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Autobiography of an AndrogyneAutobiography of an AndrogyneFrom childhood I have been unusually introspective. I began to keep a diary at the age of fourteen, and have continued it up to past the age of forty almost without intermission. Even my earliest diaries dealt with the phenomena of...
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RecollectionsRecollections - The Reminiscences of the Busy Life of One Who Has Played the Varied Parts of Sailor, Author & LecturerIt may very well be that I am doing something now which is totally unnecessary, indeed that is a foregone conclusion as far as...
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The Wright BrothersThe Wright BrothersThe aim in this book has been to satisfy the curiosity of the average, non-technical reader regarding the work of the Wright Brothers, and to do so as simply as possible. No attempt has been made to go into minute technical details....
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William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake would have been the first to understand that the biography of anybody ought really to begin with the words, In the beginning God created heaven and earth. If we were telling the story of Mr Jones of Kentish Town, we should...
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The Confessions of the Celebrated Countess of Lichtenau, Late Mrs. RietzThe Confessions of the Celebrated Countess of Lichtenau, Late Mrs. Rietz - Now Confined in the Fortress of Gloglau as a State-prisonerI avail myself of the departure of an English gentleman, who intends to set out for your city in a few days, to...
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Vörösmarty életrajzaVörösmarty életrajzaVrsmarty Mihly szletett 1800 decz. 1-jn, dlutn ngy rakor, Puszta-Nyken, Fehrmegyben; kereszteltetett a szomszd Nadapon, mert szlei rmai katholikusok voltak s Nyk maig is tiszta helvt hit kzsg. Atyja, szintn Mihly, szegny, de nemes csaldbl szrmazott, valamint anyja is, Csty Anna. Boldog hzassgukat...
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The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Vol. 1 of 2)The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Vol. 1 of 2)The life of Clara Barton is a story of unique and permanent interest; but it is more than an interesting story. It is an important chapter in the history of...
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A Woman's Quest: The life of Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.DA Woman's Quest: The life of Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D.Accoucheuse en chef, Royal Hospital Charit, Berlin, Prussia; First Resident Physician, New York Infirmary for Women and Children, New York; Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, and Founder and Attending Physician of...
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Life of ChristLife of ChristFor five hundred years those who call themselves free spirits because they prefer prison life to army service have been trying desperately to kill Jesus a second timeto kill Him in the hearts of men. The army of His enemies assembled to...
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The Life and Work of William TindaleThe Life and Work of William Tindale"THE first scholar and the first divine of his epoch"the words stand true of William Tindale; but his personality is even more arresting, for only a man richly endowed with courage, sincerity, uprightness, the sense of duty and...
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The Life of That Wonderful and Extraordinarily Heavy Man, Daniel LambertThe Life of That Wonderful and Extraordinarily Heavy Man, Daniel Lambert - From His Birth to the Moment of His Dissolution; With an Account of Men Noted for Their Corpulency, and Other Interesting MatterDaniel Lambert was born on the 13 of March, 1770, in...
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The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 4The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 4 - And His Life Depicted in a Gallery of Eighty PaintingsThen led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall,...
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Mahatma GandhiMahatma GandhiJEAN CHRISTOPHE, 10 vol. in-16. Jean Christophe, 4 vol.: I. LAube, II. Le Matin, III. LAdolescent, IV. La Rvolte. Jean Christophe Paris, 3 vol.: I. La Foire sur la Place, II. Antoinette, III. Dans la Maison. La Fin du Voyage, 3 vol.: I....
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John Greenleaf Whittier: A sketch of his life, with selected poemsJohn Greenleaf Whittier: A sketch of his life, with selected poemsThe occasion for this little volume is the celebration of the centenary of Whittiers birth. The sketch of his life aims to present the chief formative influences which affected his career and determined the...
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The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 3 (of 3)The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 3 (of 3)This enterprising and distinguished traveller was born on the 10th of September, 1771, at Fowlshiels, a farm occupied by his father on the banks of the Yarrow, near Selkirk. In common with the greater number of...
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Waheenee: An Indian Girl's StoryWaheenee: An Indian Girl's StoryThe Hidatsas, called Minitaris by the Mandans, are a Siouan tribe and speak a language closely akin to that of the Crows. Wars with the Dakota Sioux forced them to ally themselves with the Mandans, whose culture they adopted. Lewis...
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Ge-eft Acht! Schetsen uit het Indische soldatenlevenGe-eft Acht! Schetsen uit het Indische soldatenlevenIeder, die de toestanden in het Indische leger kent, zal zich verwonderd hebben over al den onzin, die in den laatsten tijd daarover geschreven en gesproken werd. Voornamelijk enkele hoogmogende geestelijken en de middernacht-zendelingen, hebben in woord en...
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Memories and AdventuresMemories and AdventuresI was born on May 22, 1859, at Picardy Place, Edinburgh, so named because in old days a colony of French Huguenots had settled there. At the time of their coming it was a village outside the City walls, but now it...
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Narrative of a Private Soldier in His Majesty's 92d Regiment of FootNarrative of a Private Soldier in His Majesty's 92d Regiment of FootLong prefaces to Narratives have seldom, I believe, the honour of being read through. If the Narrative possess interest, a tedious recommendation only detains the reader from his enjoyment; and if it possess...
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Life of Frances Power Cobbe, as told by herselfLife of Frances Power Cobbe, as told by herself - with additions by the author, and introduction by Blanche AtkinsonMy life has been an interesting one to live and I hope that this record of it may not prove too dull to read. The...
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