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Journal by George Fox
Still commonly read today, The Journal of George Fox is the autobiography of one of the founders of the Quaker movement. British preacher... Source: Amazon
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Discovery/
Colonial
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
Journal by John Wesley
Hendrickson Classic Biographies presents a one-volume abridgement of Wesley's multi-volume journals. The Heart of John Wesley's Journal... Source: Amazon
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Discovery/
Colonial
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn's first book, this economical, relentless novel is one of the most forceful artistic indictments of political oppression in... Source: Amazon
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Modern
1900-present
Secondary
& Adult
Literature,
Biography
Confessions by St. Augustine
St Augustine's autobiographical reflections on philosophy, theology, history, and humanity. Near the top of EveryGoodBook's all time Top-10 list.
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Classical
500BC-600AD
Secondary
& Adult
Phil./Religion,
Biography
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Inspiring 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.
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Modern
1900-present
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
Travels by Marco Polo
It was perhaps the first book to achieve best-seller status before the invention of the printing press-it was certainly the most... Source: Amazon
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Middle Ages
600-1300
Secondary
& Adult
Biography,
General
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings-as well... Source: Amazon
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1800'sSecondary
& Adult
Biography
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
One of the most popular works of American literature, this charming self-portrait has been translated into nearly every language. It covers... Source: Amazon
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Discovery/
Colonial
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt
We 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
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Modern
1900-present
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
Diary by David Brainerd
This compilation, taken from Jonathan Edwards’s edited versions of David Brainerd’s Diary and Journal, offers a highly readable... Source: Amazon
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Discovery/
Colonial
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
The Life and Diary of David Brainerd by Jonathan Edwards
This compilation, taken from Jonathan Edwards’s edited versions of David Brainerd’s Diary and Journal, offers a highly readable... Source: Amazon
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Discovery/
Colonial
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
Witness by Whittaker Chambers
First published in 1952, Witness was at once a literary effort, a philosophical treatise, and a bestseller. Whittaker Chambers had just... Source: Amazon
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1800'sSecondary
& 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
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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
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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
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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
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Discovery/
Colonial
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
Julius Caesar by John Buchan
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Ancient
before 500BC
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
The angry ranting of an obscure, small-party politician, the first volume of Mein Kampf was virtually ignored when it was originally... Source: Amazon
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Modern
1900-present
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
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
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Discovery/
Colonial
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
The Scholar by George Henry Borrow
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1800'sSecondary
& Adult
Biography
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
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1800'sSecondary
& 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
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1800'sSecondary
& 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
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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
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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
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Discovery/
Colonial
Secondary
& Adult
Biography
The Priest by George Henry Borrow
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1800'sSecondary
& Adult
Biography