Biography & Autobiography

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus



Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 1

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James Cook



Having, on his first voyage, discovered Australia, Cook still had to contend with those who maintained that the Terra Australians Incognita …

My Inventions and Other Works

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Nikola Tesla



Between February and October 1919, Nikola Tesla submitted many articles to the magazine Electrical Experimenter. The most famous of these wo…

Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

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Fanny Kelly



"Narrative of my captivity among the Sioux Indians: with a brief account of General Sully's Indian expedition in 1864, bearing upon eve…

Stories of Great Composers for Children

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Thomas Tapper



This is a collection of ten short, entertaining, informative picture-book biographies of famous composers. Each book tells about the childho…

The Escaping Club

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A. J. Evans



Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly &…

Saint Francis of Assisi: A Biography

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Johannes Jorgensen



Born to a prosperous cloth merchant of Assisi, Francis (1182-1226) lived the typically high-spirited life of a wealthy young man of his day,…

The Atrocities of the Pirates

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Aaron Smith



In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England.…

Famous Men of Rome

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John Henry Haaren



Biographical sketches of the men of Rome, written for children. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)

Peter the Great

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Jacob Abbott



There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russia…

Bible (LSG, 1910) NT 04: Évangile selon Jean

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Louis Segond Bible



Ce quarante-troisième livre de la Bible, traduite par Louis Segond, au XIXe siècle et publiée au début du si&egr…

The Story of Napoleon

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall



This book gives an exciting account of Napoleon's rise to power. It opens with his humble beginning on the island of Corsica and ultimately …

Famous Men of Greece

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John Henry Haaren



Famous Men of Greece is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interesting by g…

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius

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St. Ignatius Loyola



This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Soc…

Henry Ford's Own Story

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Rose Wilder Lane



Rose Wilder Lane was a newspaper reporter, free-lance writer, political activist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the &q…

Early Kings of Norway

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Thomas Carlyle



"The Icelanders, in their long winter, had a great habit of writing; and were, and still are, excellent in penmanship. It is to this fa…

Ten Days in a Madhouse

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Nellie Bly



In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an …

My Life on the Plains

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George Armstrong Custer



George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876), one of the most mythologized figures in American history, was an United States A…

The Confessions (Pusey translation)

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Saint Augustine of Hippo



The Confessions outlines Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography e…

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