Memoirs

Around the World on a Bicycle

by Thomas Stevens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…

Childhood

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Expatriate 4.6
Childhood is the first published novel by Leo Tolstoy, released under the initials L. N. in the November 1852 issue of the popular Russian l…

A Shepherd's Life

by William Henry Hudson Read by David Wales 4.5
Hudson wrote this classic work in 1910; it is admiringly mentioned by many other writers. It focuses on the memories of a head shepherd, Ca…

Vanished Arizona

by Martha Summerhayes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
"This is the lively autobiography of Martha Summerhayes, the wife of an officer in the American Army. Here, she tells many stories abou…

Creative Unity

by Rabindranath Tagore Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore talks of the many things he feels is necessary for creativity through joy of unity, he covers many topics like t…

The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp

by William Henry Davies Read by Expatriate 4.8
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is an autobiography published in 1908 by the Welsh poet and writer W. H. Davies (1871–1940). A large part…

The Go-Getter

by Peter B. Kyne Read by Scott Dahlem 4.4
The Go-Getter tells the inspiring story of a determined disabled veteran who navigates the challenges of civilian life with unwavering persi…

Boyhood

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Bill Boerst 4.4
Boyhood offers a poignant glimpse into the formative years of one of literature's greatest minds, Leo Tolstoy. This autobiographical novel c…

Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook

by Maria Montessori Read by Phil Chenevert 4.4
This is the authoritative book written by Montessori to describe her methods. It gives an overview of the Montessori Method as developed for…

The Life of God in the Soul of Man

by Henry Scougal Read by J L Raimundo 4.7
Henry Scougal was born in Scotland in 1650. The son of the Bishop of Aberdeen, he flourished under rigorous teaching to become Professor of …

Across the Plains

by Catherine Sager Pringle Read by Carol Pelster 4.2
The Sager family, including seven children, set out on the Oregon trail in 1844. Accidents and disease made it a dangerous trip, and both …

The Bee-Master of Warrilow

by Tickner Edwardes Read by Steve C 4.8
"Is it true that a bee can only sting once?" I asked him, as he bent again over the crocus beds.He laughed."What would be the…

Three Girls in a Flat

by Enid Yandell Read by Lee Ann Howlett 4.5
Enid Yandell (October 6, 1870 - June 13, 1934) was an American sculptor who studied with Auguste Rodin and Frederick William MacMonnies. She…

A Japanese Boy

by Shigemi Shiukichi Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
The life of a Japanese boy in the late 1800's and early 1900's, told simply and beautifully. This isn't about civilizations and governments,…

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

by Matthew A. Henson Read by Lee Smalley 4.7
In this fascinating memoir, Matthew Henson describes the incredibly dangerous, exhausting, and bone-chilling trip to what was until then the…

The Journal of Lewis and Clarke

by Meriwether Lewis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
"The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocea…

The Promised Land

by Mary Antin Read by Bridget Gaige 4.6
Being a Jew in Russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Jews were persecuted because of their religion. So the Jews found …

The Spring of Joy

by Mary Webb Read by NoelBadrian 5
Mary Webb was a novelist and poet and two of her novels "Gone to Earth" and "Precious Bane" have been successfully adapt…

Out of the Shadow

by Rose Gollup Cohen Read by Celine Major 4.5
In this interesting autobiography we get a very candid look into the life of Rose Cohen, a Russian Jewish girl who immigrates from Russia to…

Vagabonding Down The Andes

by Harry A. Franck Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Sometime in the latter half of 1911, Harry A. Franck jumped out of a box-car and crossed the Rio Grande, from Laredo. Thus began a journey, …

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