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The Autobiography of Cockney Tom
The Autobiography of Cockney Tom, Showing his Struggles through Life,and proving this Truth of the Old Saying "that Honesty is the best…
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…
Napoleon
This is a 'lightning biography' which serves as an introduction to the field of Napoleonic history. Its purpose is to enable the ordinary re…
History of a Life by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall)
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 1)
The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…
The Life of Samuel Johnson
This is the second of four volumes of a what was a new, intimate, type of biography when it was first published in 1791 and which has been a…
Self Portrait
In More Scientists Do Science in Space (Ed Reads Sci-fi, vol. XI)
More Scientists Do Science in Space is a captivating anthology that brings together a diverse collection of science fiction stories, each ex…
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 …
Postscript
In Beneath the Banner: Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds
In this book are over 30 stories by various people about men and women who have done extraordinary things during and often before the time w…
Autobiography
In Enough Rope
A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here…
III: Memories
In A Spring Harvest
G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He w…
1 - A (Burlesque) Autobiography
In Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance
Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance, a short volume, published by Sheldon & Co., NY in 1871, is Mark Twain's third …
Memoirs of Jacob Ritter (1757-1841)
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 097
"One does not care to walk over a rug or carpet that displays a scene in perspective, neither does one wish to gaze into a landscape wr…
Excerpt From Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography
In Coffee Break Collection 006 - Food and Drink
This is the sixth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in leng…
TEDDY MARTIN’S BRIEF
In Unvarnished Tales
This book is a short selection of varied fictional tales. They must have been what the author wished for them to be and certainly perfect fo…
The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man, Chapter 1
In 1912: Short Works Collection
This is a collection of public domain works either published in 1912, or written in 1912 and published before 1923. The accent is on non-fic…
Unusual Occupation
In Bob & Ray: The Complete Collection
Experience the humor and wit of Bob & Ray in this extensive collection that showcases their unique style of comedy. Although marketed as…
Preface
In Myths and Legends of Alaska (version 2)
The myths in this 1911 volume are authentic. The original collections were made by government ethnologists. Only the quaintest and purest o…
On the Art of Fiction
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 086
"The democracy of the future will sicken of a chronic and mortal boredom," was Aldous Huxley's prophecy for the United States in 1…
My Life is a Memory
In Selected Poems - Martinez
Rafael Arévalo Martínez was a Guatemalan poet, novelist, short story author and directory of the National Library in Guatemala…
Still Life
In Selected Poems
Marion Strobel was a poet, an author of fiction and an associate editor of Poetry. These poems were published from 1919 to 1926 in Poetry, O…