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Abraham Lincoln, Volume I
John T. Morse, Jr.
The work is a scholarly biography of Abraham Lincoln, the first volume of John T.
ReadOrnithological biography, Vol. 4 (of 5): An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America
John James Audubon
The fourth volume of John James Audubon’s Ornithological Biography continues the author’s sweeping survey of…
ReadFamous Givers and Their Gifts
Sarah Knowles Bolton
The work is a biographical study of the great American benefactors whose lives shaped the nation’s cultural…
ReadJulia Ward Howe, 1819-1910
Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe; Elliott, Maud Howe; Hall, Florence Howe
The work is a biographical sketch of Julia Ward Howe, assembled by her daughters Laura Elizabeth Howe…
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With his Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader](/covers/40236.jpg)
ReadMemoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 2 of 2] With his Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader
Benjamin Franklin
ReadThe Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First
Carlo Gozzi
The work is an autobiographical defense written by Count Carlo Gozzi, a Venetian dramatist of the eighteenth…
Reminiscences of Scottish Life & Character And a Memoir of Dean Ramsay by Cosmo Innes
Edward Bannerman Ramsay
The work is a memoir that intertwines the personal history of Edward Bannerman Burnett, later Dean Ramsay of…
ReadMemoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Complete
Madame de Montespan
The work is a first‑person memoir by Françoise‑Athénaïs de Rochechouart, marquise de Montespan, the…
ReadThe Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England. volume 3 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 3
Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de
The third volume of François‑René Chateaubriand’s Mémoires d’outre‑tombe is a sprawling chronicle that picks…
ReadFamous European Artists
Sarah Knowles Bolton
The work is a biographical survey of Europe’s most celebrated artists, arranged as a series of concise…
ReadThe Puppet Show of Memory
Maurice Baring
The work is an autobiographical memoir by Maurice Baring, a British author, travel writer, and war…
Obras Completas de Luis de Camões, Tomo II
Luís de Camões
Esta obra reúne, em volume único, a produção poética completa de Luís de Camões, um dos maiores nomes da…
Romain Rolland: The Man and His Work
Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig’s work is a scholarly tribute that intertwines biography and moral reflection, presenting Romain…
ReadLives of Famous Indian Chiefs From Cofachiqui, the Indian Princess, and Powhatan; down to and including Chief Joseph and Geronimo. Also an answer, from the latest research, of the query, Whence came the Indian? Together with a number of thrillingly interesting Indian stories and anecdotes from history
Norman B. Wood
The book presents a sweeping collection of biographical sketches of the most celebrated Native American…
George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals. Vol. 3 (of 3)
George Eliot
This volume is the third of a three‑part collection of George Eliot’s letters and journals, gathering…
ReadSlave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1
United States. Work Projects Administration
This volume is the fourth installment of the Federal Writers’ Project’s “Slave Narratives” series, gathering…
Thomas Jefferson, the Apostle of Americanism
Gilbert Chinard
Gilbert Chinard’s work is a scholarly study that treats Thomas Jefferson as a conduit for French‑inspired…
An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope
The work is an autobiographical memoir written by the novelist himself, presented as a posthumous gift to his…
ReadThe Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson
Jocelin, de Brakelond, active 1173-1215
The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond is a medieval monastic memoir that records the life and administration…
The Brownings, Their Life and Art
Lilian Whiting
The work is a biographical study of the poet‑couple Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written by Lilian…
ReadSlave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XIV, South Carolina Narratives, Part 1
United States. Work Projects Administration
ReadAfter Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819
William Edward Frye
The book is a post‑Napoleonic travel memoir written by Major William Edward Frye, a former British infantry…
ReadSixty Years of California Song
Margaret Blake Alverson
Sixty Years of California Song is a sprawling memoir that intertwines personal recollection with a detailed…
ReadYesterdays with Authors
James Thomas Fields
Fields makes a lively tour through the literary salons of nineteenth‑century England, presenting his own role…