Biography & Autobiography
- Voices from the Battlefield
- Criminal Lives: True Stories
- Voices of Social Change
- Voices of Political Change
- Voices of Resilience
- Voices from American History
- Pioneers in Health and Healing
- Adventures in Exploration
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
"The only fire for the whole house was the kitchen stove, with a fire box about eighteen inches long and eight inches wide and deep,- s…
Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery is the autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington, describing his personal path up from the position of a slave…
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World
Having, on his first voyage, discovered Australia, Cook still had to contend with those who maintained that the Terra Australians Incognita …
The Life of Anthony
Anthony (251-356CE) lived in Egypt, and became one of the fathers of Christian desert monasticism. When he was about 18 years old, and havin…
The Confessions
The Confessions outlines Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography e…
Emma McChesney and Company
This is the final volume in the trilogy following the smart, stylish, divorced and independent businesswoman Emma McChesney in her career fr…
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant offers a concise yet insightful look into the life of one of America's most significant military leaders and presidents. Ow…
Daniel Boone
This is a detailed biography of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. His accomplishments are brushed over in history classes these days …
Spurgeon's Sermons
Charles Spurgeon was a popular Baptist minister in London in mid-Victorian times; his ministry was highly influential and had a significant …
Newspaper Articles
Explore the sharp wit and keen observations of Mark Twain in this collection of newspaper articles penned between 1862 and 1881. Under his f…
The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
The Meditations is divided into 12 books that chronicle different periods of Marcus' life. Each book is not in chronological order and it wa…
Orlando
A fictional biography following the adventures of Orlando: initially a gentleman, later a lady — always a poet — who romps through British h…
The Wall Street Girl
After the loss of his father, Don finds that life isn't quite as easy when having to make his own way in the world. Stripped of his riches, …
The Interior Castle
El Castillo Interior or Las Moradas (trans.:The Interior Castle or The Mansions) was written by Saint Teresa of Ávila in 1577. After …
A Texas Cowboy
Charles A. Siringo was an American lawman, detective, and agent for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency during the late 19th century and…
The Boys Life of Mark Twain
Albert Bigelow Paine was Samuel Langhorne Clemens' (Mark Twain's) biographer. He lived with Twain, collecting ideas and material for a biogr…
The Life of Saint Monica
This book is above all things the story of a mother. But it is also the story of a noble woman—a woman who was truly great, for the reason t…
Confessions
Confessions is a profound autobiographical work by St. Augustine of Hippo, composed in the late 4th century. This introspective narrative sp…
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
In 1799, with extensive travel permissions from the Spanish government, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland departe…
Theodore Roosevelt
In his vital, illustrative and dynamic autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt let us into the life that formed one of the greatest and outspoken …