Memoirs
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John Muir
A collection of Muir's previously unpublished essays, released shortly after his death. "This volume will meet, in every way, the high …
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Thomas De Quincey
“Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty Opium!”Though apparently presenting the reader with a collage of poignant memori…
Four Weeks in the Trenches
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Fritz Kreisler
A brief record of the fighting on the Eastern front in the great war by a participant in that great conflict(Summary by FNH)
The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner
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George-Günther Von Forstner
The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner is a graphic account of WWI submarine warfare. Forstner was the commander of German U-boat U…
The Mutiny of the Bounty and Other Narratives
Read by John Greenman
William Bligh
In Bligh's own words, we hear about the lead-up to the famous mutiny and what happened afterwards with the mutineers and the castaways. This…
Three Times and Out
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Nellie Mcclung
The true story of M. C. Simmons, a Canadian soldier captured by the German Army during the early days of World War I. We read of his sixteen…
De Profundis
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Oscar Wilde
This short work of Wilde's was written during his two year incarceration for "gross indecency". This work is a letter which sorts …
The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
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Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Few stories of shipwreck and survival can equal that of the 16th century Spaniard Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca who, cast ashore …
The Loss of the S. S. Titanic
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Lawrence Beesley
This is a 1st hand account written by a survivor of the Titanic about that fateful night and the events leading up to it as well as the even…
The Diary of a Dead Officer
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Arthur Graeme West
Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most …
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 1
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…
Twenty Years' Experience as a Ghost Hunter
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Elliott O'Donnell
After having a difficult time establishing a career as a novelist, O’Donnell discovered to his happy surprise that the reading public was ve…
High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France
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James Norman Hall
High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unp…
A Gold Hunter's Experience
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Chalkley J. Hambleton
"Early in the summer of 1860, I had an attack of gold fever. In Chicago, the conditions for such a malady were all favorable. Since t…
A Woman Who Went to Alaska
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May Kellogg Sullivan
Alaska has only been a state since 1959, and the breathtaking terrain remains mostly unspoiled and natural. In modern times, many of us have…
Hospital Sketches
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Louisa May Alcott
Alcott in 1862 served as a nurse in Georgetown, D.C during the Civil War. She wrote home what she observed there. Those harrowing and someti…
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
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Carlton Mccarthy
The author, who fought as a private in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, describes the Confederate soldier’s daily struggl…
Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams, Vol. 1
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Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams lived the American Revolution as the wife of one of its central figures--John Adams. Her family correspondence, published alon…
The Lure of the Labrador Wild
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Dillon Wallace
The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, an adventurer and journalist to canoe the system Naskaupi Ri…
The Iron Hunter
Read by Ted Lienhart
Chase Salmon Osborn
This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later a…