Biography & Autobiography
A Life of St. John
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George Ludington Weed
This is a thorough treatment of the Apostle John whose life is intertwined with that of Christ, as one of the inner core and as the disciple…
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope
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Lady Hester Stanhope
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in Conversation with her Physician, comprising her opinions and anecdotes of some…
The Lives of the Queens of England
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Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…
An Emigrant's Home Letters
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Sir Henry Parkes
Letters written by Henry Parkes to his family in Birmingham, England as he made his way to London and then to Sydney. The letters were gathe…
Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright
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Hamilton Fyfe
A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here …
Converts from Infidelity
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Andrew Crichton
Converts from infidelity; or, Lives of eminent individuals who have renounced libertine principles and sceptical opinions, and embraced Chri…
Personal Recollections of Johannes Brahms
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George Henschel
George Henschel, a well-known pianist, singer, composer, and conductor was close friends with Johannes Brahms from 1874 to 1897 and he provi…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas
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Lord Alfred Douglas
Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas wrote his autobiography in his late fifties, some 29 years after the death of Oscar Wilde. Since the publication…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic
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James Leigh Strachan-Davidson
"The purpose of this volume is to tell the story of Cicero's life, and at the same time to set forth from his writings a presentation o…
Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover
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John Doran
The second of a two volume work looking at the lives of English queens in the Hanoverian period (1714-1901). This volume includes the conclu…
A Life of Napoleon
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Ida M. Tarbell
Ida Tarbell is best known today as the investigative journalist whose pieces on workings of the Standard Oil Company led to the creation of …
Life and Times of Girolamo Savonarola
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Pasquale Villari
This large biographical book was compiled after years of research to uncover and compile information about the Florentine monk, revolutionar…
Monthly Supplement of the penny magazine
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Charles Knight
Monthly supplement of the penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" is an illustrated periodical miscellany …
Monthly Supplement of the penny magazine
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Charles Knight
Monthly supplement of the penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" is an illustrated periodical miscellany …
A Life of Napoleon
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Ida M. Tarbell
Ida Tarbell is best known today as the investigative journalist whose pieces on workings of the Standard Oil Company led to the creation of …
Life and Times of Girolamo Savonarola
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Pasquale Villari
This large biographical book was compiled after years of research to uncover and compile information about the Florentine monk, revolutionar…
Monthly Supplement of the penny magazine
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Charles Knight
Monthly supplement of the penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" is an illustrated periodical miscellany …