History

Europe and the Faith

by Hilaire Belloc Read by Ray Clare 4.7
In Europe and the Faith, Hilaire Belloc offers a profound exploration of the intertwined histories of Europe and Christianity. He presents a…

Crime Classics

Read by Thomas Hyland 4.6
Crime Classics came to CBS on September 30, 1953, and was a captivating series of true crime stories. The show introduced itself succinctly:…

The Sea

by Frederick Whymper Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Everything about the sea: history of ships, famous mariners and life on shipboard, adventure, shipwrecks and daring rescues. - Summary by K…

The Medici

by G. F. Young Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zeni…

Democracy in America

by Alexis De Tocqueville Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
When Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. Many of his insightful …

The Story of Electricity

by John Munro Read by Ruth Golding 4.5
In the book's preface, the author writes: "Let anyone stop to consider how he individually would be affected if all electrical service …

Royal Children of English History

by E. Nesbit Read by Cori Samuel 4.8
From the first chapter: "History is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people in our England years ago; and the thin…

1941 Radio News

by P. G. Wodehouse 4.9
Explore the news from 1941 in this fascinating audio collection. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that shaped t…

Historical Tales

by Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews Read by Kalynda 4.6
Volume I of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This first volume comprises…

The Normans in European History

by Charles Homer Haskins Read by Pamela Nagami 4.8
Wherever their ships took them, the Normans (Northman) were ruthless conquerors but gifted governors. These eight lectures, given in Boston …

Introduction to The Philosophy of History

by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.5
The introduction to Hegel's lectures on the philosophy of world history is often used to introduce students to Hegel's philosophy, in part b…

Richard III

by Jacob Abbott Read by Cate Barratt 4.4
Jacob Abbott chronicles the unspeakably treacherous rise of Richard III to the throne of England in the midst of the war between the Yorks a…

The Journal of John Woolman

by John Woolman Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
John Woolman was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York, England, in 1772. He was the child of Quaker parents, and from his y…

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans

by Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts

by Frank R. Stockton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Buccaneers is non-fiction, a highly readable history of how piracy began and spread throughout the region in response to the plundering of S…

Canyons of the Colorado

by John Wesley Powell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colora…

Historic Adventures

by Rupert S. Holland Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This is a collection of early American stories, interesting read. (Summary by sidhu177)

A Short History of the World

by H. G. Wells Read by Kristine Bekere 4.2
A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work T…

American History Stories

by Mara L. Pratt Read by Kalynda 4.5
American History Stories by Mara L. Pratt invites young listeners on a captivating journey through the early chapters of American history. F…

The Sound of War

Read by David Greenspan 4.5
The Sound of War is a collection that captures the essence of World War II through actual sound recordings. With a total of 18 episodes, thi…

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