Biography & Autobiography
The Life of Charlemagne
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Notker The Stammerer
Notker's work consists of anecdotes relating chiefly to the Emperor Charlemagne and his family. It was written for Charles the Fat, great-gr…
Bismarck
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Georges Lacour-Gayet
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) famously said, "The great questions of the day will not be settled by speeches or the decisions of the ma…
The Promised Land
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Mary Antin
Being a Jew in Russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Jews were persecuted because of their religion. So the Jews found …
Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…
Sherman’s Recollections of California, 1846-1848, 1855-1857, from his Memoirs
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William Tecumseh Sherman
This LibriVox recording comprises three chapters from American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memoirs. The chapters deal with…
Famous Impostors
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Bram Stoker
Aliases. Fraudsters. Confidence tricksters. People pretending to be what they are not, for financial, political or personal gain. Fiction is…
The History of Mary Prince
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Mary Prince
Mary Prince was born into slavery in the West Indies. As a free woman in England she wrote her memoirs, which sold well and supported and pu…
The Night Club
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Herbert George Jenkins
This work of fiction by Herbert Jenkins (1876-1923) features one of his best-loved comic characters, the affable Cockney, Joseph Bindle. It …
Mozart: The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words
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Friedrich Kerst
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His name is one of the most recognizable names in history and one of the most enduring of composers. At age 5, this…
Narrative of The Life of David Crockett of The State of Tennessee
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David Crockett
Autobiography, written by David (Davey) Crockett about 2 years before his death at the Alamo in March of 1836. - Summary by Bill2147
The Life of Mozart Volume 1
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Otto Jahn
An in depth look into the life of one of the greatest ever composers and musicians. Mozart was truly a gifted individual and this is an inte…
For Greater Things: The Story of Saint Stanislaus Kostka
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William T. Kane
Saint Stanislaus Kostka was a 16th century Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. Polish nobleman John Kostka was not pleased with the spir…
Enfances célèbres : Mozart
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Louise Colet
La poétesse Louise Colet a publié en 1862 Enfances célèbres. Dans la liste des enfants doués (Amyot, d…
Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout
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J. W. Buel and J.W. Buel
BEING A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE SANGUINARY COMBATS AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCOUTAND SPY AMERICA EVER PRODUCED.…
Six Years in the Prisons of England
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Frank Henderson
A Merchant talks about daily life inside prisons of England, describes routines and how prisoners are treated. He notes stories of how fello…
Just Me
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Pearl White
Perhaps the first memoir written by a film celebrity, Pearl White's Just Me gives a first-person account of the actress' rise to stardom. Wh…
Hero Tales from History
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Smith Burnham
This volume celebrates stories of great heroes from the pages of history from Moses and David through Clara Barton and Henry Longfellow. It…
An Englishwoman's Love-Letters
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Laurence Housman
It need hardly be said that the woman by whom these letter were written had no thought that they would be read by anyone but the person to w…
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 6
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Agnes Strickland
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…