Biography Books

Libro serio

Antonio Ghislanzoni

Libro serio is an Italian biographical work by Antonio Ghislanzoni,  an Italian journalist, poet, and novelist who wrote librettos for Verdi, among other composers, of which the best known are Ai..

Jesus of Nazareth, A Biography

John Mark

Jesus of Nazareth, a Biography, by John Mark, recognizes the author of the second Gospel as that "John, whose surname was Mark" (Acts 15:37), whom Barnabas chose as companion when he sailed for Cyprus..

Kansas Women in Literature

Nettie Garmer Barker

Kansas Women in Literature is a collection of biographies of women writers and their contributions to the literature. Written by Nettie Garmer Barker this work contains more than 20 writers biogr..

Apologia pro Vita Sua

John Henry Newman

A religious autobiography of unsurpassed interest, the simple confidential tone of which "revolutionized the popular estimate of its author," establishing the strength and sincerity of the convictions..

Excellent Women

Various Authors

Excellent Women is a collection of biographies of most popular Christian personalities written by various authors.  ELIZABETH FRY. BY JAMES MACAULAY, M.A., M.D. SELINACOUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON...

In the Wilderness

Charles Dudley Warner

In the Wilderness is a personal memoir by Charles Dudley Warner, Charles Dudley Warner was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: ..

Life of Luther

Gustav A. Just

Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history is a biographical work by Gustav A. Just.The disciples faithfully executed this command of the Lord; for af..

Lives of the Poets, Vol. 1

Samuel Johnson

Lives of the Poets is a biographical works of popular poets like Cowley, Denham, Milton, Butler, Rochester, Roscommon, Otway. Written by Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an E..