Biography & Autobiography
285 books
*Non-fiction
461
Agnes Strickland - Lives of the Queens of England Volume 1
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...
9 hours 49 minutes
*Non-fiction
463
Samuel H. M. Byers - With Fire and Sword (Byers)
Samuel H. M. Byers was an American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War. «In war some persons seek adventures; others have them in spite of themselves. It happened that the writer of this book belonged to a...
4 hours 41 minutes
*Non-fiction
524
John Stuart Mill - Auguste Comte and Positivism
Part 1 lays out the framework for Positivism as originated in France by Auguste Comte in his Cours de Philosophie Positive. Mill examines the tenets of Comte's movement and alerts us to defects. Part 2 concerns all...
5 hours 47 minutes
*Non-fiction
471
John D. Rockefeller - Random Reminiscences of Men and Events
A good book by the oil revolutionist of the 20th century. As they say «Men should listen to experience» and this book is all about the experience of the second highest taxpayer of the US during the 20's. Though it...
3 hours 46 minutes
*Non-fiction
459
Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard - Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor was pre-eminently the opener of new paths, a breaker of trails. From his first tramp alone through the Black Forest of Baden, at sixteen, his life never lost this typical touch. In America, both...
7 hours 30 minutes
*Non-fiction
422
Henry Bibb - Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave
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...
5 hours 19 minutes
