Biography & Autobiography
285 books
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Olaudah Equiano - Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. It discusses his time spent in slavery, serving primarily on galleys, documents his attempts at...
8 hours 5 minutes
Humorous Fiction
940
Irwin Leslie Gordon - Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be
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...
3 hours 2 minutes
*Non-fiction
1.2K
Frank Lewis Dyer - Edison, His Life and Inventions
A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage battery, and the electric light. In the words of the authors, «It is designed in...
29 hours 42 minutes
*Non-fiction
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Mary Harris Jones - Autobiography of Mother Jones
Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) was a legendary labor organizer. She was a founding member of the International Workers of the World (the IWW, or the Wobblies), and was active in the United Mine Workers and the...
5 hours 39 minutes
Humorous Fiction
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Mark Twain - Chapters from my Autobiography
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of these Chapters from my Autobiography. He originally planned to have his memoirs published only after his death but...
10 hours 35 minutes
