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The Life of Philip Melanchthon - Karl Friedrich Ledderhose
The Life of Philip Melanchthon - Karl Friedrich Ledderhose
- Author: Karl Friedrich Ledderhose
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Philip Melanchthon (1497 β 1560) is best known as the theologian of the Protestant Reformation, systematizing and defending much of Martin Lutherβs works and creating an educational system based on them. He was instrumental in the writing of the...
A Boys' Life of Booker T. Washington - Walter Clinton Jackson
A Boys' Life of Booker T. Washington - Walter Clinton Jackson
- Author: Walter Clinton Jackson
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Booker T. Washington was one of the first nationally recognized African American leaders after the Civil War. He was born to a slave woman in Virginia, who then took him as a young boy to West Virginia after the emancipation. Booker became a leader...
The Venerable Don Bosco the Apostle of Youth - M. S. Pine
The Venerable Don Bosco the Apostle of Youth - M. S. Pine
- Author: M. S. Pine
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Biographies
This brief sketch of the holy life and marvelous achievements of a great inheritor of the spirit of Saint Francis of Sales, Saint Don Bosco is intended only to stimulate souls to a wider study of this loving Apostle of Youth, and so to a knowledge...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Version 2) - Benjamin FRANKLIN
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Version 2) - Benjamin FRANKLIN
- Author: Benjamin FRANKLIN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
In Benjamin Franklin's lifetime, he kept good record of his life and travels, and although Franklin was never a president, he still plays a crucial part in our American history. (Summary by Elijah Fisher)...
A Book of Sibyls: Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Opie, Miss Austen - Anne Isabella Thackeray RITCHIE
A Book of Sibyls: Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Opie, Miss Austen - Anne Isabella Thackeray RITCHIE
- Author: Anne Isabella Thackeray RITCHIE
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
This book is a biography of four woman authors whose names were well known by readers at the time of its publication (1883) : Anna Barbaud, Maria Edgeworth, Amelia Opie, and Jane Austen. Though most of us today are only familiar with the writings of...
Charles James Fox - Henry Offley Wakeman
Charles James Fox - Henry Offley Wakeman
- Author: Henry Offley Wakeman
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Political Science / Modern (19th C)
Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was a prominent British Whig member of Parliament and the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. A staunch opponent of George III, he supported the American colonists throughout the War of Independence. He was a...
Legends of Charlemagne (Version 2) - Thomas BULFINCH
Legends of Charlemagne (Version 2) - Thomas BULFINCH
- Author: Thomas BULFINCH
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This study of Charlemagne is directed at the general literature reading public. Although the author tried to remain true to the legend and mythology surrounding the King of the Franks, renowned for uniting much of Europe, he points out that this is...
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers - Elbert Hubbard
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers - Elbert Hubbard
- Author: Elbert Hubbard
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Family & Relationships
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 Wars of the Roses 1377-1471 - Robert Balmain Mowat
The Wars of the Roses 1377-1471 - Robert Balmain Mowat
- Author: Robert Balmain Mowat
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
The Wars of the Roses, 1377-1471, were a series of English civil wars fought for the control of the throne of England between two rival cadet branches of the House of Plantagenet, Lancaster and York. The Scottish historian, Robert Balmain Mowat...
Journal of Francis Asbury, Volume II - Francis ASBURY
Journal of Francis Asbury, Volume II - Francis ASBURY
- Author: Francis ASBURY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Other
As one of the first two bishops of the Methodist church in America and one of the most well-known circuit riders during the spread of Methodism, Francis Asbury kept a journal of his travels and activities. His journal begins with his prayerful...
The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 2 - William E. Barton
The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 2 - William E. Barton
- Author: William E. Barton
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Modern (19th C)
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 β April 12, 1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not then...
Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium) - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium) - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Author: Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Biography & Autobiography / Essays & Short Works
Seneca the Youngerβs letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introduce major themes of Stoic philosophy and have been a source of inspiration and comfort for readers throughout...
The Complete Works of Brann, The Iconoclast, Volume 12 - William Cowper BRANN
The Complete Works of Brann, The Iconoclast, Volume 12 - William Cowper BRANN
- Author: William Cowper BRANN
- Genre: Short Stories / Biography & Autobiography / Essays & Short Works
William Cowper Brann earned the nickname βThe Iconoclastβ by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to be pompous and self-serving. He settled in the wild and wooly West Texas town of Waco in the late 1800s as a...
Rousseau and Education According to Nature - Thomas Davidson
Rousseau and Education According to Nature - Thomas Davidson
- Author: Thomas Davidson
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Education
In my Volume on Aristotle in this series, I tried to give an account of ancient, classical, and social Education; in the present volume I have endeavored to set forth the nature of modern, romantic, and unsocial Education. This education originates...
Rossini - W. Armine Bevan
Rossini - W. Armine Bevan
- Author: W. Armine Bevan
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
A brief summary of the life of the opera king, Rossini. - Summary by Mozartjr...
William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist - Archibald GrimkeΜ
William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist - Archibald GrimkeΜ
- Author: Archibald GrimkeΜ
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / History
"THE author of this volume desires . . . to say . . . that it is his earnest hope that this record of a hero may be an aid to brave and true living in the Republic, so that the problems knocking at its door for solution may find the heads, the...
Among the Great Masters of the Drama - Walter Rowlands
Among the Great Masters of the Drama - Walter Rowlands
- Author: Walter Rowlands
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
In "Among the great masters of the drama; scenes in the lives of famous actors; thirty-two reproductions of famous pictures with text", Walter Rowlands introduces us to the most famous playwrights and actors that might be seen on the London stages...
A Journey Round My Room - Xavier de Maistre
A Journey Round My Room - Xavier de Maistre
- Author: Xavier de Maistre
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Memoirs
Sentenced to house arrest for forty-two days owing to his participation in a duel, Xavier de Maistre was inspired to write a travel memoir about the greatest journey a man can take. It is a journey which costs nothing, one which is equally...
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (version 3) - Booker T. Washington
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (version 3) - Booker T. Washington
- Author: Booker T. Washington
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Up from Slavery is the autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington, describing his personal path up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War to his work at founding schools to help children from black or other...
The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven, Vol. 1 - Alexander Wheelock Thayer
The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven, Vol. 1 - Alexander Wheelock Thayer
- Author: Alexander Wheelock Thayer
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Music
The first of three volumes of the first scholarly biography of Ludwig van Beethoven. Covers the years 1770-1802. - Summary by Zain Solinski...
Voltaire and the French Enlightenment - Will Durant
Voltaire and the French Enlightenment - Will Durant
- Author: Will Durant
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism / Political Science
In this Little Blue Book Number 512, Will Durant describes François-Marie Arouet, the writer, historian, and philosopher known as Voltaire (1694-1778) as "unprepossessing, ugly, vain, flippant, unscrupulous, even at times dishonest" and "tirelessly...
Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 - James B. Gillett
Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 - James B. Gillett
- Author: James B. Gillett
- Genre: War & Military Fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
James Gillet recounts his adventures with the Texas Rangers 1856-1937. In a very entertaining style he recounts personal stories of wars, feuds, battles with the Apache nation and pursuing robbers and murderers. From these stories, and others like...
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (Version 2) - Alexander Wheelock Thayer
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (Version 2) - Alexander Wheelock Thayer
- Author: Alexander Wheelock Thayer
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The first scholarly biography on the life of Ludwig Von Beethoven. Volume 1 - Summary by Realisticspeakers...
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women - Elizabeth Blackwell
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women - Elizabeth Blackwell
- Author: Elizabeth Blackwell
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Education / Medical
A fascinating account of the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. She writes of her struggles in being accepted to a medical school (at one point she is advised to disguise herself as a male). She details her experiences...
Cavour - Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
Cavour - Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
- Author: Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810-1861) was an Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement for Italian unification. A nobleman born in Turin, Cavour founded the political newspaper "Il Risorgimento." An ardent admirer of Britain's...
Why We Love Lincoln - James Creelman
Why We Love Lincoln - James Creelman
- Author: James Creelman
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
Brought to us by notable reporter and writer, James Creelman, this story of Abraham Lincoln is a more personal and simple portrait of the most popular U.S. President. This account is told in an easy flowing style giving many insights into the spirt...
