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Journal by George FoxStill commonly read today, The Journal of George Fox is the autobiography of one of the founders of the Quaker movement. British preacher... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $18.95 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
Journal by John WesleyHendrickson Classic Biographies presents a one-volume abridgement of Wesley's multi-volume journals. The Heart of John Wesley's Journal... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $33.40 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynSolzhenitsyn's first book, this economical, relentless novel is one of the most forceful artistic indictments of political oppression in... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.63 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Literature, Biography |
Confessions by St. AugustineSt Augustine's autobiographical reflections on philosophy, theology, history, and humanity. Near the top of EveryGoodBook's all time Top-10 list. At: Local Library Amazon $5.31 | ![]() | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Biography |
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten BoomInspiring saga of a heroic, Dutch family in Nazi occupied Holland during World War II; aglow with the glory of God and the courage of a quiet Christian spinster whose life was transformed by it. At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
Travels by Marco PoloIt was perhaps the first book to achieve best-seller status before the invention of the printing press-it was certainly the most... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.98 | ![]() | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Biography, General |
Walden by Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings-as well... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | ![]() | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinOne of the most popular works of American literature, this charming self-portrait has been translated into nearly every language. It covers... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $2.50 Read Online | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
Autobiography by Theodore RooseveltWe of the great modern democracies must strive unceasingly to make our several countries lands in which a poor man who works hard can live... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $18.99 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
Diary by David BrainerdThis compilation, taken from Jonathan Edwards’s edited versions of David Brainerd’s Diary and Journal, offers a highly readable... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.26 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
The Life and Diary of David Brainerd by Jonathan EdwardsThis compilation, taken from Jonathan Edwards’s edited versions of David Brainerd’s Diary and Journal, offers a highly readable... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $12.71 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
Witness by Whittaker ChambersFirst published in 1952, Witness was at once a literary effort, a philosophical treatise, and a bestseller. Whittaker Chambers had just... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $9.45 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| St. Thomas Aquinas by G. K. Chesterton St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Francis make for quite a contrast--St. Thomas was one of the greatest brains of the Catholic Church, and St.... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.98 | ![]() | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| Bruchko by Bruce Olson Bruchko is a fascinating story of a young man's struggles, Bruce Olsen, to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to civilizations that were... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $10.19 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography by Iain Murray Jonathan Edwards is maybe the most exciting historical Christian to study (except for Luther. Part of this explanation is the fact that... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $21.78 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| The Two Lives of Charlemagne by Einhard It's really bizarre how this book has gotten all those 1-star reviews. Most of them seem to have read it thinking it was a novel, though ... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | ![]() | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass Born into a family of slaves, Frederick Douglass educated himself through sheer determination. His unconquered will to triumph over his... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | ![]() | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot Take an unforgettable journey through the English countryside and into the homes of its inhabitants-- four-legged and otherwise-- with the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.80 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| Surprised by Joy by C. S. Lewis In this book Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| This Was John Calvin by Thea B. Van Halsema This Was John Calvin, by Thea B. Van Helsema At the beginning of a Bible-school class last fall on the history and shaping of Western... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $13.63 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| Journals by George Whitefield I wish more great Christians had kept journals. Reading about someone's struggles in a biography sometimes seems a little too broad; lots... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $18.25 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
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| Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau In his Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau tells the story of his life, from the formative experience of his humble childhood in Geneva,... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.08 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
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| Beloved Bride: The Letters of Stonewall Jackson to His Wife
by William Potter
He called her "my beloved esposa" because Anna was his dearest love on this earth. Ironically, while the great military exploits of General... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $10.30 | ![]() | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| The Dry Divide by Ralph Moody Ralph Moody, just turned twenty, had only a dime in his pocket when he was put off a freight in western Nebraska. It was the Fourth of July... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $10.36 | ![]() | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| Letters and Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Letters and Papers from Prison is a collection of notes and correspondence covering the period from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's arrest in 1943 to... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.70 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity by Robert Cwiklik Einstein's astonishing theory of relativity transformed every aspect of physics-from the study of atoms to the study of stars. Relativity... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| John Adams by David McCullough Left to his own devices, John Adams might have lived out his days as a Massachusetts country lawyer, devoted to his family and friends. As... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $13.60 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
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