Biography & Autobiography

The Secret of Charlotte Brontë

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Frederika Richardson Macdonald



Twenty years ago, now, I attempted (but was not especially successful in the task) to establish upon the personal knowledge that my own resi…

Out of the Shadow

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Rose Gollup Cohen



In this interesting autobiography we get a very candid look into the life of Rose Cohen, a Russian Jewish girl who immigrates from Russia to…

The Story of My Life and Work

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Booker T. Washington



The legacy of Booker T. Washington has inspired leaders for racial equality for over a century. He rose from a slave family to be adviser t…

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. IV

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James Boswell



This is the fourth volume of the Biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson's Life has been documented in great detail by his friends, this…

John Knox

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A. Taylor Innes



A scholarly and thoughtful biography of the Scottish Reformer. (Jael Baldwin)

A Small Boy and Others

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Henry James



A Small Boy and Others is a book of autobiography by Henry James published in 1913. The book covers James's earliest years and discusses his…

Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times

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Frederick Edward Maning



Introduction to Old New ZealandPhilip SteerVictoria University February 2004Frederick Edward Maning is best known as an author, but he was a…

Some Famous Women

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Louise Creighton



Louise Creighton (1850-1936) was a British author and women's rights activist. The wife of the Anglican bishop of London, she was the mother…

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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Maisie Ward



This is the first and only authorized biography of G.K. Chesterton, written by his friend, Maisie Ward.Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936…

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2

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Various



These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015

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April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that…

Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace

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John M. Burke



William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody is one of the legends of the American western frontier. As a teen he rode for the pony expr…

Beethoven, A Character Study

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George Alexander Fischer



A book of the life of the German Composer, Beethoven. - Summary by Jessie Yun

Some Eminent Women of our Times

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Millicent Garrett Fawcett



Written by Millicent Garrett, a noted British feminist, suffragist and intellectual writer, this volume is comprised of short biographical s…

Superwomen

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Albert Payson Terhune



In this 1916 work, Albert Payson Terhune introduces twelve immensely influential women, whose actions influenced world history. Terhune choo…

The Autobiography of a Clown

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Isaac Marcosson



This "as told to" autobiography of Jules Turnour is based on a popular article that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1909.…

Lord Clive

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



Robert Clive was, in Macaulay’s view, the real founder of British power in India. Macaulay himself served on the Governor’s Council in India…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Karl-Ludwig Sand

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Alexandre Dumas



This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story o…

The Ordeal of Mark Twain

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Van Wyck Brooks



This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attribu…

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