Biography & Autobiography - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 5
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth - John Muir
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth - John Muir
- Author: John Muir
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
"The only fire for the whole house was the kitchen stove, with a fire box about eighteen inches long and eight inches wide and deep,- scant space for three or four small sticks, around which in hard zero weather all the family of ten shivered, and...
Frederick Douglass A Biography - Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Frederick Douglass A Biography - Charles Waddell Chesnutt
- Author: Charles Waddell Chesnutt
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass became one of America's great icons. He escaped slavery to become one of our great abolitionists, statesman, writer, orator, all around social reformer and intellectual of our time. He was born in 1818 in the...
Jesse James, My Father - Jesse JAMES, JR.
Jesse James, My Father - Jesse JAMES, JR.
- Author: Jesse JAMES JR.
- Genre: *Non-fiction / War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
A biography of Jesse James as told by his son, Jesse James, Jr. We are treated to inside tales of Jesse's childhood and home life; what drove him to become a Confederate guerrilla during the Civil War; his life after the war and how he became a...
A Texas Cowboy; Or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony - Charles A. SIRINGO
A Texas Cowboy; Or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony - Charles A. SIRINGO
- Author: Charles A. SIRINGO
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Charles A. Siringo was an American lawman, detective, and agent for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency during the late 19th century and early 20th centuryβ¦. After taking part in several cattle drives, Siringo stopped herding to settle down, get...
The Life of Benjamin Franklin - Samuel G GOODRICH
The Life of Benjamin Franklin - Samuel G GOODRICH
- Author: Samuel G GOODRICH
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This little book was intended for the education of school children and includes tales, sketches and anecdotes of his life written for the children of the mid 1800's and written in the English languge of that period. Each chapter has numerous...
Seven Statesmen of the Later Republic - Charles William Chadwick Oman
Seven Statesmen of the Later Republic - Charles William Chadwick Oman
- Author: Charles William Chadwick Oman
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
While there are many general histories of the decline and fall of the Roman Republic, the Oxford historian, Charles Oman, writes that his little book is rather "a series of studies of the leading men of the century, intended to show the importance...
Recollections of Oscar Wilde - Franz BLEI
Recollections of Oscar Wilde - Franz BLEI
- Author: Franz BLEI
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This 1906 collection of memories of Oscar Wilde is by friends. Wilde said that his genius was his life; only his talent was in his works. (Summary by david wales)...
Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be - Irwin Leslie GORDON
Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be - Irwin Leslie GORDON
- Author: Irwin Leslie GORDON
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. -- S. McGaughey From the Introduction, "The editor begs leave to inform the public that only persons who can produce proper evidence of their demise will be admitted to Who Was Who....
The Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland - Frances Alice Forbes
The Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland - Frances Alice Forbes
- Author: Frances Alice Forbes
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Biographies
Saint Columba (521 β 597) was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in present-day Scotland. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for...
Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great - Elbert Hubbard
Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great - Elbert Hubbard
- Author: Elbert Hubbard
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Elbert Hubbard visits the homes of authors, politicians, poets, philosophers and other prestigious people. If they are still living he speaks with them about their work. If they are dead he reflects on how their surroundings may have influenced...
Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States - Charles Godfrey Leland
Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States - Charles Godfrey Leland
- Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The book is a biography of Abraham Lincoln with emphasis on how his personality and beliefs impacted the history of the American Emancipation and its causes. The book is very well written, easy to read and includes incredible historical information...
Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1 - Albert Bigelow Paine
Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1 - Albert Bigelow Paine
- Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Humor / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Until recently, this work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 β April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. This recording of Paine's exhaustive...
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I (version 2) - James Boswell
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I (version 2) - James Boswell
- Author: James Boswell
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This is the first of four volumes of a what was a new, intimate, type of biography when it was first published in 1791 and which has been annotated by numerous editors . Boswell took many notes of Johnson's conversations during the time when he knew...
Catherine Booth - Mildred Duff
Catherine Booth - Mildred Duff
- Author: Mildred Duff
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Catherine Booth (1829 β 1890) was the wife of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army in England. She was a full-partner with her husband in the ministry and work of the movement which from the beginning welcomed women into full ministry...
The Normans in European History - Charles Homer HASKINS
The Normans in European History - Charles Homer HASKINS
- Author: Charles Homer HASKINS
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / History
Wherever their ships took them, the Normans (Northman) were ruthless conquerors but gifted governors. These eight lectures, given in Boston in 1915 by the eminent Harvard medievalist, Charles Homer Haskins, chronicle the achievements of these...
Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams, Vol. 1 - Abigail ADAMS
Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams, Vol. 1 - Abigail ADAMS
- Author: Abigail ADAMS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Abigail Adams lived the American Revolution as the wife of one of its central figures--John Adams. Her family correspondence, published along with a memoir by her grandson, Charles Francis Adams, brings that era into eloquent focus. What was it like...
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 1) - John Hay
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 1) - John Hay
- Author: John Hay
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by two of his private secretaries. (Summary by ashleighjane)...
The Story of Garfield - William Gunion RUTHERFORD
The Story of Garfield - William Gunion RUTHERFORD
- Author: William Gunion RUTHERFORD
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
A short biography of the 20th U.S. President. Garfield was raised in humble circumstances on an Ohio farm by his widowed mother and elder brother. Before he was elected president in the Republican party he was first elected to Congress in 1862 as...
Charles I - Jacob Abbott
Charles I - 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...
My Father As I Recall Him - Mamie DICKENS
My Father As I Recall Him - Mamie DICKENS
- Author: Mamie DICKENS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
"If, in these pages, written in remembrance of my father, I should tell you, my dear friends, nothing new of him, I can, at least, promise you that what I shall tell will be told faithfully, if simply, and perhaps there may be some things not...
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater - Thomas de QUINCEY
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater - Thomas de QUINCEY
- Author: Thomas de QUINCEY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
βThou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty Opium!β Though apparently presenting the reader with a collage of poignant memories, temporal digressions and random anecdotes, the Confessions is a work of immense sophistication and...
A History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 4 - Justin McCarthy
A History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 4 - Justin McCarthy
- Author: Justin McCarthy
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
In Volume IV of this series on the Hanoverian kings, Justin McCarthy and his son, Justin Huntly McCarthy, both Liberal Irish MPs., bring on the stage that bulky, big-spender, George IV, his bumbling brother, William IV, the impulsive Liberal loose...
Memoir of Jane Austen - James Edward AUSTEN-LEIGH
Memoir of Jane Austen - James Edward AUSTEN-LEIGH
- Author: James Edward AUSTEN-LEIGH
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
"The Memoir of my Aunt, Jane Austen, has been received with more favour than I had ventured to expect. The notices taken of it in the periodical press, as well as letters addressed to me by many with whom I am not personally acquainted, show that an...
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 1 - Henry Richard Fox BOURNE
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 1 - Henry Richard Fox BOURNE
- Author: Henry Richard Fox BOURNE
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Lord Cochrane was a Napoleonic-era sea captain, whose adventures were the source material for many popular series of naval fiction. He started to write a biography but passed away after completing only two volumes. This work, co-authored by a naval...
Two Years in the Forbidden City - Der Ling YU
Two Years in the Forbidden City - Der Ling YU
- Author: Der Ling YU
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
THE author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yu Keng, a member of the Manchu White Banner Corps, and one of the most advanced and progressive Chinese officials of his generation. she...
A Son of the Middle Border - Hamlin Garland
A Son of the Middle Border - Hamlin Garland
- Author: Hamlin Garland
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Family & Relationships
In all the region of autobiography, so far as I know it, I do not know quite the like of Mr. Garland's story of his life, and I should rank it with the very greatest of that kind in literature. . . . It is the poet who sees the vast scale of human...
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman - Sarah Hopkins BRADFORD
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman - Sarah Hopkins BRADFORD
- Author: Sarah Hopkins BRADFORD
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
A portrait of Harriet Tubman is scheduled to replace that of Andrew Jackson on the front of the U.S. $20 bill in 2020. Sarah H. Bradford, who knew Tubman personally, wrote these scenes from Tubman's extraordinary life in 1869. - Summary by Sue...
Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews - Mark Twain
Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Humor / Modern (19th C)
This collection of the 258 known, publicly-printed interviews of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Gary Scharnhorst and published by the University of Alabama Press. The interviews are in the Public Domain, and our thanks go to...
Far Away and Long Ago - William Henry HUDSON
Far Away and Long Ago - William Henry HUDSON
- Author: William Henry HUDSON
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was born of U.S. parents living in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, where he spent his youth studying the local flora and fauna and observing both...
Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark - William R. LIGHTON
Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark - William R. LIGHTON
- Author: William R. LIGHTON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Exploration
In the years 1804, 1805, and 1806, two men commanded an expedition which explored the wilderness that stretched from the mouth of the Missouri River to where the Columbia enters the Pacific, and dedicated to civilization a new empire. Their names...
The Life of Mozart Volume 1 - Otto JAHN
The Life of Mozart Volume 1 - Otto JAHN
- Author: Otto JAHN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Music
An in depth look into the life of one of the greatest ever composers and musicians. Mozart was truly a gifted individual and this is an interesting look at both his family life and his musical career. Summary by Michele Eaton...
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable - Jean S. REMY
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable - Jean S. REMY
- Author: Jean S. REMY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C) / Modern (20th C)
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable is a halting account in presidential history - quite literally! From Washington to Jackson to Cleveland to McKinley, Jean S. Remy details the lives of the presidents in as few syllables as...
War Stories for My Grandchildren - John Watson FOSTER
War Stories for My Grandchildren - John Watson FOSTER
- Author: John Watson FOSTER
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
After years of telling these stories to his grandchildren, Foster was prevailed on to write them down for future generations. Rather than rely on his memory, he conducted research for accuracy. He served as a colonel for the Union Army during the...
William the Conqueror - Jacob Abbott
William the Conqueror - 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...
Theodore Roosevelt; An Address Delivered Before The Congress Of The United States - Henry Cabot LODGE
Theodore Roosevelt; An Address Delivered Before The Congress Of The United States - Henry Cabot LODGE
- Author: Henry Cabot LODGE
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Essays & Short Works / Political Science
A biographical encomium delivered on the occasion of Roosevelt's death. Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. (1858 β 1919) was an American author, naturalist, explorer, historian, and politician who served as the 26th President of the United States. He...
Giacomo Puccini - Wakeling DRY
Giacomo Puccini - Wakeling DRY
- Author: Wakeling DRY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This biography of Puccini was written while the composer was at the height of his career. Besides the usual biographical information, the author summarizes and discusses Puccini's works to this point, including Le Villi, Edgar, Manon Lescaut, La...
The Life of Kit Carson - Edward S. ELLIS
The Life of Kit Carson - Edward S. ELLIS
- Author: Edward S. ELLIS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more than hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent and...
Clara A. Swain, M.D. - Mrs. Robert HOSKINS
Clara A. Swain, M.D. - Mrs. Robert HOSKINS
- Author: Mrs. Robert HOSKINS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This is a brief biography of Clara A. Swain, M.D. who is regarded as the "first Medical Missionary to the Women of the Orient." She graduated from the Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia and was sent out to India where she eventually came to be...
The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton - John Clement REVILLE
The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton - John Clement REVILLE
- Author: John Clement REVILLE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Religion
This is a picturesque and moving account of the life and work of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. This widowed mother of five established...
Heroes of the Middle Ages - Eva March Tappan
Heroes of the Middle Ages - Eva March Tappan
- Author: Eva March Tappan
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
"The object of this book is to bring together stories of the most important movements in the history of Europe during the Middle Ages, and to make familiar the names of the most important figures in those scenes. I have endeavoured to weave a...