Memoirs

Memories of Old Montana

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Con Price



Con Price recalls the 1870s through the 1940s, growing up in Iowa and South Dakota before heading out on a cattle drive into Montana. Never…

Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 2)

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John Hay



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…

Our Old Home

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Nathaniel Hawthorne



These essays, based on Hawthorne’s stay in England from 1853 to 1857 as American Consul in Liverpool, were first published in the form of a …

In Our Convent Days

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Agnes Repplier



With her usual wit and charm, Ms. Repplier recalls her days at Eden Hall, the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Torresdale, north of Philadelph…

The Life and Adventures of Venture

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Venture Smith



Venture Smith was an African captured as a child and transported to the American colonies to be sold as a slave. As an adult, he purchased h…

My Trip Abroad

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Charlie Chaplin



"A steak and kidney pie, influenza and a cablegram. There is the triple alliance that is responsible for the whole thing."So begin…

The Story of Mary MacLane

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Mary Maclane



At the age of 19 in 1902, MacLane published her first book, The Story of Mary MacLane. It sold 100,000 copies in the first month and was pop…

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II

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James Boswell



Boswell's famous work on the life of his admired friend Johnson, the formidable poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, edito…

Old Rail Fence Corners

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Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris



Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers i…

Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph

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Frances Sheridan



Sidney and Cecilia are best childhood friends who are forced to part for 5 years. In that interval, Sidney Bidulph - an undoubtedly good and…

Longings for Home

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Walt Whitman



LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Longings for Home by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 26, 2012.Bor…

Ленин

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Млечин Леонид



Ленин Студия АРДИС предлагает вашему вниманию аудиокнигу известного журналиста, международного обозревателя, телеведущего Леонида Млечина &…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 4

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National Geographic Society



National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Irrigation in CaliforniaRound about AshevilleA Trip…

California

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J. Tyrwhitt Brooks and Henry Vizetelly



Henry Vizetelly, writing under the pseudonym J. Tyrwhitt Brooks, recalls an expedition to California he took between 1847-1848 . Originally,…

With the Turks in Palestine

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Alexander Aaronsohn



While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a litt…

A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar

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George Bethune English



As a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 assigned to Marine Corps headquarters, English sailed to the…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1661

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Samuel Pepys



Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness …

Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist

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Alexander Berkman



In 1892, anarchist and Russian émigré Alexander Berkman was apprehended for the failed assassination of industrialist Henry Cl…

The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Vol. 1

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Howard Carter and Arthur C. Mace



On 26 November 1922, after eight years of work in the Valley of the Kings, archeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, …

Specimen Days

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Walt Whitman



Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his e…

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