History
Ireland Under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum
Read by Jim Locke
Richard Bagwell
This second volume of a history of Ireland focuses on the years 1642-1660. It, like the first, was a period of dramatic, and even of violent…
Biographies In Sound
Read by H. V. Kaltenborn
H. V. Kaltenborn narrates "A Salute to Network Radio on its 30th Anniversary," exploring the rich history of network radio. This p…
Eyes Aloft
Eyes Aloft presents a special December 7th Memorial Program on the one year anniversary of America at war. This program explores how the Air…
NBC's 40th Anniversary
NBC celebrates their 40 years in broadcasting with hosts Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, who introduce excerpts from 40 years worth of en…
CBC
Experience the rich history of CBC with this special program celebrating its 50th anniversary. This broadcast from 1986 highlights the achie…
Mutual Broadcasting System In Review
The Mutual Networks present highlights from the year 1937, including FDR's re-inauguration, Ohio and Mississippi river floods, a CIO strike …
State of the Union Addresses
Read by KevinS
Gerald Ford
The State of the Union address is a speech or report presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States…
The World's Famous Orations
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various,William Jennings Bryan and Various, William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan compiled this collection speeches from many early orators of America. Volume 8 includes speeches from the years 1774…
Mother Earth
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
Mother Earth, an American anarchist journal, was self styled as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature". Mo…
The Tale of the Spinning Wheel
Read by Amelia Chesley
Elizabeth Cynthia Barney Buel and Elizabeth C. Barney Buel
Adapted from a talk given for various New England historical societies and chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), this …
Cavalcade Of America
A dramatization of events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Cavalcade Of America
A dramatization of how the Connecticut Charter was saved from falling into the hands of the Crown in 1687.
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
This third volume of d'Aubigné's work on the Reformation covers the years 1521 - 1527, as it developed in Germany, Switzerland, Engla…
The Poisoned Loving-Cup
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Charles Grant Miller
"ANGLO-AMERICAN accord is splendid sentiment. America ever rises gladly to this toast. But we must drink from our own crystal chalice o…
Adventures In Research
The story of the first regularly scheduled radio broadcast in history, in 1920, when Pittsburgh's KDKA broadcast the presidential election c…
The World's Best Orations
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
A Life of Napoleon
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Ida M. Tarbell
Ida Tarbell is best known today as the investigative journalist whose pieces on workings of the Standard Oil Company led to the creation of …
Histories
Read by ARodrigo
Polybius
Of the forty books which made up the history of Polybius, the first five alone have come down to us in a complete form; of the rest we have …
Stories of South Pole Adventure
Read by Steve C
Frank Mundell
The famous search for the North-West Passage led many daring pioneers to penetrate into the unknown and to brave the dread perils of the Arc…
Canadian School Days
Read by Elwy Yost
Max Braithwaite
Join us for a delightful journey back in time with Canadian School Days, a unique presentation that takes listeners to the one-room schoolho…