Biography & Autobiography
The Life of Washington
Read by Jim Locke
John James Marshall
Volume 2 of The Life begins with some early biography, but moves quickly to Washington's military career as a colonel in the battles against…
The Story of Edison and The Wonders of Electricity
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Frank Mundell
Despite not having attended conventional school for more than a few months during his childhood, Thomas Alva Edison received a good groundin…
English Men of Science
Read by Leon Harvey
Sir Francis Galton
The results of a survey undertaken by Galton to learn more about individual differences and similarities between the "pre-eminent"…
History of Henry the Fourth
Read by Pamela Nagami
John Stevens Cabot Abbott
Henry IV, King of France and Navarre (1553-1610) was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon. He was raised in the Protestant …
The Spirit of the Age
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William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt was a keen observer of his time and the people populating the literary landscape. He presents short monographs on such illus…
Biography of an American Bondman
Read by Jim Locke
Josephine Brown
Josephine Brown's Biography of an American Bondsman faithfully follows the trajectory of her father's life as previously explored in his own…
The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss
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George Prentiss
This memoir was undertaken at the request of many of Mrs. Prentiss' old and most trusted friends, who felt that the story of her life should…
Robert Schumann, Tone Poet Prophet And Critic
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Herbert Francis Peyser
[This is] the sketchiest outline of Robert Schumann’s short life but amazingly rich achievement. Together with Haydn and Schubert he was, pe…
Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger
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Albert Bigelow Paine
"William Jesse "Bill" McDonald (1852 - 1918) in the 1880s served as a deputy sheriff in Wood County. After moving to Hardeman…
Little Masterpieces of Autobiography
Read by Lee Smalley
George Iles
The playwright gives a play its plot, characters, dialog and form, but its sense of living reality is conveyed by the art of the actor. This…
Le Petit Nord
Read by Sean Michael Hogan
Anne Maclanahan Grenfell
A collection of letters from Anne (MacLanahan) Grenfell, future wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, regarding her year of missionary service at th…
The Day of Sir John Macdonald
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Sir Joseph Pope
A biography of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada. It was written by the man who served as Macdonald's private secret…
Society as I Have Found It
Read by John Greenman
Ward Mcallister
Mark Twain illustrator Dan Beard recalled discussing McAllister’s book with Twain. “It was before Webster & Company failed that Ward McA…
What Do You Care What Other People Think
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Richard Feynman One of the greatest theoretical physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for ad…
Builders of United Italy
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Rupert S. Holland
Holland 's provides us with an engaging history of the Unification ("Risorgimento") of Italy by exploring the lives of some of i…
Summer Days in Shakespeare Land
Read by Lee Smalley
Charles George Harper
"Some delights of the ancient town of Stratford-upon-Avon and the country round about, together with a sketch of the life of Mr. Willia…
John Gutenberg, First Master Printer
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Franz Von Dingelstedt
This is a brief sketch of the last years of the life of Johannes (John) Gutenberg, the man who invented the movable letter press. We join hi…
The Journal of Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist,h…
Horace Walpole's Letters
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Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole, 4th earl of Orford, was a cultivated participant in, and observer of, the social and political life of Georgian England. His…
A Journey Round My Room
Read by Steven Watson
Xavier De Maistre
Sentenced to house arrest for forty-two days owing to his participation in a duel, Xavier de Maistre was inspired to write a travel memoir a…