The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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From his family origins and youth to his professional and intellectual life as a printer, publisher, diplomat, and brilliant inventor, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is an astounding work that chal ...
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Born into a modest Detroit family, Henry Ford became a pioneer of American ingenuity and industry. In 1922, at the peak of his success in putting countless automobiles on the road, Ford put his own st ...
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Before he became one of America's best-loved authors, Mark Twain lived out his own adventures as a steamboat captain on the Mississippi River. The waterway that would run through the heart of some of ...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself
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One woman's amazing story of abuse, degradation, and courage as she faces the devastating hardships of America's "peculiar institution."
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Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters
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Enter the world of the woman behind the beloved classics. Here, in her own words and in the stories of those who knew her best, Jane Austen comes alive.
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When it came time to tell the life story of Samuel Johnson, a central figure of British thought and literature, only the most brilliant of biographers would do. Happily, in 1791, James Boswell rose to ...
Lives of Girls Who Became Famous
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Harriet Beecher Stowe. Louisa May Alcott. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. These are some of the inspiring women whose lives Bolton traces in this unique collection of mini-biographies, offering a woman's perspective on "girls" whose stories have made history.
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From a childhood marred by the cruelties of slavery Booker T. Washington rose to become a champion for black Americans. Here's how he pulled himself up by his boostraps—and his vision for how his disadvantaged countrymen could do the same.
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It's been called the best nonfiction book of the twentieth century. At times sarcastic, at others heady, Adams's reaches far beyond his school days, exploring the human experience in a rapidly changing world.
Random Reminiscences of Men and Events
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You know his name. Now, in his own words, read the incredible story of the wealthiest man in history.
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A voyage to the exotic south sea turns into one of the most famous mutinies in naval history. This is the full story of William Bligh and his ship: the Bounty.
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Written by her nephew, this memoir offers an intimate, familial look at the figure so many readers have come to know, simply and affectionately, as "Jane."
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Get a glimpse of Victorian life through these astute essays on the people, literature, and culture that concerned nineteenth century society.
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
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Sojourner Truth was beaten, imprisoned, and bought and sold like property in a nation that promised freedom. This is the story of how she found the courage to ask a question that would echo through history: Ain't I a Woman?
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The intertwined stories of Richard Stallman and the development of free software that have changed the way we interact with our digital world.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Volume 1
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Iris Chang's mysterious suicide in 2004, at age thirty-six, didn't seem to make any sense. She had more to live for than anyone, including fame, fortune, beauty, a husband, and child. Some even wonder ...
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