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…
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This volume, the second volume of a two-volume set, contains over 125 letters written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from 1781-1791. It has been…
A Friend of Marie-Antoinette
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Frédéric Barbeytranslated Byunknown and Frédéric Barbeytranslated By Unknown
Charlotte Atkyns (née Walpole) was an English actress. She was widowed while still in her 20s, and became an agent in the French Revo…
Great Men and Famous Women
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Charles F. Horne
This is volume 6 in this series about the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent people in history. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Letters from Great Musicians
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Anna Alice Chapin and Alethea Crawford Cox
The object of this little book is to bring the reader nearer to the great masters in the realm of music, and make him or her acquainted with…
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Mrs. Julian Marshall
Letters and excerpts of journals of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley were given to Florence Marshall by her son, Sir Percy Shelley in order to cr…
Mirrors of Moscow
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Louise Stevens Bryant and Louise Bryant
"Mirrors of Moscow" by Louise Bryant is a collection of journalistic sketches and profiles that examines the political and social …
Rossini
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W. Armine Bevan
A brief summary of the life of the opera king, Rossini. - Summary by Mozartjr
Eminent Doctors: Their Lives and Their Work
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George Thomas Bettany
Short biographies of doctors who were leaders in their profession. In this collection, we learn about men who developed specialities, of ten…
Caroline the Illustrious
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William Henry Wilkins
Caroline moved to England from Hanover when her father-in-law became George I and her husband Prince of Wales. She had a tumultuous relation…
Whitman: An Interpretation
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Emory Holloway
"You want to know in a word the sum total of my life philosophy as I have tried to live it and as I have tried to put it in my book. I …
John Hancock
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Lorenzo Sears
This book sheds light on one of the greatest men in the American history, an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Pa…
John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides
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John Paton
“Mr. Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own prospect is soon to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms; I confess to…