Biography & Autobiography
Hypatia
Read by Rita Boutros
John Toland
Hypatia is John Toland's biography of the one he calls "a most beautiful, most vertuous, most learned, and every way accomplish’d lady,…
Society as I Have Found It
Read by John Greenman
Ward Mcallister
Mark Twain illustrator Dan Beard recalled discussing McAllister’s book with Twain. “It was before Webster & Company failed that Ward McA…
Catherine Booth
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Mildred Duff
Catherine Booth (1829 – 1890) was the wife of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army in England. She was a full-partner with her …
Heroines of Service
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Mary Rosetta Parkman
From time immemorial, women have served as wives, mothers and domestic organizers. But in the nineteenth century, the lives of women were ch…
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865
Read by John Greenman
Ward Hill Lamon
Abraham Lincoln came to the presidency under a heavy shroud of uncertainty, not only about his threatened life but, of course, the very exis…
In Flanders Fields and Other Poems
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John Mccrae
John McCrae, physician, soldier, and poet, died in France a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Canadian forces.The poem which gives this collection…
The Story of Garfield: Farm Boy, Soldier and President
Read by Eddie Frierson
William Gunion Rutherford
A short biography of President James A. Garfield - Summary by Eddie Frierson
The Authoritative Life of General William Booth
Read by Tom Hirsch (1947-2022)
George Scott Railton
William Booth, together with his wife Catherine founded a small mission in London which eventually expanded to become a global movement, car…
Galileo
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Walter W. Bryant
Galileo Galilei is considered the father of observational astronomy, modern science, the scientific method and modern-era classical physics.…
When They Were Children: Stories of the Childhood of Famous Men and Women
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Amy Steedman
Sketches about the childhood of many famous men and women, written just for children!
Biographical Notice Of Nicolo Paganini With An Analysis Of His Compositions And…
Read by David Wales
Francois-Joseph Fetis
Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (1782 – 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebra…
Confessions of Two Brothers
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John Cowper Powys
A short self portrait of Powys’ beliefs, temperament and peculiarities which prefigures his later, greater Autobiography. (Summary by Keri F…
Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Wit…
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John Kendrick Bangs
Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I …
Giacomo Puccini
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Wakeling Dry
This biography of Puccini was written while the composer was at the height of his career. Besides the usual biographical information, the au…
Hildebrand and his Times
Read by Pamela Nagami
William Richard Ward Stephens
W.R.W. Stephens, the Anglican Dean of Winchester, writes a short, lively biography of the great church reformer, Hildebrand of Sovana (1015-…
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 03
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - Su…
Oscar Wilde Twice Defended
Robert Sherard
Robert Sherard was Oscar Wilde’s friend of 20 years and first biographer. The Life of Oscar Wilde was the last of the four books he wrote ab…
Силуэты русских писателей, Выпуск 2
Read by Mark Chulsky
Yuly Aykhenvald
Бесконечно преданный русской литературе, Юлий Айхенвальд видел писателя как уникальную личность и не признавал литературных школ и течений. …
The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Van Wyck Brooks
The Ordeal of Mark Twain analyzes the literary progression of Samuel L. Clemens and attributes shortcomings to Clemens' mother and wife. The…