Biography & Autobiography

Henry James At Work

Read by David Wales


Theodora Bosanquet


Bosanquet (1880-1961) was secretary or amanuensis to James from 1907 to his death in 1916. She wrote this essay (1924) eight years after hi…

Beethoven: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words

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Ludwig van Beethoven and Ludwig Van Beethoven


This book consists of brief biographical commentaries about Beethoven arranged by topic and followed by quotations by Beethoven about the to…

William Shatner Julius Caesar To Captain Kirk



One of Montreal's most famous sons started his career playing Shakespeare at Stratford back in the day when the festival was housed in …

McClellan's Own Story

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George Brinton Mcclellan and George Brinton McClellan


Memoirs of General George Brinton McClellan, commanding general of the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the American Civil War.…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 6

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Giorgio Vasari


The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de'…

Les quarante fauteuils de l'Académie Française 1634-1886

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Charles Barthelémy


Depuis ses débuts en cercle de neuf amis, ensuite organisée et élargie sous la tutelle du cardinal de Richelieu en 1634…

The Life of Washington, Volume 5

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John James Marshall


Volume five of John Marshall's biography follows Washington through his second term ending in the election of John Adams and Washington's re…

Rousseau and Education According to Nature

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Thomas Davidson


In my Volume on Aristotle in this series, I tried to give an account of ancient, classical, and social Education; in the present volume I ha…

Life of Henry David Thoreau

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Henry Salt


Henry David Thoreau was a fascinating man, contributing vast amounts of information on nature history, leading the way for environmentalism.…

Meine Reise um die Welt Zweite Abteilung

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Mark Twain


Ein humoristischer Reisebericht über eine Reise von Australien nach Indien und Südafrika.(Zusammenfassung von Katharina21)

Ingersoll on SHAKESPEARE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lect…

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Robert G. Ingersoll


Col. Ingersoll begins his famous lecture on SHAKESPEARE as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of ge…

Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light

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Vera Charlesworth Barclay


Once upon a time there were fifteen Cubs who spent nine wonderful days in camp. They were London Cubs, and the camp was on a beautiful littl…

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…

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Various


These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist

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Archibald Grimké


"THE author of this volume desires . . . to say . . . that it is his earnest hope that this record of a hero may be an aid to brave and…

Dr. Elsie Inglis

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Frances Balfour


Dr. Elsie Inglis is one of the unsung heroes of the late 19th and early 20th century. She became a physician in 1894, and shortly after ope…

The Story of Slavery

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Booker T. Washington


Booker T. Washington, the author of the following sketch of slavery in America, was himself born a slave, and the story of his life begins w…

The dogaressas of Venice: The wives of the doges

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Edgcumbe Staley


A series of biographies of the wives of the doges (leaders) of the Venetian Republic. - Summary by Timothy

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