Biography & Autobiography
285 books
General
452
Mary Stoyell Stimpson - Child's Book of American Biography
In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so often that every child should know a few facts about them. It is hoped the...
4 hours 42 minutes
*Non-fiction
506
Henry Brooks Adams - Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp...
17 hours 37 minutes
*Non-fiction
575
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield - Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, was at one time Ambassador to the Hague, negotiated the second Treaty of Vienna, was a founding governor of London’s Foundling Hospital, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and Secretary...
28 hours 37 minutes
*Non-fiction
534
Samuel Smiles - George and Robert Stephenson
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....
12 hours 49 minutes
