Memoirs
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
A personal account of the American author's visit to Europe in January 1915 while a war correspondent in Belgium for The Saturday Evening Po…
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1662
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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 …
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023
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Various
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…
A Surgeon In Arms
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Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion (1881-1943) was a Canadian doctor who volunteered in the Canadian medical corps during World War I. This book is his me…
My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum
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Herman Charles Merivale
Fully titled My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum, by a Sane Patient, this memoir describes its author's, Herman Merivale's, experience in one…
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1
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Benvenuto Cellini
Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as h…
A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay
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Watkin Tench
Watkin Tench was an officer of the British Marines in the First Fleet to settle NSW. This is an interesting and entertaining account of his …
Eighteen Months' Imprisonment
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Donald Shaw
This is an absorbing memoir of an inmate's experiences and impressions while in a London prison. He describes himself as "a man of educ…
Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush
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Susanna Moodie
As a middle class Englishwoman Moodie did not particularly enjoy "the bush", as she called it. She and her husband moved to Bellev…
Notes of a War Correspondent
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Richard Harding Davis
Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African …
An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army
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Flora Sandes
Flora Sandes was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in World War I. Initially a St. John Ambulance volunteer, she trave…
Como e porque sou romancista
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José De Alencar
Como e porque sou romancista é um texto incompleto, escrito por José de Alencar em 1873 e publicado em 1893, em que o autor co…
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Memories and Adventures
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle first published his memories of his many various adventures around the world and his relationships with such famous figur…
I, Mary MacLane
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Mary Maclane
Described as "the first blogger", Mary MacLane lived a tortured life, ahead of her time. Her beloved father died when she was a yo…
From Slave Cabin To Pulpit and Sketches Of Slave Life
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Peter Randolph
Peter Randolph was born a slave in 1825 (?), was freed before the American Civil War, and became a clergyman in the Baptist tradition, dying…
Fünfzig Jahre Museumsarbeit
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Wilhelm Von Bode
Wilhelm von Bode war ein bedeutender deutscher Kunsthistoriker und Museumsfachmann und gilt als der Mitbegründer des modernen Museumswe…
Our Village, Volume 1
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Mary Russell Mitford
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…
My Reminiscences
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Rabindranath Tagore
These Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America…
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
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George Washington Plunkitt
"I seen my opportunities and I took 'em.", George Washington Plunkitt of Tamminy Hall. There's good graft and bad graft according …
Kinderen uit m'n Klas
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Paulina Jacoba Cohen-De Vries
Serie portretjes van kinderen op een volksschool begin jaren '20, eerder verschenen in de NRC.Voorwoord bij de 1e druk: "Niet zonder sc…