Biography Books
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
John MuirThe only fire for the whole house was the kitchen stove, with a fire box about eighteen inches long and eight inches wide and deep,- scant space for three or four small sticks, around which in hard ze..
The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll
S. D. CollingwoodAuthor's preface from the book.To write the life of Lewis Carroll as it should be written would tax the powers of a man of far greater experience and insight than I have any pretension to possess, and..
The Life of Kit Carson
Edward S. EllisChristopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more th..
Blood Brothers - A Medic's Sketch Book
Eugene C. JacobsThe purpose of Blood Brothers is to acquaint the reader with a series of harrowing incidents experienced by the isolated U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East during World War II. We might well be voicing..
Some Reminiscences
Joseph ConradAs a general rule we do not want much encouragement to talk about ourselves; yet this little book is the result of a friendly suggestion, and even of a little friendly pressure. I defended myself with..
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record
Richard ArthurSince 1870-1, when J. E. Austen Leigh published his Memoir of Jane Austen, considerable additions have been made to the stock of information available for her biographers. Of these fresh sources of kn..
Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa YoganandaAutobiography of a Yogi is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893–March 7, 1952) first published in 1946. Paramahansa Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India, into..
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1
Baron TrenckBaron Franz von der Trenck was an Austrian soldier. Trenck was born into a military family on 1 January 1711, in Reggio in south Italy, where his father Johann Heinrich Trenck served as an Austrian of..