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  • Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2-Benvenuto Cellini

    Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2-Benvenuto Cellini
    Nov 13 2026
    Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2 by Benvenuto Cellini.

    Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great self-regard and self-assertion, sometimes running into extravagances which are impossible to credit. He even writes in a complacent way of how he contemplated his murders before carrying them out.

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    7 ore e 13 min
  • Prayers and Meditations-Samuel Johnson

    Prayers and Meditations-Samuel Johnson
    Nov 12 2026
    Prayers and Meditations by Samuel Johnson.

    The prayers and meditations of Samuel Johnson, published posthumously by George Strahan to whom Johnson had entrusted the manuscripts. Johnson had been writing these down for over forty years. They often show him at his most repentant, melancholy and fragile -- and the book was controversial because of it -- but they also show the goodness, sense and strength which has always characterised this great man.

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    3 ore e 30 min
  • Years of My Youth-William Dean Howells

    Years of My Youth-William Dean Howells
    Nov 11 2026
    Years of My Youth by William Dean Howells.

    After the Civil War William Dean Howells served for 15 years as Assistant Editor and then Editor of the prestigious 'Atlantic' Magazine. For the remainder of the 19th Century he was a prolific and respected novelist. 'Years of My Youth' is his remembrance of his early years in Ohio, which he published in 1916 near the end of his life. The book spans the period from his earliest memories until his early 20s, at the beginning of the Civil War. The book is an unusually reflective chronicle that richly portrays the culture and issues of the 1840s and 1850s in the American Midwest.

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    7 ore e 45 min
  • My First Book (Version 2)-Various

    My First Book (Version 2)-Various
    Nov 10 2026
    My First Book (Version 2).

    Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literature? Did they slave away every evening after a hard day at the office? Did they devote their golden years to reflect on a life well-spent? Some faced rejection while others found almost instant success. In this volume, we learn from the authors themselves what launched their literary careers... Bret Harte, Arthur Conan Doyle, R.M. Ballantyne, H. Rider Haggard and many other favorites contributed their stories.

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    7 ore e 58 min
  • Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison-James E. Seaver

    Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison-James E. Seaver
    Nov 9 2026
    Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison by James E. Seaver.

    Mrs. Mary Jemison was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time. Containing an account of the murder of her father and his family; her sufferings; her marriage to two Indians; her troubles with her children; barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the life of her last husband, and many historical facts never before published.

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    4 ore e 55 min
  • Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead-John L. Ransom

    Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead-John L. Ransom
    Nov 8 2026
    Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead by John L. Ransom.

    This is his diary which he published some few years after the end of the Civil War. The Andersonville National Historic Site, located near Andersonville, Georgia, preserves the former Camp Sumter (also known as Andersonville Prison), a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the American Civil War…. The site is an iconic reminder of the horrors of Civil War prisons. It was commanded by Major Henry Wirz, who was tried and executed after the war for murder. It was overcrowded to four times its capacity, with inadequate water supply, reduction in food rations, and unsanitary conditions. Of the approximately 45,000 Union prisoners held at Camp Sumter during the war, nearly 13,000 men died. The chief causes of death were scurvy, diarrhea, and dysentery. Friends provided care, food, and moral support for others in their social network, which helped a prisoner survive.

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    8 ore e 33 min
  • Jesse James, My Father-Jesse James, Jr

    Jesse James, My Father-Jesse James, Jr
    Nov 7 2026
    Jesse James, My Father by Jesse James, Jr..

    A biography of Jesse James as told by his son, Jesse James, Jr. We are treated to inside tales of Jesse's childhood and home life; what drove him to become a Confederate guerrilla during the Civil War; his life after the war and how he became a wanted man. Since it was written by his son, it is a little biased and we are not told anything about any crimes Jesse and his gang committed. Some of the stories of Jesse's war adventures are a little hard to believe, but a good read nonetheless.

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    4 ore e 40 min
  • From Slave Cabin To Pulpit; and Sketches Of Slave Life-Peter Randolph

    From Slave Cabin To Pulpit; and Sketches Of Slave Life-Peter Randolph
    Nov 6 2026
    From Slave Cabin To Pulpit; and Sketches Of Slave Life by Peter Randolph.

    Peter Randolph was born a slave in 1825 (?), was freed before the American Civil War, and became a clergyman in the Baptist tradition, dying in 1897. This is his 1893 autobiography. The latter third of the book is a slightly edited re-publication of a pamphlet he published in 1855 (so before the Civil War) entitled “Sketches Of Slave Life."

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    4 ore e 48 min