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Shakespeare: Life and Work - John MUNRO
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Shakespeare: Life and Work - John MUNRO
  • Author: John MUNRO
  • Genre: Biography & Autobiography
William Shakespeare: actor, poet, playwright. He is often called England's greatest writer, the Bard of Avon, a national treasure. But who was he? An average boy, born to an average family of the period; a romantic and dreamer, tempted away from his...
Hidden Treasures - Harry A. LEWIS
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Hidden Treasures - Harry A. LEWIS
"Some succeed while others fail. This is a recognized fact; yet history tells us that seven-tenths of our most successful men began life poor." A selection of mini-biographies teaches us how some successful men have overcome odds to make their mark...
The Story of My Life - Helen KELLER
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The Story of My Life - Helen KELLER
The Story of My Life is a personal account of Helen Keller's life, from her early days to those as an adult. It includes how she came to meet her teacher Ann Sullivan, and learnt to communicate using the manual alphabet. It then goes on to chronicle...
Famous American Statesmen - Sarah Knowles Bolton
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Famous American Statesmen - Sarah Knowles Bolton
A sketch of the lives of some of America's early Statesmen: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Charles Sumner, Ulysses S. Grant, and James A. Garfield. (Summary by...
Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 2 - Peter KROPOTKIN
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Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 2 - Peter KROPOTKIN
  • Author: Peter KROPOTKIN
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but also about 19th century Russian society and politics. He was born into the nobility and had a military...
Mozart: The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words - Friedrich KERST
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Mozart: The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words - Friedrich KERST
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His name is one of the most recognizable names in history and one of the most enduring of composers. At age 5, this β€œwunderkinder” took to the stage and began his life as a prolific and celebrated creator-genius of such...
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie - Andrew Carnegie
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Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie - Andrew Carnegie
  • Author: Andrew Carnegie
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
This autobiography of Andrew Carnegie is a very well written and interesting history of one of the most wealthy men in the United states. He was born in Scotland in 1835 and emigrated to America in 1848. Among his many accomplishments and...
A New England Girlhood: Outlined From Memory - Lucy LARCOM
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A New England Girlhood: Outlined From Memory - Lucy LARCOM
  • Author: Lucy LARCOM
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Lucy Larcom was an American poet, teacher, and mil-worker. According to Wikipedia: "Larcom served as a model for the change in women's roles in society." This is her colorful autobiography. Here, she tells about her happy childhood, and her time...
American Men of Action - Burton Egbert Stevenson
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American Men of Action - Burton Egbert Stevenson
In this book, Burton Egbert Stevenson writes a brief biography of some of the most noteworthy men in American history. He begins at the very beginning of the history of America with Christopher Columbus and proceeds forward with the story of people...
George and Robert Stephenson - Samuel Smiles
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George and Robert Stephenson - Samuel Smiles
  • Author: Samuel Smiles
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
George Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, that was due to Newcomen and later to James Watt. He did not invent the steam locomotive, that was due to a number of people including Cugnot, Trevithick and others. He did not invent the Railway....
Epistolae, the letters of Dante - Dante ALIGHIERI
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Epistolae, the letters of Dante - Dante ALIGHIERI
This volume contains the thirteen letters of the poet Dante Alighieri translated from their original Latin, including the famous and controversial letter to his patron Cangrande della Scala. The letters provide a good deal of context for the reader...
Queen Elizabeth - Jacob Abbott
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Queen Elizabeth - 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...
Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 - Elizabeth Cady STANTON
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Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 - Elizabeth Cady STANTON
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend for over 50 years. While Elizabeth initially stayed home with her husband and many babies and wrote the...
Bacon - Richard William CHURCH
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Bacon - Richard William CHURCH
This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days ang progresses to his relationships with Queen Elizabeth and James I. It includes accounts of his positions as solicitor general, attorney-general, and...
Lord Kitchener - G. K. Chesterton
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Lord Kitchener - G. K. Chesterton
β€œThe paradox of all this part of his life lies in this--that, destined as he was to be the greatest enemy of Mahomedanism, he was quite exceptionally a friend of Mahomedans.” (Summary quoted from Gilbert Keith Chesterton)...
The Latch Key of My Bookhouse - Olive Beaupre MILLER
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The Latch Key of My Bookhouse - Olive Beaupre MILLER
This is the final book in a six volume set of the "My Bookhouse" books. This final title in the series leaves off the format of the previous volumes and is geared towards the parent or teacher. The major part of the books deals with short...
Queen Elizabeth - Edward Spencer BEESLY
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Queen Elizabeth - Edward Spencer BEESLY
A biography of Queen Elizabeth the First, the last monarch of the Tudors. (Summary by Brendan Stallard)...
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave - Henry BIBB
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Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave - Henry BIBB
  • Author: Henry BIBB
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Henry Walton Bibb was born a slave. His father was white although his identity was not positively known. Bibb was separated from his mother at a very young age and hired out to other slave owners for most of his childhood. Always yearning for his...
Stories of Great Composers for Children - Thomas Tapper
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Stories of Great Composers for Children - Thomas Tapper
This is a collection of ten short, entertaining, informative picture-book biographies of famous composers. Each book tells about the childhood and great achievements of a composer, and includes a short musical example. Here are links to the online...
Growth of a Soul - August Strindberg
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Growth of a Soul - August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright who has had many of his works read into Librivox by volunteers. From his earliest work, Strindberg developed forms of dramatic action, language, and visual composition so innovative that many were to...
The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa - Unknown
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The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa - Unknown
  • Author: Unknown
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admired for her work among the sick and the poor. She was a member of the noble Fieschi family, and spent most of...
Books Fatal to Their Authors - Peter Hempson DITCHFIELD
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Books Fatal to Their Authors - Peter Hempson DITCHFIELD
This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a person's conscience was unknown in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Why should a man be drawn and...
The Promised Land - Mary ANTIN
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The Promised Land - Mary ANTIN
  • Author: Mary ANTIN
  • Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Being a Jew in Russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Jews were persecuted because of their religion. So the Jews found comfort in their ancient traditions. When Mary Antin's father decided that keeping to his traditions did not...
The Life of Alfred the Great - Bishop of Sherbourne ASSER
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The Life of Alfred the Great - Bishop of Sherbourne ASSER
A life of King Alfred of England originally composed in Latin, possibly sometime around 888 A.D. by the Monk and Bishop Asser, although some scholars contend that the work was actually composed much later by an unknown hand. (Summary by Douglas B....
The Life of Rev. Henry Martyn - John HALL
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The Life of Rev. Henry Martyn - John HALL
  • Author: John HALL
  • Genre: Religion / Biography & Autobiography
Henry Martyn (1781-1812), a brilliant and ambitious young student in Cambridge, England, was led by God to be a missionary to India and Persia. While pastoring, starting schools, and teaching the locals as well as Europeans through his role as...
A Small Boy and Others - Henry James
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A Small Boy and Others - Henry James
A Small Boy and Others is a book of autobiography by Henry James published in 1913. The book covers James's earliest years and discusses his intellectually active family, his intermittent schooling, and his first trips to Europe. (Summary from...
Garibaldi and the Making of Italy - George Macaulay TREVELYAN
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Garibaldi and the Making of Italy - George Macaulay TREVELYAN
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) was an Italian general and politician who played a large role in making of what Italy is today. He is known as one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland". Garibaldi was a central figure in the Italian Risorgimento...
Robert Schumann, Tone Poet Prophet And Critic - Herbert Francis Peyser
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Robert Schumann, Tone Poet Prophet And Critic - Herbert Francis Peyser
[This is] the sketchiest outline of Robert Schumann’s short life but amazingly rich achievement. Together with Haydn and Schubert he was, perhaps, the most completely lovable of the great masters. It is hard, moreover, to think of a composer more...
The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918 - John Howard Bertram MASTERMAN
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The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918 - John Howard Bertram MASTERMAN
This volume by the British historian J.H.B. Masterman (1867-1933) is a short survey of the first four centuries after the fall of Rome. The author writes of Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, who sought to impose order on a shattered Italy, of the...
The Underground Railroad, Part 1 - William Still
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The Underground Railroad, Part 1 - William Still
  • Author: William Still
  • Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
”It was my good fortune to lend a helping hand to the weary travelers flying from the land of bondage.” William Still. "Dear Sir:β€”For most of the years I have lived, the escape of fugitives from slavery, and their efforts to baffle the human and...
Cardinal de Richelieu - Eleanor C. PRICE
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Cardinal de Richelieu - Eleanor C. PRICE
Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642), the dreaded red eminence, mentor and manager of Louis XIII, skilled in logistics, he subdued in battle the unruly Huguenot aristocracy, successfully resisted France's encirclement by the...
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 9) - John Hay
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Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 9) - John Hay
  • Author: John Hay
  • Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 6 chronicles Lincoln's life in 1864,...
Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times - Frederick Edward MANING
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Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times - Frederick Edward MANING
Introduction to Old New ZealandPhilip SteerVictoria University February 2004Frederick Edward Maning is best known as an author, but he was also at times a trader and a judge of the Native Land Court. He was born in Dublin, Ireland on 5 July 1811 or...
The Life of Cicero, Vol. I - Anthony Trollope
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The Life of Cicero, Vol. I - Anthony Trollope
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC) was an orator, statesman, philosopher and prolific correspondent, who rose as a β€˜new man’ in Rome in the turbulent last years of its republican government. Anthony Trollope, best known as a novelist, admired Cicero...
Autobiography of Anthony Trollope - Anthony Trollope
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Autobiography of Anthony Trollope - Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope's autobiography will delight you whether or not you've read (or listened to) any of his many works. His honest if self-deprecating tone is at times hilarious and at times piteously moving. His detailed descriptions of his writing...
My Chinese Marriage - Mae FRANKING
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My Chinese Marriage - Mae FRANKING
  • Author: Mae FRANKING
  • Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Mae Watkins, a University of Michigan student, unexpectedly falls in love with a Chinese international law student in the midst of World War I. Despite the socially unacceptable pairing the couple decide to tie the knot and forge ahead with an...
My Own Story - Emmeline PANKHURST
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My Own Story - Emmeline PANKHURST
Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement. She was widely criticized for her militant tactics, but her work is recognised as a crucial element in achieving women's suffrage in Britain. In her...
A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man - Noah DAVIS
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A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man - Noah DAVIS
  • Author: Noah DAVIS
  • Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is to RAISE SUFFICIENT MEANS TO FREE HIS LAST TWO CHILDREN FROM SLAVERY. Having already, within twelve years past, purchased himself, his wife, and five of his children, at a cost,...
Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 1 - Peter KROPOTKIN
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Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 1 - Peter KROPOTKIN
  • Author: Peter KROPOTKIN
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but also about 19th century Russian society and politics. He was born into the nobility and had a military...
From Sail to Steam: Recollections of Naval Life - Alfred Thayer MAHAN
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From Sail to Steam: Recollections of Naval Life - Alfred Thayer MAHAN
Alfred Thayer Mahan, American historian and author, whose The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 became instrumental in the formation of naval strategy by many nations in the 20th century, here recounts his observations and experiences...