Biography & Autobiography
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…
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 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 …
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 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,…
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 …
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 Story of Cole Younger, by Himself
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Cole Younger
Autobiography of Cole Younger, American Civil War veteran and member of the Jesse James gang. Cole Younger was a member of Quantrill's Raide…
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…
Sherman's March To The Sea, And The Burning Of Columbia, South Carolina, From H…
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William Tecumseh Sherman
This librivox recording comprises part of chapter 22 and all of chapter 23 (The March To The Sea – From Atlanta To Savannah – November And D…
Annie Besant
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Annie Besant
In her autobiography, Annie Besant poignantly writes of her search for the truth of what she believed in, leaving Christianity behind to emb…
The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola
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Frances Alice Forbes
Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491– 1556) was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who …
The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk
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John Howell
This work was the true story of Alexander Selkirk (1676 to December 13, 1721), a Scottish sailor who was employed in a number of different t…