Biography Books

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

Originally titled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, Charles Darwin's autobiography was intended for his family's records, but was subsequently published in 1887, five years af..

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

Suetonius

De vita Caesarum, commonly known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus...

The Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

On the verge of death and in a state of poverty, former US president Ulysses S. Grant sat down to write his memoirs in 1885. One year later he was finished, and The Personal Memoirs of General U.S. Gr..

Abraham Lincoln A Memorial Discourse

Rev. T.M. Eddy

Abraham Lincoln A Memorial Discourse  by Rev. T.M. Eddy. It _is_ the day of adversity. A great grief throws its shadow over heart and hearth and home. There is such a sorrow as this land never kn..

The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

John Addington Symonds

The Buonarroti Simoni, to whom Michelangelo belonged, were a Florentine family of ancient burgher nobility. Their arms appear to have been originally "azure two bends or." To this coat was added "a la..

John the Baptist

F. B. Meyer

John the Baptist was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early first century AD. John is revered as a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and Mandaeism. He is called a prop..

The Loom of Youth

Alec Waugh

The Loom of Youth is a novel by Novel by Alec Waugh. First published in 1917, this semi-autobiographical work tells the story of Gordon Caruthers' schooldays at the English public school, Fenhurs..

John Barleycorn

Jack London

John Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London dealing with his enjoyment of drinking and struggles with alcoholism. It was published in 1913. The title is taken from the British folksong..