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This is a literary biography of Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) who is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English. He was granted Brit…

The Ordeal of Mark Twain

Read by Lucretia B.

Van Wyck Brooks

This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attribu…

The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1

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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…

An American in the Making, the Life Story of an Immigrant

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Marcus Eli Ravage

“The sweat-shop was for me the cradle of liberty. . . It was my first university.” Attending lectures and the New York theatre at night; by …

Lord Clive

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Robert Clive was, in Macaulay’s view, the real founder of British power in India. Macaulay himself served on the Governor’s Council in India…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Karl-Ludwig Sand

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Alexandre Dumas

This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story o…

Prophets, Priests, And Kings

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Alfred George Gardiner

These biographical essays of (mostly) British subjects were written in 1907-1908 for The Daily News newspaper and reflect their subjects as …

Henry D. Thoreau

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Franklin Benjamin Sanborn

A biography of the famous and popular poet-naturalist, author, philosopher, historian, written by a family friend who spent time with Thorea…

The Story of My Life and Work

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Booker T. Washington

The legacy of Booker T. Washington has inspired leaders for racial equality for over a century. He rose from a slave family to be adviser t…

Edward the First

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Thomas Frederick Tout

Edward I of England (1239-1307) will always be remembered as the "Hammer of the Scots" who condemned William Wallace (Braveheart) …

A Waterbiography

Read by Peter Kelleher

Robert C. Leslie

Robert C. Leslie (1826-1901) was an artist and writer who, at an early age fell in love with the sea, the sea of Sail, not of Steam. He desc…

The Story of My Childhood

Read by Veronica Jenkins

Clara Barton

Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, recalls growing up in early 19th Century Massachusetts. (Introduction by Veronica Jenkins)

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I (version 2)

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James Boswell

This is the first of four volumes of a what was a new, intimate, type of biography when it was first published in 1791 and which has been an…

Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 7)

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John Hay and John George Nicolay

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 8)

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John Hay and John George Nicolay

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

Biography & Autobiography

John Hay and John George Nicolay

John Hay and John George Nicolay