Biographies

The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo

The work is a first‑person chronicle by Bernal Diaz del Castillo, a veteran of the early Spanish expeditions…

Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ

Aaron Bernstein

The work is a first‑person memoir by Aaron Bernstein, a Dutch‑born physician who, in the early nineteenth…

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Diogenes Laertius

The work is a biographical compendium of ancient Greek philosophers, assembled by the 3rd‑century author…

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda

The work is an autobiographical memoir by Paramahansa Yogananda, a Indian yogi who lived from 1893 to 1952.

The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2

Sir Edward Tyas Cook

The volume is the second half of Sir Edward Tyas Cook’s two‑part biography of Florence Nightingale, a work…

Shakespeare's family

C. C. Stopes

C. C. Stopes’s work is a scholarly investigation into the Shakespeare family, beginning with a meticulous…

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus

Cornelius Tacitus

The work is a scholarly treatise that sets out to describe the geography, peoples, and customs of the lands…

Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian

Alma Lutz

Alma Lutz’s biography of Susan B. Anthony opens with a vivid portrait of a woman caught between the fevered…

A Little English Gallery

Louise Imogen Guiney

A Little English Gallery is a biographical sketchbook that gathers together brief portraits of notable…

The Roll of Honour, Volume 1: A biographical record of all members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who have fallen in the war

Ruvigny et Raineval, Melville Henry Massue, marquis de

The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 is a solemn register of every British officer, non‑commissioned officer and…

Biographia Literaria

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria is a sprawling work of literary criticism and philosophical…

Twenty Years of Hus'ling

J. P. Johnston

Twenty Years of Hus'ling is a first‑person memoir of entrepreneurial hustle written by James Perry Johnston,…

Apologia pro vita sua: Being a History of His Religious Opinions

John Henry Newman

Apologia pro vita sua is John Henry Newman’s autobiographical defence of his theological journey, written…

Tribute to Michael Hart

Majid AlHydar

Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding: A Critical Exposition

John Dewey

Leibniz’s New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding, edited by John Dewey, is a scholarly exposition that…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete

Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys’s diary is a first‑person chronicle of everyday life in mid‑seventeenth‑century England,…

Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre

Voltairine De Cleyre

Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre gathers the writings of one of America’s most outspoken anarchist…

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

Mary White Rowlandson

The work is a first‑person captivity narrative by Mary White Rowlandson, a Puritan woman of colonial…

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete

Ulysses S. Grant

The work is the complete memoir of Ulysses S. Grant, a senior United States general and later president, who…

My Life and Loves, Vol. 1 (of 4)

Frank Harris

Frank Harris’s My Life and Loves is an unapologetically candid memoir that blends personal confession with…

Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier

John Algernon Owens

The work is a first‑person memoir that traces the early life of Willard Glazier against the bleak backdrop of…

The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2

Anatole France

Anatole France’s two‑volume work on the life of Joan of Arc is a sweeping hagiographic narrative that opens…

Harriet Martineau

Florence Fenwick Miller

Florence Fenwick Miller’s work is a biographical and critical sketch of Harriet Martineau, the celebrated…

Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The work is a sprawling memoir that blends travelogue with social observation, penned by Elizabeth Cady…