Biography & Autobiography

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Owen Wister - Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is only 145 pages in a little pamphlet size. The author is famous for his stories...

David Wales 2 hours 45 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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H. P. Nichols - Women of History

An intriguing look at well known women in history from BC 500 to the mid 1800's. Each chapter is a brief overview of one woman's life. An interesting read. (Summary by Michele Eaton)

Lucretia B. and 24 more 8 hours 28 minutes

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Hiram Bingham - Explorer in the Air Service

Explorer Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, as recounted in his book Inca Lands, now released on Librivox at librivox.org/inca-lands-by-hiram-bingham/. In 1917, he became an aviator and organized the...

asterix and 2 more 7 hours 41 minutes

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Pearl White - Just Me

Perhaps the first memoir written by a film celebrity, Pearl White's Just Me gives a first-person account of the actress' rise to stardom. White guides us through her early childhood, her development as a...

Pamela Krantz 3 hours 32 minutes

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Eugene Field - Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac

Do you love books? No, I mean REALLY love books? These series of sketches on the delights, adventures, and misadventures connected with bibliomania (bibliomania is characterized by the collecting of books which have...

David Wales and 7 more 4 hours 34 minutes

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James Boswell - Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. III

This is the third volume of the Biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson's Life has been documented in great detail by his friends, this biography being originally published by James Boswell, and then edited...

Brendan Stallard and 11 more 25 hours 58 minutes The Life of Samuel Johnson

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Agnes Strickland - Lives of the Queens of England Volume 4

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 Elizabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England...

Ann Boulais 16 hours 23 minutes Lives of the Queens of England

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Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 2

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Moncure Daniel Conway - Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 2

Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This second volume of his autobiography covers the years from the US Civil War to roughly 1904. (Summary by JoeD)

Guero and 9 more 16 hours 52 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Clayton Edwards - Treasury of Heroes and Heroines

It would be pleasant indeed to gather the characters of this book together and listen to the conversation of wholly different but interested couples—for this is a book of contrasts and has been written as such. Lives...

Lucretia B. and 20 more 11 hours 40 minutes

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Francis Fisher Browne - Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln

This detailed biography covers the places in Lincoln's life: Indiana, Illinois, Washington. It also traces his various roles as storekeeper, serviceman, state legislator, lawyer, politician, Republican Party leader,...

Bill Boerst 20 hours 24 minutes

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General

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Calista McCabe Courtenay - George Washington

In this biography for young people, Calista McCabe Courtenay takes the reader from George Washington the surveyor to his early military career, first as a colonel in the Virgina militia and then as a member of General...

Bill Boerst 2 hours 2 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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Aaron Smith - Atrocities of the Pirates

In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England. Forced to work as a navigator and as a member of pirate boarding parties, he...

James K. White 3 hours 37 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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