Biography & Autobiography
Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Year…
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William Walker, Jr.
The early nineteenth century was a period of great discovery and advancements in science. Here we have a snapshot of some of those whose nam…
A Book About Myself
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Theodore Dreiser
A book written by Theodore Dreiser detailing a history of his life and how he became a writer. - Summary by Michele Eaton
The Story of George Fox
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Rufus Jones
A biography of George Fox, founder of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). - Summary by Richard Vogel
Gertrude Bell
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Ronald Bodley and Lorna Hearst
A highly engaging biography about a fascinating English woman who was most unusual for her time. An adventurous traveler who fell completely…
The Life of Philip Melanchthon
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Karl Friedrich Ledderhose
Philip Melanchthon (1497 – 1560) is best known as the theologian of the Protestant Reformation, systematizing and defending much of Martin …
Journal Of Small Things
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Helen Gansevoort Edwards Mackay
Brief journal sketches from France during WW1. The author was was American, but went on to spend much of her life in France. - Summary by ka…
Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais
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John Rivers
Beaumarchais – Watchmaker, music teacher, politician, opportunist, publisher, secret agent for Louis XVI, yet fomenter of revolution in both…
Edward III
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William Parsons Warburton
Edward III reigned for fifty years, from 1327 to 1377. William Warburton writes that "the backbone of the story of his reign and times …
The History of the Popes During the Last Four Centuries, Volume 1
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Leopold Von Ranke
Leopold von Ranke was a German Lutheran historian and a founder of modern historical writing based on primary sources. This is a panoramic a…
Pierre Curie
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Marie Curie
This biography of the noted French physicist Pierre Curie was written by his wife, the renowned physicist Marie Curie. In it, she not only c…
An Adventure
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Charlotte Anne Moberly
The Moberly–Jourdain incident was an event that occurred on 10 August 1901 in the gardens of the Petit Trianon, involving two female academi…
Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, Volume 1
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Carl Sandburg
A fascinating look at the early life of Abraham Lincoln through his term as Illinois congressman. Writer and poet Carl Sandburg, with an acc…
Twelve Good Musicians: From John Bull to Henry Purcell
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Frederick Bridge
Brief sketches of the lives and music of 12 well-known musicians. - Summary by KevinS
Why We Love Lincoln
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James Creelman
Brought to us by notable reporter and writer, James Creelman, this story of Abraham Lincoln is a more personal and simple portrait of the m…
Edward the First (Version 2)
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Thomas Frederick Tout
Part of the Twelve English Statesmen series of books. Edward I, was one of the greatest of the medieval monarchs, driven either by a deep co…
A Political Pilgrim in Europe
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Mrs. Philip Snowden
Written in the aftermath of Word War I, Viscountess Snowden recounts her travels in post war Europe in, as she describes it, "an attemp…
Robert Louis Stevenson
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G. K. Chesterton
This short early twentieth century biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by polymath Chesterton and journalist Nicoll is also sometimes entitl…