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Recollections of an old soldier Capt. David Perry (b. 1741) · 1822 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Challenging As they were in those days, the full title of Capt David Perry's book is its own description: Recollections of an old soldier. The life of Captain David Perry, a soldier of the French and revolutionary wars, containing many extraordinary occurrences relating to his own private history, and an account of some interesting events in the history of the times in which he lived, no-where else… Shares Personal narratives, Biography & Memoir

The Library of American Biography Jared Sparks · 1846 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

A history of autobiography in antiquity

A history of autobiography in antiquity Georg Misch · 1950 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Autobiography

Autobiography Anderson L Staff · 2001 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Missing Persons

Missing Persons Mary Evans · 1998 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Two Sisters Gore Vidal · 1970 · ★ 5.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.” Shares Biography & Memoir

Mr. Nice Howard Marks · 1996 · 468p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Marse Henry : An Autobiography Henry Watterson · 1919 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Dirty White Boys

Dirty White Boys Stephen Hunter · 1994 · ★ 4.1 · 436p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Three convicts escape from a maximum-security penitentiary. With guile, fury, and surprisingly fine manners, they slash and shoot their way through Oklahoma and North Texas in a frenzy of violence, madness, and murder. And they're having a damn good time. Until they encounter state trooper Bud Pewtie. He's hot on their trail, but a little distracted. He's also hot on the tail of his young… Shares Escapes, Prisoners

Dead Run Joe Jackson · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Summers are always stifling in southern Virginia, and they're even hotter on the Mecklenburg Correctional Center's Death Row when Dennis Stockton arrives there in July 1983. Charged with murder for hire, Stockton insisted he was innocent, but his jury sentenced him to die. In prison, he begins keeping a diary and it soon becomes his lifeline, nurturing dreams of freedom and publication as an… Shares Escapes, Prisoners, Biography & Memoir

Night judgement at Sinos Henry Patterson · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Escapes with this book.

The Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt · 1894 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "The Rough Riders (1899) is the story of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the regiment Roosevelt led to enduring fame in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt recounts how the regiment was raised from an unusual mixture of hardened southwestern frontiersmen and privileged northeastern college graduates, and how it trained in Texas and then sailed "southward through the topic seas… Shares Personal narratives, Biography & Memoir

Maze Larry Collins · 1989 · ★ 4.0 · 503p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Enq. dans les labos de recherche de la CIA Shares Language readers

Confessions of an economic hit man Perkins, John · 2004 · ★ 3.9 · 294p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Sinhalese translation of a controversial book on the economic policies of U.S. government with respect to developing countries. Shares Biografía, Biography & Memoir

Torches Together Emmy Arnold · 1964 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate **Not many people talk about "joy" these days.** Emmy Arnold's memoir radiates just that - an enthusiasm for life and an unflagging optimism grounded in faith. In a genre awash in sordid sex and dysfunctional relationships, she offers a refreshing account of a hard life lived victoriously, of people brought together, despite their own weakness and turbulent times, to experience new levels of… Shares Biography & Memoir

On the Move Oliver Sacks · 2015 · ★ 4.5 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate An impassioned, tender, and joyous memoir by the author of Musicophilia and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: "Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far." It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On… Shares Biografía, Biography & Memoir

Army Life in a Black Regiment Thomas Wentworth Higginson · 1870 · ★ 3.9 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Challenging "*Army Life in a Black Regiment* has some claim to be the best written narrative to come from the Union [side] during the Civil War," wrote historian Henry Steele Commander. "Higginson's picture of the battle which was the origin of 'praise the Lord and pass the ammunition' and his reading of the Emancipation Proclamation to the black regiment are unsurpassed for eloquence." A Union colonel wrote… Shares Personal narratives, Biography & Memoir

Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert · 2001 · ★ 3.6 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different… Shares Biografía, Biography & Memoir

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