Biography & Autobiography

The Adventures of Buffalo Bill

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William Frederick Cody



Buffalo Bill was arguably, the most recognized man in the world when he penned this book. The first four stories are of some of his adventur…

The Red Battle Flyer

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Manfred Von Richthofen



Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with t…

The Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 1

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell



Charlotte Brontë was a British author, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters who have become standards of English literatu…

Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers

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J. Walker McSpadden



These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…

The Underground Railroad, Part 2

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William Still



"This is one of the most remarkable volumes of the century. Its publication has only been made possible by a combination of circumstanc…

Recollections of a Missionary in the Great West

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Cyrus Townsend Brady



Brady was a journalist, historian, adventure writer, and Episcopal priest. As a priest he spent some time on the American frontier as a miss…

Confessions, volumes 5 and 6

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau



"She was more to me than a sister, a mother, a friend, or even than a mistress, and for this very reason she was not a mistress; in a w…

The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 1

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Agnes Strickland



>The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written b…

Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 1)

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John Hay



This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by two of his private secretaries. (Summary by ashleighjane)

Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 2

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Peter Kropotkin



Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but als…

Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven

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Ludwig Van Beethoven



A selection of Beethoven's letters from the compilation by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800-1877) and Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885), and transl…

The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 5

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Agnes Strickland



The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…

The Man Who Fought the Devil

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Eva K. Betz



Jean Marie Vianney always found it hard to learn. In fact, he made history by receiving a zero as his examination mark after his first year …

The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa

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Unknown



Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admir…

A Young Girl's Diary

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Anonymoustranslated Bycedar Paul, Anonymoustranslated By Cedar 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 Pirates Own Book

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Charles Ellms



Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers.

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 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 …

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