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Real Lives, Explained

The plot, the people, the point and the ending — then the Boovie film, where there is one.

The library

6,448 lives & letters

Battle of the Crater; and Experiences of Prison Life

Sumner U. Shearman · biography

Battles & Bivouacs: A French soldier's note-book

Jacques Roujon · biography

Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach

Christopher Hare · biography

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02: Jewish Heroes and Prophets

John Lord · biography

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women

John Lord · biography

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders

John Lord · biography

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12: American Leaders

John Lord · biography

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers

John Lord · biography

Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497

Julia Cartwright · biography

Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence, Vol. 1

Elizabeth Sarah Kite · biography

Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence, Vol. 2

Elizabeth Sarah Kite · biography

James Huneker · biography

Romain Rolland · biography

Beethoven : The story of a little boy who was forced to practice

Thomas Tapper · biography

Beethoven, a character study; together with Wagner's indebtedness to Beethoven

George Alexander -1922 Fischer · biography

Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words

Ludwig van Beethoven · biography

Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.)

Elliott Graeme · biography

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1

Ludwig van Beethoven · biography

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2

Ludwig van Beethoven · biography

Behind the Footlights

Mrs. Alec-Tweedie · play

Behind the scenes in Peking

Mary Hooker · biography

Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House

Elizabeth Keckley · biography

Behind the Screen

Samuel Goldwyn · play

Beleaguered in Pekin: The Boxer's War Against the Foreigner

Robert Coltman · biography

Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888

Belford's Magazine, Vol II, No. 10, March 1889

Belford's Magazine, Vol. II, No. 3, February 1889

Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889

George Hay · biography

Beneath the Banner: Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds

F. J. Cross · biography

Benedetto Croce: An Introduction to His Philosophy

Raffaello Piccoli · biography

Benjamin Franklin

John S. C. Abbott · biography

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin · biography

Benjamin Franklin

Paul Elmer More · biography

Benjamin Franklin

Robin McKown · biography

Benjamin Franklin

John T. Jr. Morse · biography

Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed, Volume 1 (of 2)

Wiliam Cabell Bruce · biography

Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume 2 (of 2)

Wiliam Cabell Bruce · biography

Bergson and His Philosophy

John Alexander Gunn · biography

Bernardin de St. Pierre

Arvède Barine · biography

Bernardino Luini

James Mason · biography

Bess of Hardwick and Her Circle

Maud Stepney Rawson · biography

Best Lincoln stories, tersely told

J. E. Gallaher · collection

Best o' luck: How a fighting Kentuckian won the thanks of Britain's King

Alexander McClintock · biography

Between the Lines: Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After

Henry Bascom -1916 Smith · biography

Between You and Me

Harry Sir Lauder · biography

Beyond the Lines; Or, A Yankee Prisoner Loose in Dixie

John James Geer · biography

Beyond the Marne: Quincy, Huiry, Voisins before and during the battle

Henriette Cuvru-Magot · biography