Biography & Autobiography : General

Originally published over 100 years ago, Roughing It was Mark Twain's second major work after the success of his 1869 travel book, Innocents Abroad. This ti......

This brief life of Queen Victoria gives the salient features of her reign, including the domestic and public life, with a glance at the wonderful history and......

Uniting Paganism and Chritianity, Eastern and Western spirituality, and cosmic consciousness with earthly existence, this is ebook collector's edition contai......

In New York City, an average of eleven fires are reported every hour of the day and night, 365 days a year. Now, hear the stories behind the news...

This is an autobiographical account of Haas' journeys in spirit, and sojourns on earth. It is a blasphemous, recalcitrant, rapturous saga, relating the autho......

Daniel Bell is perhaps the most famous sociologist of his generation. In this invaluable introduction, Malcolm Waters presents Bell's arguments clearly and f......

"Routledge Critical Thinkers" is a new series for anyone needing an acessible introduction to the key figures in contemporary critical thought. The books pro......

My Schools and Schoolmasters is Hugh Miller's account of his extraordinary life - from the hardships of his early life in Cromarty, in North Eastern Scotland......

This is the definitive biographical guide to the Greek and Hellenistic world from 750 BC to the end of the Roman Empire. It is an excellent introduction to t......

In Napoleon III, Roger Price considers the mid-century crisis which provided Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte with the opportunity to gain elective office as Preside......

Adolf Hitler is perceived to be the most evil political leader of twentieth century Europe. By presenting a critical selection of primary source material thi......

Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, th......

Madame Guyon was a French noblewoman who was born in an unprincipled time fated to its corruption. She grew up in a church as licentious as the world in which...

This is both a remarkable journey through sacred India, and a pilgrimage to the immortal self. With his ever inexorable determination to pursue his highest p......

This volume contains Kipling's collected of essays, poems, theories, and reminisciences on sea warfare, from submarines to destroyers, with the personal and ......

Ever since Galileo was forced to recant his proofs of a sun-centered solar system, the Roman Catholic Church has been considered hostile toward science. Not ......