Biography & Autobiography
- Voices from the Battlefield
- Criminal Lives: True Stories
- Voices of Social Change
- Voices of Political Change
- Voices of Resilience
- Voices from American History
- Pioneers in Health and Healing
- Adventures in Exploration
The Path to Prosperity
James Allen (1864 - 1912) was a philosopher and a pioneer of New Thought movement. His works have formed the basis of much of the curricu…
My Southern Home
William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave; his father was a white man who never ack…
The Treasury of David
Charles Spurgeon was a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among…
Memoirs of a Revolutionist
Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but als…
In Kent with Charles Dickens
By his own admission, Thomas Frost found it hard to make a living from his writing, and no doubt he used the name of Dickens in the title of…
The Empire of Russia from the Remotest Periods to the Present Time
The Empire of Russia from the Remotest Periods to the Present Time offers a comprehensive exploration of Russia's rich and complex history, …
Woman on the American Frontier
Many books describe the role of men during American history. However, at the same time, women did much: comforted, fought, helped, raised ch…
The Story of Napoleon
This book gives an exciting account of Napoleon's rise to power. It opens with his humble beginning on the island of Corsica and ultimately …
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova
This is the first of five volumes. - Giacomo Casanova (1725 in Venice – 1798 in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Vene…
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris offers a vivid firsthand account of a British infantryman’s experiences during the tumultuous Napoleoni…
The Man Who Fought the Devil
Jean Marie Vianney always found it hard to learn. In fact, he made history by receiving a zero as his examination mark after his first year …
The Alpine Path
L.M. Montgomery's autobiography highlighting her childhood and early literary career. Published in 1917 after she had written several novels…
Roughing It in the Bush
'Roughing It In the Bush' is Susanna Moodie's account of how she coped with the harshness of life in the woods of Upper Canada, as an Englis…
Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages
Though these stories of the lives of twenty saints and heroes of the faith, we have an introduction to the history of the church from 3rd ce…
The General History of the Pyrates
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book containing biographies of contemporary pirates. …
Lotus Buds
Amy Carmichael tells the story of work among the girls of India, who she calls "Lotus Buds". - Summary by Adele de Pignerolles
History of Modern Philosophy
This book is a brief, but cogent discussion of Western philosophy-- from Francis Bacon and Giordano Bruno through Descartes, Spinoza, and Le…
Steep Trails
A collection of Muir's previously unpublished essays, released shortly after his death. "This volume will meet, in every way, the high …
Recollections And Letters Of General Robert E. Lee
The life of the Confederate States of America general, Robert E. Lee, through the eyes of his youngest son, who was also a Confederate Army …
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning …