Memoirs

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War & Military

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Lord Thomas Cochrane - Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2

This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to clear his name. It has had a marked influence on naval fiction, most...

Timothy Ferguson 13 hours 52 minutes

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Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas

Memoirs

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Fanny Loviot - Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas

This thrilling narrative recounts the true story of Fanny Loviot, a wealthy, young French girl who was kidnapped at sea. After setting sail for California in 1855, Fanny's boat was overtaken by Chinese pirates who...

Will Staunton and 1 more 3 hours 36 minutes

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Frances Ridley Havergal - Kept for the Master's Use

The memoirs of Frances Ridley Havergal, a great missionary and hymn writer. — Summary by PamC

Esther ben Simonides and 4 more 4 hours

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Memoirs

417

Mary Stuart Boyd - Versailles Christmas-Tide

The Boy has fallen ill with scarlet fever while at school in France. His parents rush to his side. A touching memoir. — Summary by david wales

David Wales 2 hours 7 minutes

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Memoirs

427

Matthew A. Henson - Negro Explorer at the North Pole

In this fascinating memoir, Matthew Henson describes the incredibly dangerous, exhausting, and bone-chilling trip to what was until then the never-before reached point on earth, the North Pole. «Robert Peary is...

Lee Smalley 3 hours 41 minutes

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War & Military

444

Theodore Roosevelt - Rough Riders

Theodore Roosevelt's personal account of The Rough Riders, the name affectionately bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the...

William Peck 6 hours 31 minutes

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*Non-fiction

592

James Berry - My Experiences as an Executioner

From 1884 until 1891, James Berry was an executioner. In this time he carried out 131 hangings. In this memoir he writes about the methods he used, and the final moments of some of those he executed. — Summary by...

ashleighjane 4 hours 5 minutes

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On an Irish Jaunting-Car through Donegal and Connemara

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

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Samuel Gamble Bayne - On an Irish Jaunting-Car through Donegal and Connemara

This book gives a brief glimpse into the social history of Ireland in the early part of the 20th Century. During his 1902 tour through the north, west and south of Ireland the author provides entertaining insights...

Frank Lennon 3 hours 12 minutes

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American Idyll: The Life of Carlton H. Parker

Memoirs

417

Cornelia Stratton Parker - American Idyll: The Life of Carlton H. Parker

In a memoir marked by joy, love, and an unbending sense of adventure, Cornelia Stratton Parker reveals the heart of a unique man and their life together. As a member of California's turn-of-the-20th-century...

Mary Schneider 5 hours 16 minutes

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*Non-fiction

486

Mae Marsh - Screen Acting

Silent film star, Mae Marsh, recounts her life as an actress in this publication, what she deems as being the answer to thousands of letters written to her over the years inquiring about what it takes to be a screen...

Amanda Friday 1 hour 49 minutes

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Rabindranath Tagore - My Reminiscences

These Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America for his failing health in 1912. It was in the course of this trip that he...

bala 6 hours 52 minutes

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Short Stories

575

Jack London - Road

Jack London credited his skill of story-telling to the days he spent as a hobo learning to fabricate tales to get meals from sympathetic strangers. In The Road, he relates the tales and memories of his days on the...

Barry Eads 4 hours 44 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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