Memoirs
Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron
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Phoebe Yates Pember
Phoebe Yates Pember served as a matron in the Confederate Chimborazo military hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, overseei…
Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort
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Edith Wharton
American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the li…
Kept for the Master's Use
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Frances Ridley Havergal
The memoirs of Frances Ridley Havergal, a great missionary and hymn writer. - Summary by PamC
Letters on an Elk Hunt
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Elinore Pruitt Stewart
This is a sequel to Letters of a Woman Homesteader in which Elinore Rupert (Pruitt) Stewart describes her arrival and early years on a Burnt…
Eighteen Months in the War Zone: A Record of a Woman's Work on the Western Front
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Kate John Finzi
"But it is not for those who heard the call in the later months so much as in memory of those early heroes of Mons, who knew the bitter…
Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora
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George Hamilton
George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty …
Ice March - Ледяной поход
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Roman Gul
Роман Гуль «Ледяной поход (С Корниловым)». Воспоминания о первом походе Добровольческой армии генерала Корнилова на Кубань, её д…
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
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Rees Howell Gronow
A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century P…
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660
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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 …
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 2
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Africa, its Past and FutureReports on:Geography of …
Five Months at Anzac
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Joseph Lievesley Beeston
A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force . From his leaving Australi…
Russia in 1919
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Arthur Ransome
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: On August 27, 1914, in London, I made this note in a memorandum book: "Met Arthur Ransome at_____'s; discussed a boo…
The Golden Age
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Kenneth Grahame
The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and originally published in book form in 1895, in L…
The White Heart of Mojave
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Edna Brush Perkins
"The White Heart of the Mojave" recounts a 1920's adventure "in the wind and sun and big spaces" of Death Valley by two …
The Backwoods of Canada
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Catharine Parr Traill
The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superi…
Desde mi celda - cartas literarias
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Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Esta obra de trata de 09 cartas literarias escritas por el autor durante su estadía en el monasterio de Veruela en el invierno de 186…
Auf Schneeschuhen übers Gebirge
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Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen erzählt hier in Ich Form von einer Expedition mit Scheeschuhen in den Norwegischen Bergen. Die Reise führte ihn vo…
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom
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Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston, Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnstonandkenneth Darlaston Yearsley and Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston And Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom is the true but little known story of the escape of eight British Prisoners-of-War from a Turkish POW camp durin…
Primer viaje en torno del globo
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Antonio Pigafetta
Obra escrita por Antonio Pigafetta, cronista cuyas notas y testimonio han servido para dar a conocer la que fue la primera circunnavegaci&oa…
Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 2
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Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…