Biography & Autobiography
Cardinal Wolsey
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Mandell Creighton
From the "Twelve English Statesmen," series of books. A brief history of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey who helped shape England's foreign…
Beneath the Banner
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Frederick J. Cross
The subtitle of this book, "Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds" defines the author's choice of notable figures of his…
Adventures in Idealism
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Eugene Benjamin, Boris Bogen, Saul Drucker, Jacob Lipman, Solomon Lowenstein, Bernard Palitz, Joseph W. Pincus, Katharine Sabsovich and George W. Simon
Professor H. L. Sabsovich is recognized as one of the foremost figures in the field of Jewish social service. A great part of his active lif…
Life of Haydn
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Ludwig Nohl
In this book the German music scholar Ludwig Nohl provides a fascinating narrative of Joseph Haydn's life from an impoverished childhood to …
Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed
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William Cabell Bruce
His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the ta…
Cromwell's Place in History
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner
In the autumn of 1896, the renowned historian of the 17th century, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, delivered six lectures on "Cromwell's Place …
The Life and Works of Joseph Wright
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William Bemrose
Joseph Wright, commonly called "Wright of Derby", was an English landscape and portrait painter. In this book, something of an aca…
Journal of Francis Asbury
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Francis Asbury
As one of the first two bishops of the Methodist church in America and one of the most well-known circuit riders during the spread of Method…
Orion Clemens
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Fred W. Lorch
Orion Clemens (July 17, 1825 – December 11, 1897) was the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory. His younger brother Samuel Langh…
Richelieu
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George Joseph Gustave Masson and George Joseph Gustave Masson
This short biography of the dreaded red eminence, by the Anglo-French writer and educator, Gustave Masson, combines French wit and English c…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …