Biography & Autobiography

Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli)

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi


Julia Ward Howe



A biography of the early feminist writer Margaret Fuller, a groundbreaking journalist and author of Woman in the Nineteenth Century, and one…

Meine Kindheit

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Friedrich Hebbel



In diesem ursprünglich als Teil einer Biographie gedachten Text schildert der Autor die ersten Jahre seines Lebens. Wir bekommen Einbli…

Legends of the Saints

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Mary Seymour



Delightful children's book composed of fifty-five short Catholic legends. Included are stories of St. Nicholas, St. Christopher, St. Francis…

The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2

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Ida M. Tarbell



Volume 2 of Ida Tarbell's biography of Lincoln begins at chapter 22 with Lincoln's first inauguration, and ends with an account of his funer…

The Story of Slavery

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Booker T. Washington



Booker T. Washington, the author of the following sketch of slavery in America, was himself born a slave, and the story of his life begins w…

Mrs. Piozzi's Thraliana

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Charles Hughes



"It is many years since Dr. Samuel Johnson advised me to get a little book, and write in it all the Anecdotes which might come to my kn…

A Group of Famous Women

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Edith Horton



It is a remarkable fact that little attention, if any, has been given to the study of the careers of distinguished women, and the question h…

The Story of My Life, Part 3 (Supplemental - Helen's Education)

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Helen Keller



Secondary Title - A supplementary Account of Helen Keller's Education, including passages from the Reports and Letters of her Teacher, Anne …

Shri Dnyaneshwar - A Sketch Of His Life And Teachings

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William James McGlothlin



An overview of the life of Shri Dnyaneshwar and his devoted family. Dnyaneshwar was a 13th-century Indian poet and yogin. He commentated the…

Catharine de Bora; or, Social and Domestic Scenes in the Life of Luther

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John G. Morris



"There are many interesting and characteristic incidents in the domestic life of Luther which are not found in biographies of the great…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 7

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Giorgio Vasari



The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de'…

Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket

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Richard Gorton Barlow



R. G. "Dick" Barlow was one of the most accomplished all-round cricketers of the late 19th Century. For many years he opened the b…

Milton

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



John Milton (1608-1674) was an English poet, classicist, and fearless advocate for civil liberty, who served the Commonwealth of England und…

Charles II

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Osmund Airy



This engaging book is an inestimable resource for any student of the merry monarch, Charles II. "Odd's fish," he said "I am a…

Life of Henry David Thoreau

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Henry Salt



Henry David Thoreau was a fascinating man, contributing vast amounts of information on nature history, leading the way for environmentalism.…

You Can't Win

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Jack Black



'You Can't Win' is an autobiography that was serialized in the San Francisco Call and Post (1925). It became so popular that it was publishe…

Biographies In Sound 56 09 25 The Adventures Of W C Fields




Fred Allen narrates "Magnificent Rogue: The Adventures of W. C. Fields", with clips from many famous personalities recounting thei…

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