yarns and Stories
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Alexander K. Mcclure
“A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America’s Greatest Story Teller With Introductio…