Biography & Autobiography
Biographies of Working Men
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Grant Allen
Grant Allen was an anthropologist, scientific writer, novelist and poet, though the biographer and writer Frank Harris has said of him that …
Life and Lillian Gish
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Albert Bigelow Paine
An authorized biography of Lillian Gish, the renowned silent film star known in her heyday as the First Lady of American Cinema. Albert Bige…
Autobiography Memories and Experiences
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Moncure Daniel Conway
Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This first volume of his autobiography covers roughly t…
Pauls Ontwaken
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Frederik Van Eeden
In dit aangrijpende korte werk beschrijft de schrijver en psychiater Frederik van Eeden het leven en met name de dood van Paul, de jongste z…
The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac
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Eugene Field
Do you love books? No, I mean REALLY love books? These series of sketches on the delights, adventures, and misadventures connected with bibl…
Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II
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Lionel Allshorn
Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries …
Margaret Sanger
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Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger, an advocate for birth control rights, chronicles the story of her struggles, including her times in jail and in exile, in o…
Jeanne D'Arc
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Margaret O. Oliphant
The story of Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc , has passed into folklore and has been retold by many. The young teenager was sent by an as-yet u…
Twelve Types
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G. K. Chesterton
Short biographical essays of twelve persons central to European culture. - Summary by KevinS
עולה
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יוסף חיים ברנר Yosef Haim Brenner
This is a bilingual project. The first part, in Hebrew, is the story "Injustice" by Yosef Haim Brenner, written following the conq…
Life of Sir Walter Ralegh
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Louise Creighton
Sir Walter Ralegh (c. 1552-1618), English soldier, explorer, courtier, writer, and poet was one of the most notable figures of the Elizabeth…
The Life of Florence Nightingale
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Edward Tyas Cook
A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of he…
Mark Twain; his life and work
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William M. Clemens
As far as anyone has been able to establish, Will Clemens was NOT related to Sam Clemens (Mark Twain), though they did become acquaintances.…
Twain and Howells On Each Other
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William Dean Howells and Mark Twain
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and William Dean Howells were friends for 44 years. Their personal and professional relationship is considered b…
The Real Oscar Wilde
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Robert Sherard
The Real Oscar Wilde is the third book about the Irish poet and playwright by his earliest and most prolific biographer. Since writing his e…
Locke
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Thomas Fowler
John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician who, after Sir Francis Bacon, was one of the first of the British empiricist…
The Early Tudors
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Charles Edward Moberly
Following the chaos of the Wars of the Roses, the reigns of Henry VII and VIII were autocratic and centralized to an unprecedented degree. T…
The Life of Richard Nash, Esq.
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Oliver Goldsmith
Beau Nash (1674–1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the…
History of a Six Weeks' Tour
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Full titled History of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Rou…
Gutenberg and the Art of Printing
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Emily Clemens Pearson
This book is readable account of one of the greatest inventions of modern time: moveable type. Gutenberg's work lays the foundation for the …