Biography & Autobiography - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 10
The Life of Saint Macrina - GREGORY OF NYSSA
The Life of Saint Macrina - GREGORY OF NYSSA
- Author: GREGORY OF NYSSA
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The poignant biography of Saint Macrina, by her brother, Saint Gregory of Nyssa. (The Reader) “The use of the word "philosophy" to designate Christianity is common in the writings of the fourth century, ... It is employed in a twofold sense, of the...
Catharine de Bora; or, Social and Domestic Scenes in the Life of Luther - John G. MORRIS
Catharine de Bora; or, Social and Domestic Scenes in the Life of Luther - John G. MORRIS
- Author: John G. MORRIS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
"There are many interesting and characteristic incidents in the domestic life of Luther which are not found in biographies of the great Reformer. The character of his wife has not been portrayed in full, and who does not wish to become better...
Life of Prince Metternich - George Bruce MALLESON
Life of Prince Metternich - George Bruce MALLESON
- Author: George Bruce MALLESON
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859) first foreign minister, and then chancellor of the Austrian Empire was a great diplomat: crafty, manipulative, and single-minded in his determination to overthrow Napoleon and his revolutionary ideals and to...
Explorers and Travellers - Adolphus W. GREELY
Explorers and Travellers - Adolphus W. GREELY
- Author: Adolphus W. GREELY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
“Explorers and Travellers” is a collection of short biographies of some of America’s intrepid explorers. Adolphus W. Greely writes brief but very complete histories of men who risked life and fortune to discover more of our world. A thoroughly...
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass - Frederick DOUGLASS
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass - Frederick DOUGLASS
- Author: Frederick DOUGLASS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Frederick Douglass published his highly acclaimed third autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, in 1881 and revised it in 1892. The emancipation of American slaves during and following the American Civil War enabled him to relate in...
The Petticoat Commando - Johanna BRANDT
The Petticoat Commando - Johanna BRANDT
- Author: Johanna BRANDT
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
In introducing the English version of this book I venture to bespeak a welcome for it, not only for the light which it throws on some little-known incidents of the South African war, but also because of the keen personal interest of the events...
Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women - Elbert Hubbard
Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women - Elbert Hubbard
- Author: Elbert Hubbard
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of...
The Precipice - Elia Wilkinson PEATTIE
The Precipice - Elia Wilkinson PEATTIE
- Author: Elia Wilkinson PEATTIE
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
Elia Peattie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Wounded Knee massacre, capital punishment, and the like. The Precipice is partially based on the life of her...
Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre - Agnes Mary Frances ROBINSON
Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre - Agnes Mary Frances ROBINSON
- Author: Agnes Mary Frances ROBINSON
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism
Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre (Marguerite de Navarre), (1492-1549), was the sister of Francis I, King of France. She was highly-educated and was courted by the future Henry VIII of England. However, at the age of seventeen, she was married...
The Secret of Charlotte Brontë - Frederika Richardson MACDONALD
The Secret of Charlotte Brontë - Frederika Richardson MACDONALD
- Author: Frederika Richardson MACDONALD
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism / Modern (19th C)
Twenty years ago, now, I attempted (but was not especially successful in the task) to establish upon the personal knowledge that my own residence as a pupil in the historical Pensionnat in the Rue d'Isabelle, at Bruxelles gave me of the facts of...
The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 2 - Edward Tyas COOK
The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 2 - Edward Tyas COOK
- Author: Edward Tyas COOK
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of her notes, letters and writings, that goes way beyond the mere legend of "The Lady With The Lamp", and the...
John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs - Jack London
John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Jack London died at the age of forty. In this autobiographical work, London describes his life as seen through the eyes of John Barleycorn (alcohol). There is much controversy about the cause of his death just as there is about alcoholism and...
The Loves of Great Composers - Gustav KOBBÉ
The Loves of Great Composers - Gustav KOBBÉ
- Author: Gustav KOBBÉ
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Gustav Kobbe was a German/US music critic who worked at the time of Liszt and Wagner in particular, and was clearly in the Wagnerian rather than the Brahms camp. His unusual style of writing and his strongly romantic take on the loves of these seven...
John Knox - A. Taylor INNES
John Knox - A. Taylor INNES
- Author: A. Taylor INNES
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
A scholarly and thoughtful biography of the Scottish Reformer. (Jael Baldwin)...
Some Eminent Women of our Times - Millicent Garrett FAWCETT
Some Eminent Women of our Times - Millicent Garrett FAWCETT
- Author: Millicent Garrett FAWCETT
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Written by Millicent Garrett, a noted British feminist, suffragist and intellectual writer, this volume is comprised of short biographical sketches of 23 influential women from Jane Austen and Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Queen Victoria and Queen...
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures - John Stevens Cabot Abbott
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures - John Stevens Cabot Abbott
- Author: John Stevens Cabot Abbott
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet “King of the Wild Frontier.” He represented...
Life of Edward the Black Prince - Louise Creighton
Life of Edward the Black Prince - Louise Creighton
- Author: Louise Creighton
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England. He commanded the vanguard at the Battle of Crécy and, skillfully deploying his troops, defeated a much larger French force at the Battle of Poitiers. In this short...
President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation - Henry Watson WILBUR
President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation - Henry Watson WILBUR
- Author: Henry Watson WILBUR
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
A review of events prior to, during and following the American Civil War bringing an insightful perspective on Lincoln's true attitude toward slavery and emancipation. (Summary by Guero)...
Being a Boy - Charles Dudley WARNER
Being a Boy - Charles Dudley WARNER
- Author: Charles Dudley WARNER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Warner's thoughtful and often humorous memoir of his life as a young farm-boy in Charlemont, Massachusetts. (Introduction by Mark Penfold)...
History of Julius Caesar - Jacob Abbott
History of Julius Caesar - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The book chronicles the extraordinary life and leadership of Rome’s Emperor Julius Caesar, from his early years to his assassination. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
Kepler - Walter W. BRYANT
Kepler - Walter W. BRYANT
- Author: Walter W. BRYANT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
This biography of Johannes Kepler begins with an account of what the world of astronomy was like before his time, then proceeds to a look at his early years. Two chapters deal with his working relationship with Tycho Brahe. These are followed by a...
The Case of Wagner / Nietzsche Contra Wagner / Selected Aphorisms - Friedrich Nietzsche
The Case of Wagner / Nietzsche Contra Wagner / Selected Aphorisms - Friedrich Nietzsche
- Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Music
A collection of three of Nietzsche's writings concerning the music of Wagner. In particular, he relates Wagner's music as degenerate, unrefined and unintelligent and relates it to a gradually degenerating German culture and society. The translator...
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI - Diogenes LAERTIUS
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI - Diogenes LAERTIUS
- Author: Diogenes LAERTIUS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Ancient
There are 10 divisions in this title. This project is a recording of book 6. There is a number of interesting anecdotes on the lives of Antisthenes, Diogenes of Sinope, Monimus, Onesicritus, Crates of Thebes, Metrocles, Hipparchia, Menippus and...
A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography - Clifford Whittingham BEERS
A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography - Clifford Whittingham BEERS
- Author: Clifford Whittingham BEERS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
At twenty-four, Clifford Beers, Yale graduate and son of an old New England family, was confined to a mental institution, where he experienced and saw terrible mistreatment of patients. Eight years later, after his time in another institution, he...
Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III - Albert Bigelow Paine
Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III - Albert Bigelow Paine
- Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Humor / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
This work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain for over a hundred years. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. These recordings of Paine's...
Hannibal - Jacob Abbott
Hannibal - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: Historical / Biography & Autobiography / Antiquity
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it...
Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality - Stuart MASON
Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality - Stuart MASON
- Author: Stuart MASON
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
“Who can help laughing when an ordinary journalist seriously proposes to limit the subject-matter at the disposal of the artist?” “We are dominated by journalism.... Journalism governs for ever and ever.”[/i] One of the nastiest of the British...
Hero Tales from American History - Theodore Roosevelt
Hero Tales from American History - Theodore Roosevelt
- Author: Theodore Roosevelt
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to the stern and manly qualities which are essential to the...
Maria Theresa - James Franck BRIGHT
Maria Theresa - James Franck BRIGHT
- Author: James Franck BRIGHT
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
By the time of his death in 1740, the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, had done everything possible to secure the succession to the throne of his daughter, Maria Theresa, but practically nothing to train her how to rule. Nevertheless, Maria Theresa...
Mary Queen of Scots - Jacob Abbott
Mary Queen of Scots - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it...
The Lives of the Queens of England, Volume 8 - Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England, Volume 8 - Agnes Strickland
- Author: Agnes Strickland
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elisabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066....
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II - Lucy Aikin
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II - Lucy Aikin
- Author: Lucy Aikin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth from a variety of sources within the monarch's court, compiled and interpreted by Lucy Aikin. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
The Story of Geronimo - Jim Kjelgaard
The Story of Geronimo - Jim Kjelgaard
- Author: Jim Kjelgaard
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Geronimo (1829 – 1909) was a prominent leader of the Bedonkohe Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. "Geronimo" was the name given to him...
The Underground Railroad, Part 4 - William Still
The Underground Railroad, Part 4 - William Still
- Author: William Still
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
"The work is intensely interesting. Many of the narratives thrill the reader through and through. Some of them awaken an indignation, a horror, or a sense of humiliation and shame that makes the blood curdle or the cheek flush, or the breathing...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5 - Giorgio VASARI
- Author: Giorgio VASARI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, is a...
Roman History: The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to that of Domitian - William Wolfe CAPES
Roman History: The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to that of Domitian - William Wolfe CAPES
- Author: William Wolfe CAPES
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
William Wolfe Capes (1834-1914) was an Anglican cleric, a classicist, and a historian. This is his short chronicle of the early Roman Empire, from the aftermath of the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E. to the assassination of the tyrannical...
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians - Elbert Hubbard
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians - Elbert Hubbard
- Author: Elbert Hubbard
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of...
My First Summer in the Sierra - John Muir
My First Summer in the Sierra - John Muir
- Author: John Muir
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Nature
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 and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw. The antics of the smallest “insect people”...
Theodoric the Goth - Thomas HODGKIN
Theodoric the Goth - Thomas HODGKIN
- Author: Thomas HODGKIN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Antiquity
Theodoric the Great (~454-526) was king of the Ostrogoths during the time of the terminal decline of the Western Roman Empire. After wandering with his people through the Balkans, at times allied with the Eastern Empire, and at others, its enemy, he...
My Life on the Plains - George Armstrong CUSTER
My Life on the Plains - George Armstrong CUSTER
- Author: George Armstrong CUSTER
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876), one of the most mythologized figures in American history, was an United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He eventually met his fate...
