Biography & Autobiography
Beneath the Banner (version 2)
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Frederick J. Cross
The subtitle of this book, "Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds" defines the author's choice of notable figures of his…
Adventures in Idealism
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Eugene Benjamin, Boris Bogen, Saul Drucker, Jacob Lipman, Solomon Lowenstein, Bernard Palitz, Joseph W. Pincus, Katharine Sabsovich and George W. Simon
Professor H. L. Sabsovich is recognized as one of the foremost figures in the field of Jewish social service. A great part of his active lif…
Hobbes
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Leslie Stephen
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) famously wrote that in the state of nature "the life of man" was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, a…
The Girls' Book of Famous Queens
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Lydia Hoyt Farmer
In the annals of history, women have played an important part; and among the famous sovereigns of the world, queens, as well as kings, have …
Alfred the Great
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A. E. Mckilliam
A good direct life, with considerable on the Danish invasion and so, usable in connection with history classes in the upper grammar grades a…
The Life and Works of Joseph Wright
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William Bemrose
Joseph Wright, commonly called "Wright of Derby", was an English landscape and portrait painter. In this book, something of an aca…
Journal of Francis Asbury, Volume III
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Francis Asbury
As one of the first two bishops of the Methodist church in America and one of the most well-known circuit riders during the spread of Method…
The Life of Mozart Volume 2
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Otto Jahn
Volume 2 in the 3 Volume Set on the Life of Mozart, one of the greatest classical composers of all time. - Summary by Mozartjr
Life of Haydn
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Ludwig Nohl
In this book the German music scholar Ludwig Nohl provides a fascinating narrative of Joseph Haydn's life from an impoverished childhood to …
A Friend of Marie-Antoinette (Lady Atkyns)
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Frédéric Barbeytranslated Byunknown and Frédéric Barbeytranslated By Unknown
Charlotte Atkyns (née Walpole) was an English actress. She was widowed while still in her 20s, and became an agent in the French Revo…
Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 1
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William Cabell Bruce
His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the ta…
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume 2
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Mrs. Julian Marshall
Letters and excerpts of journals of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley were given to Florence Marshall by her son, Sir Percy Shelley in order to cr…
Cromwell's Place in History
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner
In the autumn of 1896, the renowned historian of the 17th century, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, delivered six lectures on "Cromwell's Place …
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. II
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This volume, the second volume of a two-volume set, contains over 125 letters written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from 1781-1791. It has been…
Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative
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Emory Holloway
"You want to know in a word the sum total of my life philosophy as I have tried to live it and as I have tried to put it in my book. I …
Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 6
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Charles F. Horne
This is volume 6 in this series about the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent people in history. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Rossini
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W. Armine Bevan
A brief summary of the life of the opera king, Rossini. - Summary by Mozartjr
Life and Times of Joseph Warren
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Richard Frothingham, Jr.
Joseph Warren was one of the popular leaders of Boston during the early stage of the American Revolution. He grasped its basis idea of civil…
Eminent Doctors: Their Lives and Their Work; Vol. 2
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George Thomas Bettany
Short biographies of doctors who were leaders in their profession. In this collection, we learn about men who developed specialities, of ten…
Caroline the Illustrious, Vol. 1
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William Henry Wilkins
Caroline moved to England from Hanover when her father-in-law became George I and her husband Prince of Wales. She had a tumultuous relation…