Biography & Autobiography

The Life of Saint Columba

by Frances Alice Forbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Saint Columba (521 – 597) was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in present-day Scotland. He founded the imp…

Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams

by Abigail Adams Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
Abigail Adams lived the American Revolution as the wife of one of its central figures--John Adams. Her family correspondence, published alon…

Apologia Pro Vita Sua

by John Henry Newman Read by BillMac 4.2
A religious autobiography of unsurpassed interest, the simple confidential tone of which "revolutionized the popular estimate of its au…

The Complete Interviews

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.9
This collection of the 258 known, publicly-printed interviews of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Gary Scharnhorst and …

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
In Benjamin Franklin's lifetime, he kept good record of his life and travels, and although Franklin was never a president, he still plays a …

A Gold Hunter's Experience

by Chalkley J. Hambleton Read by Sue Anderson 4.2
"Early in the summer of 1860, I had an attack of gold fever. In Chicago, the conditions for such a malady were all favorable. Since t…

The Normans in European History

by Charles Homer Haskins Read by Pamela Nagami 4.9
Wherever their ships took them, the Normans (Northman) were ruthless conquerors but gifted governors. These eight lectures, given in Boston …

Steep Trails

by John Muir Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A collection of Muir's previously unpublished essays, released shortly after his death. "This volume will meet, in every way, the high …

The Friendship of Christ

by Robert Hugh Benson Read by dave7 4.8
Robert Hugh Benson, who was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, was ordained an Anglican priest in 1895 by his father, …

Jesse James, My Father

by Jesse James, Jr. Read by Barry Eads 4.5
A biography of Jesse James as told by his son, Jesse James, Jr. We are treated to inside tales of Jesse's childhood and home life; what dro…

The Book of Missionary Heroes

by Basil Joseph Mathews Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Through the centuries, the world has been witness to an unbroken trail of heroes--men and women who braved privation, danger, and death to b…

The Story of Cole Younger

by Cole Younger Read by William A Crenshaw 4.5
The Story of Cole Younger offers a firsthand account of the life of one of America's most notorious outlaws. Cole Younger, a veteran of the …

Daniel Boone

by Reuben Gold Thwaites Read by William Tomcho 4.5
Daniel Boone was a great hunter, explorer, surveyor, and excellent rifleman; he knew Indians and fought them skillfully. His life was filled…

The Confessions of al-Ghazali

by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad Al-Ghazālī Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was born in 1058 AD in the city of Tus in modern day Iran. He was a reputed scholar, philosopher and Shafi'i jurist wh…

Mystical City of God

by Venerable María De Jesús De Ágreda Read by Ann Boulais 4.9
The Mystical City of God is a book written in the 17th-century by the Franciscan nun, Venerable Mary of Jesus of Ágreda.According to …

Famous Men of Modern Times

by John Henry Haaren Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Famous Men of Modern Times offers a captivating exploration of influential figures who shaped the modern world. Through a series of biograph…

The General History of the Pyrates

by Captain Charles Johnson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book containing biographies of contemporary pirates. …

The Many-Sided Franklin

by Paul Leicester Ford Read by Michele Fry 4.7
A fast-paced, somewhat racey look into the life, accomplishments and idiosyncrasies of Benjamin Franklin. Acclaimed biographer Paul L. Ford …

The Letters of Mark Twain

by Mark Twain Read by James K. White 4.8
These letters were arranged in two volumes by Albert Bigelow Paine, Samuel L. Clemens's literary executor, as a supplement to Mark Twain, A …

Famous Assassinations Of History

by Francis Johnson Read by David Wales 4.6
It has been the object of the writer to make each of these “famous assassinations” the central scene of a picture in which the political, re…

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