History
The Desert
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Mathilde Blind
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Desert by Mathilde Blind. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 10th, 2010.
Women of America
Read by Linda Andrus
John Ruse Larus
The present volume completes the story of woman as told in the series of which it forms part. The history of nations is, in its ultimate ana…
Orjien vapauttaminen Pohjois-Amerikassa
Read by Andy Bay
Alexandra Gripenberg
Tämä lyhyt esitys orjien vapauttamisesta Pohjois-Amerikan Yhdysvalloissaon kirjoitettu siinä toivossa, että se voisi oll…
Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed
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William Alexander MacKay
By Zorra, in the following sketches, is meant a little district in Oxford county, Ontario, some ten miles square, composed of part of East a…
The Chronicles of America Volume 11 - Eve of the Revolution
Read by Jim Locke
Carl L. Becker
Here is a look at the evolution of thought and events that led Benjamin Franklin to make this statement: "British subjects, by removing…
Les quarante fauteuils de l'Académie Française 1634-1886
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Charles Barthelémy
Depuis ses débuts en cercle de neuf amis, ensuite organisée et élargie sous la tutelle du cardinal de Richelieu en 1634…
St. Clair's Defeat 1791
Read by Phil Schempf
William James McGlothlin
St. Clair's defeat was a battle fought between the United States and the Western Confederacy of Native Americans on November 4, 1791, during…
True Stories of Girl Heroines
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Evelyn Everett-Green
Twenty short stories retelling the heroic deeds of teenaged girls and young women from history. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle
Fatherland
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Sir Henry Parkes
LibriVox volunteers bring you 4 recordings of Fatherland by Sir Henry Parkes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 23rd, 2011.Sir …
The Mormon Battalion, Its History and Achievements
Read by Wayne Cooke
B. H. Roberts
A history of the Longest March of Military in History. The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history i…
The Great Delft Thunderclap Of 1654
Radio Netherlands
The day the world came to an end: The great Delft Thunderclap of 1654 This programme commemorated the 350th anniversary of one of the…
Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland
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John William Norie
Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant v…
The Life of Washington, Volume 5
Read by Jim Locke
John James Marshall
Volume five of John Marshall's biography follows Washington through his second term ending in the election of John Adams and Washington's re…
Leading Events in the History of the Church: Part 1 - Christian Antiquity
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The Sisters Of Notre Dame
The first volume in a series of Catholic Church history books written for children. Volume 1 covers the time period from after Our Lord's de…
Our Little Mexican Cousin
Read by Mike Dunn
Edward Crompton Butler
This book tells about life in Mexico in the early 20th century, through the eyes of a little girl, Juanita. As the story follows her, the re…
Letters of John Quincy Adams to His Son, on the Bible and Its Teachings
Read by DaleBarkley
John Quincy Adams
A collection of nine letters written by the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, to his teenage son. "Their purpose…