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    Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave Frederick Douglass · 1845
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (16 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Modern history Memoir
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    Common Sense Thomas Paine, Thomas Paine · 1776
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (11 ratings)
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    The Diary Samuel Pepys · 1825
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Classics
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    The Worst Journey in the World Apsley Cherry-Garrard · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (5 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Travel writing
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    Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence · 1905
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Modern history Memoir
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    The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano · 1789
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (5 ratings)
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    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet A. Jacobs · 1861
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (9 ratings)
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    South! Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton · 1919
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Travel writing
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    The Lives of the Caesars Suetonius · 1470
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
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    Ten Days That Shook the World John Reed · 1919
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (6 ratings)
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    A General History of the Pirates Captain Charles Johnson · 1814
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (2 ratings)
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    Journals Sir Alexander Mackenzie · 2022
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Travel writing
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    Religion and the Rise of Capitalism Richard H. Tawney · 1926
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    Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom William Craft, Ellen Craft · 1860
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    The Bolshevik Myth Alexander Berkman · 2015
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    Tombstone Walter Noble Burns · 1927
    EN Free ebook History Biography & memoir
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