Biography & Autobiography

Caspar Hauser oder die Trägheit des Herzens

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Jakob Wassermann


Ein Roman über den berühmten Findling Kaspar Hauser (angeblich: 30.4.1812 - 17. 12. 1833 in Ansbach) wurde in der Biedermeierzeit …

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

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Charles Darwin


The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is the autobiography of the British naturalist Charles Darwin which was published in 1887, five years af…

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 1

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James Cook


Having, on his first voyage, discovered Australia, Cook still had to contend with those who maintained that the Terra Australians Incognita …

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

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Olaudah Equiano


The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. It discusses his time sp…

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus


Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

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Fanny Kelly


"Narrative of my captivity among the Sioux Indians: with a brief account of General Sully's Indian expedition in 1864, bearing upon eve…

The Escaping Club

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A. J. Evans


Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly &…

Stories of Great Composers for Children

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Thomas Tapper


This is a collection of ten short, entertaining, informative picture-book biographies of famous composers. Each book tells about the childho…

Saint Francis of Assisi: A Biography

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Johannes Jorgensen


Born to a prosperous cloth merchant of Assisi, Francis (1182-1226) lived the typically high-spirited life of a wealthy young man of his day,…

My Inventions and Other Works

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Nikola Tesla


Between February and October 1919, Nikola Tesla submitted many articles to the magazine Electrical Experimenter. The most famous of these wo…

The Atrocities of the Pirates

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Aaron Smith


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.…

Famous Men of Rome

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John Henry Haaren


Biographical sketches of the men of Rome, written for children. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)

Peter the Great

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Jacob Abbott


There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russia…

Bible (LSG, 1910) NT 04: Évangile selon Jean

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Louis Segond Bible


Ce quarante-troisième livre de la Bible, traduite par Louis Segond, au XIXe siècle et publiée au début du si&egr…

Famous Men of Greece

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John Henry Haaren


Famous Men of Greece is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interesting by g…

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Vol. 1

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Giacomo Casanova


This is the first of five volumes. - Giacomo Casanova (1725 in Venice – 1798 in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Vene…

The Story of Napoleon

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall


This book gives an exciting account of Napoleon's rise to power. It opens with his humble beginning on the island of Corsica and ultimately …

Henry Ford's Own Story

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Rose Wilder Lane


Rose Wilder Lane was a newspaper reporter, free-lance writer, political activist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the &q…

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius

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St. Ignatius Loyola


This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Soc…

Ten Days in a Madhouse

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Nellie Bly


In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an …

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