Memoirs

Unaddressed Letters

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Frank Athelstane Swettenham and Anonymousandfrank Athelstane Swettenham


“I had a friend who loved me;” but he has gone, and the “great gulf” is between us. After his death, I received a packet of manuscript with …

Recollections of a Busy Life

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William Forwood


Liverpool in the second half of the 19th century was burgeoning with rich merchants and swollen with poor immigrants. It was known variously…

Chateau and Country Life in France

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Mary King Waddington


Mary King Waddington was the American daughter of Charles King, ninth president of Columbia University, and the granddaughter of New York Se…

War and Women

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Mabel Annie Stobart


"The sending of a Women’s Convoy Corps to the Balkans was the result of Mrs. Stobart’s keen desire to demonstrate the ability of women …

During the Persecution: Autobiography of Father John Gerard

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Father John Gerard


Fr. John Gerard (1564 – 1637) was an English Jesuit priest who operated covertly in England during the Elizabethan era, during which the Cat…

Confessions of a Tradesman

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Frank Thomas Bullen


Frank T. Bullen is best known for his books based on his adventures at sea. However, he had a life on shore as well. He first went to sea as…

Dere Mable

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Edward Streeter


Bill is in training camp, preparing to go off to World War I. This book is a collection of love letters written to his sweetheart, Mable. Th…

In Galilee

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Thornton Chase


Thornton Chase is commonly recognized as the first convert to the Bahá'í Faith of Occidental background. During his life he or…

The Complete Works of George Savile, first Marquess of Halifax, with an Introdu…

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George Savile Marquis Of Halifax


George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695) was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the Hou…

Glimpses of Bengal

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Rabindranath Tagore


The book is a selection of letters written by Tagore, in various places in Bengal, India.

Tim Bobbin: A View of the Lancashire Dialect

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Various


A comic dialogue written in John Collier's idiosyncratic version of the 18th century South Lancashire dialect together with a collection of …

In Italy with the 332nd Infantry

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Joseph L. Lettau


A brief, personal recounting of the 332nd Infantry in World War I, including training in America, a brief billet in France, activities in It…

Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer

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Henry Dawson


Henry Dawson has written several vignettes of railroad men from the days of steam locomotives. His goal is to show the reader that they are …

Six Women and the Invasion

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Gabrielle Yerta and Gabrielle Yertaandmarguerite Yerta Méléra


A true tale of the wartime resilience of six Frenchwomen whose country town was invaded by the Germans during World War I. - Summary by Jael…

On Being Negro in America

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J. Saunders Redding


A penetrating, insightful, and thoroughly honest view of one's life in the United States as an African-American. - Summary by KevinS

Memoir of Washington Irving

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Charles Adams


Arguably one of America's greatest writers, Washington Irving is the author of such classics as "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "B…

Кремлевские жены 01. Кремлевские жены

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Лариса Васильева


Формат: аудиокнига, MP3, 96kbps  Автор: Лариса Васильева  Год выпуска: 2015  Жанр: Биографии и мемуары  Издательство: Ни…

A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador

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Mina Benson Hubbard


Mina Benson Hubbard set out in 1905 on a 576 mile canoe journey across the interior of Labrador with the assistance of four guides. Her husb…

Petrograd, the City of Trouble, 1914-1918

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Meriel Buchanan


The author of this work was the daughter of the British ambassador to Russia. She was in St. Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914) from bef…

Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance

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Ford Madox Ford


Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though…

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