Biography Books

The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne

Andrew A. Bonar

Andrew A. Bonar's biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne, the young yet pioneering Scottish minister who revolutionized Bible readings at home and abroad, offers a meticulously detailed yet lively tellin..

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville

Washington Irving

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville is a travel literature written by Washington Irving, an American short story writer, essayist, biographer and historian.Author's Introduction:WHILE ENGAGED in..

The Story of My Life

Egerton Ryerson Young

The Story of My Life, Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada is an autobiography written by Adolphus Egerton Ryerson, who was a Canadian Methodist minister, educator, politician,..

Life of John Coleridge Patteson - Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

Charlotte M. Yonge

There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his c..

Famous Men of Greece

John Henry Haaren

Famous Men of Greece is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interesting by giving insight into the men who lived during this time. (Summ..

Adventures in Contentment

David Grayson

Adventures in Contentment is a biographical work by David Grayson.Excerpts:My senses, my nerves, even my muscles were continually strained to the utmost of attainment. If I loitered or paused by ..

Men Called Him Master

Elwyn A. Smith

Men Called Him Master is a a biography of Jesus Christ written for young readers by Elwyn A. Smith. What kind of men were Jesus' disciples? What was it like to be with Jesus in Palestine? Why did..

The Story of My Misfortunes

Peter Abelard

Peter Abelard, the medieval philosopher and composer, here gives a concise but vivid survey of his notoriously calamitous life. The work is couched in the form of a letter to an afflicted friend. Abel..