History

Life on the Mississippi

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.7
Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's vivid memoir that transports listeners to the bustling world of the Mississippi River in the years l…

The Escaping Club

by A. J. Evans Read by Tom Weiss 4.6
Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly &…

The Souls of Black Folk

by W. E. B. Du Bois Read by toriasuncle 4.8
The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contain…

This Country of Ours

by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.2
This Country of Ours by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall offers a captivating journey through the early history of the United States, tailored f…

The River War

by Winston S. Churchill Read by Mark F. Smith 4.8
When the self-proclaimed Mahdi (“Guided One”) gathered Islamic forces and kicked the Anglo-Egyptians out of the Sudan, he unleashed a backla…

Chancellorsville and Gettysburg

by Abner Doubleday Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
Abner Doubleday began the Civil War as a Union officer and aimed the first cannon shot in response to the bombardment opened on Ft. Sumter i…

Life in a Mediaeval City

by Edwin Benson Read by Peter Yearsley 4.7
A short and gentle overview of mediaeval life in a large city. It lightly covers the class structure of society, local government, guilds, p…

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England

by The Venerable Bede Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England is a work in Latin by Bede on the history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England gene…

United States Constitution

by United States Government and Unit Read by Laurie Anne Walden 4.7
The Constitution is the charter of government and the supreme law of the United States of America. It was signed by delegates to the Constit…

Foxe's Book of Martyrs

by John Foxe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beli…

Geronimo’s Story of His Life

by Geronimo Read by Sue Anderson 4.5
Geronimo’s Story of His Life is the oral life history of a legendary Apache warrior. Composed in 1905, while Geronimo was being held as a U.…

Bradford's History of the Plymouth Settlement

by William Bradford Read by David Leeson 4.6
The journal of William Bradford, who served five terms as governor of the Plymouth colony, is an indispensable document of the events of ear…

Fighting the Flying Circus

by Eddie Rickenbacker Read by Brett W. Downey 4.7
This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Ha…

The Oregon Trail

by Francis Parkman, Jr. Read by R. S. Steinberg 4.6
The Oregon Trail is Francis Parkman, Jr.'s vivid first-person narrative chronicling his adventurous journey across the American frontier in …

History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria

by Gaston Maspero Read by Sibella Denton 4.7
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria is the masterwork of one of the fathers of modern egyptology. This work, in t…

Now It Can Be Told

by Philip Gibbs Read by Walt Allan 4.8
In this book I have written about some aspects of the war which, I believe, the world must know and remember, not only as a memorial of men'…

Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy

by Isaac Asimov Read by Blane Aden McKoy 4.7
This is a short booklet on science fact commissioned by the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration (Office of Public Affairs).…

The Story of the Middle Ages

by Samuel B. Harding Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.7
Intended for a youthful audience, The Story of the Middle Ages, published in 1906, tells the history of the Middle Ages in simple and entert…

Great Astronomers

by Robert Stawell Ball Read by MaryAnn 4.7
Of all the natural sciences there is not one which offers such sublime objects to the attention of the inquirer as does the science of astro…

Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

by Andrew Carnegie Read by William Tomcho 4.6
This autobiography of Andrew Carnegie is a very well written and interesting history of one of the most wealthy men in the United states. He…

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