Biography & Autobiography
Rossini
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W. Armine Bevan
A brief summary of the life of the opera king, Rossini. - Summary by Mozartjr
Life and Times of Joseph Warren
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Richard Frothingham, Jr.
Joseph Warren was one of the popular leaders of Boston during the early stage of the American Revolution. He grasped its basis idea of civil…
Eminent Doctors: Their Lives and Their Work; Vol. 2
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George Thomas Bettany
Short biographies of doctors who were leaders in their profession. In this collection, we learn about men who developed specialities, of ten…
Stories of the Lives of Noble Women
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W. H. Davenport Adams
The object of the present volume is to illustrate from the Lives of Noble Women those higher qualities which elevate the character of the se…
Robert Browning (Version 2)
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G. K. Chesterton
This mystery of the unconscious man, far deeper than any mystery of the conscious one, existing as it does in all men, existed peculiarly in…
Letters from Great Musicians to Young People
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Anna Alice Chapin and Alethea Crawford Cox
The object of this little book is to bring the reader nearer to the great masters in the realm of music, and make him or her acquainted with…
A Daughter of the Seine
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Jeanette Eaton
This biography of Madame Roland was written for young adults but can be equally enjoyed by adult readers. Madame Roland was a key figure in …
De Gedenkschriften van Jozef Grimaldi de Clown
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Charles Dickens
De door Charles Dickens bewerkte autobiografie van Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837). De eerste clown die zijn gezicht wit schminkte.
Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer
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Dexter C. Bloomer
As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …
The Boys' Book of Famous Rulers
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Lydia Hoyt Farmer
The aim of this book is to give in as concise manner as possible, consistent with graphic narration and biographical completeness, the most …
Hawthorne
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Henry James
A brief biographical sketch and critical analysis of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the preeminent writers of the nineteenth-centu…
The Story of Pocahontas
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Charles Dudley Warner
This is a historical account of the early years of Pocahontas. She had a significant role in the early interactions between the Indigenous p…