Biography & Autobiography
- Voices from the Battlefield
- Criminal Lives: True Stories
- Voices of Social Change
- Voices of Political Change
- Voices of Resilience
- Voices from American History
- Pioneers in Health and Healing
- Adventures in Exploration
The Life of Charlemagne
Notker's work consists of anecdotes relating chiefly to the Emperor Charlemagne and his family. It was written for Charles the Fat, great-gr…
Shakespeare Identified
That one who is not a recognized authority or an expert in literature should attempt the solution of a problem which has so far baffled spec…
A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis
The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is toRAISE SUFFICIENT MEANS TO FREE HIS LAST TWO CHILDREN FROM SLAVERY.Havin…
Lord Kitchener
In this insightful essay, G. K. Chesterton explores the complex life and legacy of Lord Kitchener, a figure whose military prowess and polit…
Against The Tide
Corrupt business owners, unscrupulous local politicians, impossible odds and a highly unconventional student body are just a few of the obst…
Eighty Years and More
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…
The Lives of the Queens of England
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…
The Life of Samuel Johnson
Boswell's famous work on the life of his admired friend Johnson, the formidable poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, edito…
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova
Giacomo Casanova (April 2, 1725 in Venice – June 4, 1798, in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, wr…
A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukaw…
Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 - 1775) was a freed slave and autobiographer. His autobiography is considered…
Henry D. Thoreau
A biography of the famous and popular poet-naturalist, author, philosopher, historian, written by a family friend who spent time with Thorea…
The Life of Samuel Johnson
This is the first of four volumes of a what was a new, intimate, type of biography when it was first published in 1791 and which has been an…
The Story of Gladstone's Life
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), four times Prime Minister of Great Britain, dominated the Liberal Party for thirty years, but ultimatel…
Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery
The book is a biography of Abraham Lincoln with emphasis on how his personality and beliefs impacted the history of the American Emancipatio…
Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout
BEING A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE SANGUINARY COMBATS AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCOUTAND SPY AMERICA EVER PRODUCED.…
Van Dyck
Van Dyck offers a detailed exploration of the life and work of the renowned Baroque painter, Anthony van Dyck. This biography not only chron…
Roman History
William Wolfe Capes (1834-1914) was an Anglican cleric, a classicist, and a historian. This is his short chronicle of the early Roman Empire…
An American in the Making
“The sweat-shop was for me the cradle of liberty. . . It was my first university.” Attending lectures and the New York theatre at night; by …
The Story of My Childhood
The Story of My Childhood offers a vivid glimpse into the formative years of Clara Barton, the pioneering founder of the American Red Cross.…
Some Eminent Women of our Times
Written by Millicent Garrett, a noted British feminist, suffragist and intellectual writer, this volume is comprised of short biographical s…