History

Andersonville Diary

by John L. Ransom Read by David Wales 4.7
John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the …

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans

by Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

Herodotus' Histories

by Herodotus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histori…

Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans

by Charles Alexander Eastman Read by Laura Caldwell 4.6
EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted…

The History of Standard Oil

by Ida M. Tarbell Read by Tom Weiss 4.7
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Com…

The Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith Read by Stephen Escalera 4.7
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…

The Lure of the Labrador Wild

by Dillon Wallace Read by Tom Weiss 4.7
The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, an adventurer and journalist to canoe the system Naskaupi Ri…

The Federalist Papers

by James Madison Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The Federalist Papers (correctly known as The Federalist) are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Const…

The Chronicles of Crime

by Camden Pelham Read by Kevin Green 4.7
This catalogue of human weakness and at times downright atrocity has been brought together by Camden Pelham, a barrister-at-law of the Inner…

Fifty Years in Chains

by Charles Ball Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Fifty Years in Chains is a powerful memoir that recounts the harrowing experiences of Charles Ball, an American slave born in 1780. Through …

Manners, Customs and Dress During the Middle Ages

by Paul Lacroix and Jean De La Lacroix Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
A comprehensive and detailed account of medieval life and culture in France, with reference to other parts of Europe, including chapters on …

Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War

by Ambrose Bierce Read by Winston Tharp 4.7
At the outset of the American Civil War, [the writer Ambrose] Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment....In Februa…

The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamesh

by E. A. Wallis Budge Read by Kazbek 4.6
A short monograph devoted to the Babylonian flood myth and the Epic of Gilgamesh (Standard Babylonian version), dating from the 7th century …

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

by Edward Gibbon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

Beasts, Men and Gods

by Ferdinand Ossendowski Read by Mark F. Smith 4.5
“Beasts, Men and Gods” is an account of an epic journey, filled with perils and narrow escapes, in the mold of “The Lord of the Rings.”The d…

Germania

by Publius Cornelius Tacitus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Germania (Latin: De Origine et situ Germanorum, literally The Origin and Situation of the Germans), written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus a…

History of the Conquest of Mexico

by William H. Prescott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;Round many western islands have I beenWhich bards in fe…

The Enchiridion

by Epictetus Read by John Pederson 4.8
The Enchiridion (also translated as “Handbook” or “Manual”) of Epictetus is a short collection of Stoic precepts compiled by Arrian, a stude…

Fort Laramie

4.7
Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. The saga of fighting men who …

The Anti-Federalist Papers

by Patrick Henry Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
During the period of debate over the ratification of the Constitution, numerous independent local speeches and articles were published all a…

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