Biography & Autobiography
The Life of Washington
Read by Jim Locke
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 …
William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist
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Archibald Grimké
"THE author of this volume desires . . . to say . . . that it is his earnest hope that this record of a hero may be an aid to brave and…
Joaquin, the Claude Duval of California
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Henry L. Williams
Joaquin Murrieta was a famous Californio bandit, known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado".Joaquin Murrieta was the son of worthy par…
A Ball Player's Career
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Adrian C. Anson
The biography of one of the greatest players that the game of baseball of his era, in his own words. "Cap" Anson, quite probably b…
A First Year in Canterbury Settlement
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Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler travelled to the South Island of New Zealand in 1860, landing at Lyttleton, the main port for the Canterbury Settlement. Altho…
The Autobiography of an Indian Princess
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Sunity Devi
The remarkable Maharani of Cooch Behar Sunity Devi shares the extraordinary story of her life in The Autobiography of an Indian Princess. - …
McClellan's Own Story
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George Brinton Mcclellan and George Brinton McClellan
Memoirs of General George Brinton McClellan, commanding general of the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the American Civil War.…
Rousseau and Education According to Nature
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Thomas Davidson
In my Volume on Aristotle in this series, I tried to give an account of ancient, classical, and social Education; in the present volume I ha…
Dr. Elsie Inglis
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Frances Balfour
Dr. Elsie Inglis is one of the unsung heroes of the late 19th and early 20th century. She became a physician in 1894, and shortly after ope…
William Penn
Read by Richard Vogel
George Hodges
Biography of William Penn - Summary by Richard Vogel
Rise of the Macedonian Empire
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Arthur M. Curteis
Through diplomacy and conquest the Kingdom of Macedonia under Philip II (382-336 BC) came to dominate ancient Greece. To the classical Greek…
Henry the Fifth
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Alfred John Church
A brief history of the life Henry the Fifth. - Summary by KevinS
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…
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
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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…
Augustus Caesar and the Organisation of the Empire of Rome
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John Benjamin Firth
There is, so far as I have been able to ascertain, no biography of Augustus Caesar - a most curious fact when one considers the extraordinar…
Ingersoll on SHAKESPEARE
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll begins his famous lecture on SHAKESPEARE as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of ge…
Annie Oakley, Woman at Arms
Read by Barry Eads
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Annie Oakley was without a doubt the greatest markswomen who ever lived. She was christened Phoebe Ann Mosey but was called Annie from child…
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…
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women
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Elizabeth Blackwell
A fascinating account of the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. She writes of her struggles in being accepted to …
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…