Biography & Autobiography
Thirty Years A Slave
Read by James K. White
Louis Hughes
Louis Hughes was born a slave near Charlottesville, Virginia to a white father and a black slave woman. Throughout his life he worked mostly…
Alexander the Great
Read by Lizzie Driver
Jacob Abbott
Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders in history, and was undefeated in battle. By the time of his death, h…
Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography
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Theodore Roosevelt
In his vital, illustrative and dynamic autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt let us into the life that formed one of the greatest and outspoken …
The Story of Abraham Lincoln
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Mary Agnes Hamilton
In this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person’s perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glow…
El Libro de la Vida
Read by Marian Martin
St. Teresa of Avila
El Libro de la Vida se redactó en periodos sucesivos y con finalidades distintas, aunque el periodo de redacción definitivo su…
The Story of My Life
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Helen Keller
The Story of My Life is a personal account of Helen Keller's life, from her early days to those as an adult. It includes how she came to mee…
Confessions (Outler translation)
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Saint Augustine of Hippo
Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written betwee…
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
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Booker T. Washington
Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War…
Hannibal
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Jacob Abbott
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass.…
History of Julius Caesar
Read by Cate Barratt
Jacob Abbott
The book chronicles the extraordinary life and leadership of Rome’s Emperor Julius Caesar, from his early years to his assassination. (Summa…
Life on the Mississippi
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil…
History of Billy the Kid
Read by Roger Melin
Charles A. Siringo
A cowboy outlaw whose youthful daring has never been equalled in the annals of criminal history.When a bullet pierced his heart he was less …
Roughing It
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Roughing It is semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870–71 and published…
Queen Elizabeth
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Jacob Abbott
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…
The Story of Joan of Arc
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Andrew Lang
Joan of Arc is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Claiming divine guidance, she led the French army to several important v…
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans
Read by Laura Caldwell
Charles Alexander Eastman
EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted…
George Washington
Read by Bill Boerst
Calista McCabe Courtenay
In this biography for young people, Calista McCabe Courtenay takes the reader from George Washington the surveyor to his early military care…
Edison, His Life and Inventions
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Frank Lewis Dyer
A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage batter…
Mary Queen of Scots
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Jacob Abbott
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…