Biography & Autobiography
Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 2
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Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but als…
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 5
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Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…
Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
A selection of Beethoven's letters from the compilation by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800-1877) and Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885), and transl…
The Man Who Fought the Devil
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Eva K. Betz
Jean Marie Vianney always found it hard to learn. In fact, he made history by receiving a zero as his examination mark after his first year …
The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa
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Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admir…
A Young Girl's Diary
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Anonymoustranslated Bycedar Paul and William James Mcglothlin
The diary of an upper middle class Austrian girl, this book describes her life between the ages of eleven and fourteen. It's a coming of age…
The Life of St. Teresa
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Frances Alice Forbes
Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (28 March 1515 – 4 October …
Days with the Great Composers
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May Gillington Byron
An imagined day in the life of each composer gives the anonymous author scope to describe each one's work and life, sketchily, of course, bu…
The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars
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William James Mcglothlin
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, T.O.S.F., (8 May 1786 – 4 August 1859), commonly known in English as St John Vianney, was a French parish pries…
The Pirates Own Book
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Charles Ellms
Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers.
The Letters of Mark Twain, Complete
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Mark Twain
These letters were arranged in two volumes by Albert Bigelow Paine, Samuel L. Clemens's literary executor, as a supplement to Mark Twain, A …
The Life of Saint Macrina
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St. Gregory of Nyssa
The poignant biography of Saint Macrina, by her brother, Saint Gregory of Nyssa. (The Reader)“The use of the word "philosophy" to …
The Prelude
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William Wordsworth
Among monuments of narrative poetry, The Prelude; or, Growth of a Poet's Mind, by William Wordsworth, occupies a unique place. Wordsworth pu…
The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918
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John Howard Bertram Masterman
This volume by the British historian J.H.B. Masterman (1867-1933) is a short survey of the first four centuries after the fall of Rome. The …
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln
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Francis Fisher Browne
This detailed biography covers the places in Lincoln's life: Indiana, Illinois, Washington. It also traces his various roles as storekeeper,…
Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions
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Frank Harris
Consumers of biography are familiar with the division between memoirs of the living or recently dead written by those who "knew" t…
George Bernard Shaw
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G. K. Chesterton
Chesterton and Shaw were famous friends and enjoyed their arguments and discussions. Although rarely in agreement, they both maintained good…
Daniel Boone (Thwaites)
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Reuben Gold Thwaites
Daniel Boone was a great hunter, explorer, surveyor, and excellent rifleman; he knew Indians and fought them skillfully. His life was filled…
The Case of Wagner / Nietzsche Contra Wagner / Selected Aphorisms
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Friedrich Nietzsche
A collection of three of Nietzsche's writings concerning the music of Wagner. In particular, he relates Wagner's music as degenerate, unrefi…