Memoirs

The Dread Apache: That Early-Day Scourge of the Southwest

Read by Laurie Banza


Merrill Pingree Freeman


Excerpt which contains the opinions and biographical accounts from the author: "A short time ago, idling through a collection of early-…

What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

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John Hanning Speke


This volume by British explorer Captain John Hanning Speke contains accounts of his first two expeditions into East Africa in the 1850s. Vol…

Recuerdos de mi vida

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Santiago Ramón Y Cajal


De "paciencia rayana en la obstinación para el adueñamiento de los métodos histológicos; destreza y ma&ntil…

The Third Voyage of James Cook, Volume 1

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James Cook


Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a yo…

Anglo-American Memories

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George Washburn Smalley


“These Memories [1911] were written in the first instance for Americans and have appeared week by week each Sunday in the New York Tribune….…

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 05

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Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne


Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - S…

A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity

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Ethan Allen


Ethan Allen's account of his military exploits and subsequent captivity, riven with drama, adventure and humor. - Summary by Steven Warner

A Last Diary

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W. N. P. Barbellion


The final journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from March 1918 to June 1919. The diary follows on the heels of t…

J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time

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William Butler Yeats


William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean

Behind the Screen

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Samuel Goldwyn


Learn about the early days of Hollywood from the eyes of Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production company. - Summary by…

Κύρου παιδεία

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Xenophon


The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC by the Athenian gentle…

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