Memoirs

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An American Engineer in Stalin's Russia: The Memoirs of Zara Witkin
by Zara Witkin - University of California Press , 1991
In 1932 Witkin set off for the Soviet Union to help build a society more just and rational than the bankrupt capitalist system at home. He felt beaten in the end by the lethargy and corruption choking the greatest social experiment in history.
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First footsteps in East Africa
by Richard Burton - eBooks@Adelaide , 2009
An extraordinary document of travel into one of the blank areas on the map by a true renaissance man. Its a true adventure story about how far a man can go on a combination of intellect and raw courage. The adventurer and explorer at his best.
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Life on the Mississippi
by Mark Twain - Classic Reader , 2008
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River.
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Memoirs of the Life of Anne Boleyn, Queen of Henry VIII
by Elizabeth Benger, Lucy Aikin - Longman , 1827
Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 - 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Her subsequent execution made her a key figure in the religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin - Pennsylvania State University , 2007
The original form of the manuscript is here reproduced in recognition of its value as a picture of one of the most notable personalities of Colonial times, and of its acknowledged rank as one of the great autobiographies of the world.
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The Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin - Pennsylvania State University , 2001
This readable book is the product of Darwin's amazing journey aboard the Beagle where he made observations that led to his theory of natural selection. The book is a lively and accessible introduction to the mind of this influential thinker.
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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln
by Abraham Lincoln - Pennsylvania State University , 2002
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination. This immense collection includes Lincoln's speeches, letters, and telegrams. It provides a vivid picture of history as lived day-to-day.
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The Young Hitler I Knew
by August E. V. Anderson - Houghton Mifflin Company , 1955
An extraordinary memoir by a man who actually met Hitler in 1904. Their passion for music created a friendship, and a roommate situation. This book deals with the darkest, perhaps the most formative, and the most interesting period of Hitler's life.
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Travels in West Africa
by Mary H. Kingsley - Mille Tre Verlag , 2009
The breathtaking, edifying and hilariously entertaining autobiographical tale of the famous British 19th century female explorer, who traveled all by herself into the deepest West African jungle and loved every life-threatening moment of it.
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Villehardouin and de Joinville: Memoirs of the Crusades
by Geoffroi de Villehardouin - Dutton , 1955
Written by eye-witnesses who had taken an important part in what they describe. Stirring episodes in one of the most stirring chapters in human history. How Christendom put forth its power to capture and again recapture the holy land.
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