Biography & Autobiography

Ecce Homo

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Friedrich Nietzsche



The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's autobiography, Ecce Homo, was the last prose work that he wrote before his illness in 1889. Coming at …

Jesus of Nazareth

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John Mark and King James Version



"Jesus of Nazareth, a Biography, by John Mark," recognizes the author of the second Gospel as that "John, whose surname was M…

My First Summer in the Sierra

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John Muir



The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California’s Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake an…

Famous Men of the Middle Ages

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John Henry Haaren



Famous Men of the Middle Ages invites young listeners to explore the lives of remarkable figures who shaped the medieval world. Through enga…

Celebrated Crimes

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Alexandre Dumas



Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent …

The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

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Marcus Aurelius



The Meditations is divided into 12 books that chronicle different periods of Marcus' life. Each book is not in chronological order and it wa…

Ulysses S. Grant

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Owen Wister



Ulysses S. Grant offers a concise yet insightful look into the life of one of America's most significant military leaders and presidents. Ow…

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

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John Bunyan



Grace Abounding is the spiritual autobiography of John Bunyan, who also penned Pilgrim’s Progress, perhaps one of the most significant piece…

Claus Störtebeker

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Georg Engel



Claus Beckera, besser bekannt als Claus Störtebeker, war schon zu Lebzeiten eine Legende: Gemeinsam mit Heino Wichmann und Gödeke …

Briefe aus dem Gefängnis

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Rosa Luxemburg



Rosa Luxemburg war eine bedeutende Vertreterin der europäischen Arbeiterbewegung und des proletarischen Internationalismus. Sie geh&oum…

Women of History

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Anonymous



Women of History offers a fascinating exploration of the lives of remarkable women who shaped the world from ancient times to the mid-19th c…

William the Conqueror

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Jacob Abbott



William the Conqueror by Jacob Abbott offers a vivid exploration of one of history's most significant figures. This biography delves into th…

The Heroines of History

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John S. Jenkins



A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; …

The Life of St. Teresa

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St. Teresa of Avila



The Life of St. Teresa offers an intimate glimpse into the spiritual journey of one of Christianity's most revered figures. Written by St. T…

By Ox Team to California

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Lavinia Honeyman Porter



Imagine a young, twenty-something woman in 1860, reared “in the indolent life of the ordinary Southern girl” (which means she has never lear…

Autobiography of a Seaman

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Lord Thomas Cochrane



This two volume work is the autobiography of Lord Cochrane, a naval captain of the Napoleonic period. His adventures are seminal to the deve…

Orlando


Virginia Woolf



A fictional biography following the adventures of Orlando: initially a gentleman, later a lady — always a poet — who romps through British h…

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

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Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus



The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. The work was written in 12…

The Letters of a Post-Impressionist

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Vincent Van Gogh



“Being the Familiar Correspondence of Vincent Van Gogh ... [Van Gogh's] art was appreciated during his life only by a very few and it is but…

Chapters from my Autobiography

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Mark Twain



Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of these Chapters from my Autobiography. He or…

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