Biography & Autobiography
Dog-Watches At Sea
Read by Peter Kelleher
Stanton Henry King
Stanton H. King was from Barbados and followed his brothers to sea at the age of twelve in 1880. He spent only twelve years at sea for reaso…
The Autobiography of Goethe Volume 1
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This Autobiography of Goethe has a lengthy introduction and short biography of Goethe's life by Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) and was translate…
The Normans in European History
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Charles Homer Haskins
Wherever their ships took them, the Normans (Northman) were ruthless conquerors but gifted governors. These eight lectures, given in Boston …
The Backwoods of Canada
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Catharine Parr Traill
The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superi…
The Life of Captain James Cook
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Arthur Octavius Kitson
“In publishing a popular edition of my work, Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., it has, of course, been necessary to condense it, but care ha…
Captains of Industry
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James Parton
In this volume are presented examples of men who shed lustre upon ordinary pursuits, either by the superior manner in which they exercised t…
The Underground Railroad, Part 5
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William Still
"I congratulate you that, after much patient research, careful preparation, and untiring labor, you have completed your voluminous work…
In God's Garden
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Amy Steedman
"In this book you will not find the stories of all God's saints. I have gathered a few together, just as one gathers a little posy from…
Auguste Comte and Positivism
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John Stuart Mill
Part 1 lays out the framework for Positivism as originated in France by Auguste Comte in his Cours de Philosophie Positive. Mill examines th…
The Story of Aristotle's Philosophy
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Will Durant
This little Blue Book No. 39, by Will Durant, deals with Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.), a Macedonian pupil of Plato, who became the teacher of …
Famous American Statesmen
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Sarah Knowles Bolton
A sketch of the lives of some of America's early Statesmen: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Andr…
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI
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Diogenes Laertius
There are 10 divisions in this title. This project is a recording of book 6. There is a number of interesting anecdotes on the lives of Anti…
The Life of Charlemagne (Einhard)
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Einhard
Einhard was employed by Charlemagne as a court historian. At the request of Charlemagne's son and successor Louis the Pious, he wrote a biog…
Priest on Horseback-Father Farmer: 1720-1786
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Eva K. Betz
A historical novel for children, which tells the story of several months in the life of the then famous Father Farmer, as he traveled a Mass…
The Mirror of the Sea
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Joseph Conrad
The Mirror of the Sea (collection of autobiographical essays first published in various magazines 1904-6), 1906 (Summary from Wikipedia)
Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister
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Ulysses S. Grant
Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man a…
Wild Life on the Rockies
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Enos A. Mills
"This book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twent…