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
Ten Days that Shook the World
Ten Days that Shook the World (1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917…
Karl Marx
Born in Manchester in 1893, Harold Laski was a leading figure in the left-wing of British socialism in the first half of the 20th century. A…
Representative Men
A series of biographical lectures originally published in 1850. Each chapter is a philosophical treatment of the life of an intellectual. Th…
The Life Of Abraham Lincoln
Ward Hill Lamon's work is a study of the life of the 16th President of the United States of America from his childhood to the day of his fir…
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Franklin wrote his autobiography in the form of an extended letter to his son. While recording the events of his life, he adds instructions …
De Profundis
This short work of Wilde's was written during his two year incarceration for "gross indecency". This work is a letter which sorts …
The Underground Railroad
"I congratulate you that, after much patient research, careful preparation, and untiring labor, you have completed your voluminous work…
President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation
In this insightful examination, Henry Watson Wilbur delves into President Abraham Lincoln's complex relationship with slavery and emancipati…
Hero Tales from American History
The purpose of this book "is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die…
The Lincoln Story Book
Subtitle: A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Fo…
Boyhood
Boyhood offers a poignant glimpse into the formative years of one of literature's greatest minds, Leo Tolstoy. This autobiographical novel c…
Neighbors
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…
The Autobiography of Goethe
This Autobiography of Goethe has a lengthy introduction and short biography of Goethe's life by Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) and was translate…
The Story of Old France
The aim of this volume is to give a complete graphic account of the main features of the history of France to 1715 A.D., with as much additi…
Hidden Treasures
Hidden Treasures offers a collection of inspiring mini-biographies that illuminate the journeys of notable figures who rose from humble begi…
Richard I
Richard I by Jacob Abbott offers a concise yet insightful exploration of one of history's most renowned figures. Known as Richard the Lionhe…
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 Story of Geronimo
Geronimo (1829 – 1909) was a prominent leader of the Bedonkohe Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion in…
Lives of Girls Who Became Famous
Lives of Girls Who Became Famous offers a captivating glimpse into the lives of remarkable women who shaped history through their talents an…
Cleopatra
Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott offers a captivating exploration of one of history's most enigmatic figures. This biography delves into the life o…