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Cover of Chopin: the Man and His Music
by James Huneker
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Frédéric Chopin (1 March 1810[1] 17 October 1849) was a composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period. He is widely regarded as the greatest Polish composer, and one of music's greatest tone poets."
Cover of Richard III
by Jacob Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Richard III (2 October 1452 22 August 1485) was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field...
Cover of Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, both volumes in a single file
by Mark Twain
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Fictionalized history. According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel and The Adventures...
Cover of Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography
by Theodore Roosevelt
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 January 6, 1919), also known as T.R., and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the 26th President of the United States. A leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Party, he was a Governor of New York...
Cover of Queen Elizabeth
by Jacob Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 24 March 1603) was Queen regnant of England and Queen regnant of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty....
Cover of The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty, complete unabridge edition
by Samuel Pepys
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This is the complete edition, originally published in 1893. According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Pepys, (23 February 1633 - 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard...
Cover of Civil War Memoirs: Grant and Sherman
by Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Shserman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (18691877) and military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and effectively...
Cover of The Rough Riders
by Theodore Roosevelt
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 January 6, 1919), also known as T.R., and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the 26th President of the United States. A leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Party, he was a Governor of New York...
Cover of Mark Twain: six travel books and memoirs
by Mark Twain
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This book-collection file includes: The Innocents Abroad, Roughing It, Life on the Mississippi, A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, and Chapters from My Autobiography. It also includes the short pieces: A Burlesque Autobiography, Rambling Idle Excursions, and The Stolen White Elephant.
Cover of Jack London's Non-Fiction: six books
by Jack London
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This book-collection file includes: John Barleycorn, The Road, The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, Revolution and Other Essays, and The Cruise of the Snark. According to Wikipedia: "Jack London (12 January, 1876 22 November, 1916] was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other...
Cover of Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1725-1798, complete in a single file
by Jacques Casanova
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798) was a Venetian adventurers and author. His main book Histoire de ma vie (History of My Life), part autobiography and part memoir, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life...
Cover of The Enormous Room
by e. e. cummings
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "The Enormous Room is a 1922 autobiographical novel by the poet and novelist E. E. Cummings about his temporary imprisonment in France during World War I. Cummings served as an ambulance driver during the war. In late August 1917 his friend and colleague, William Slater Brown...
Cover of The Life of Cicero: both volumes in a single file
by Anthony Trollope
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Marcus Tullius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC December 7, 43 BC) was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. Cicero is generally perceived to be one of...
Cover of Mark Twain
by Archibald Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Biography of the American humorist by an English author, first published in 1910. According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry...
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