Memoirs
- Voices from the Battlefield
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Voices of War: Memoirs from the Battlefield
- Voices of Faithful Servants
- Faithful Journeys: Christian Memoirs
- Voices of Resilience
The Story of My Misfortunes
Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating.Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, a…
My Experiences as an Executioner
From 1884 until 1891, James Berry was an executioner. In this time he carried out 131 hangings. In this memoir he writes about the methods h…
Confessions of a Tradesman
Frank T. Bullen is best known for his books based on his adventures at sea. However, he had a life on shore as well. He first went to sea as…
The Life of Josiah Henson
The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself is an autobiographical narrative given by J…
The History of the Suez Canal
A lively picture of the origin and completion of the Suez Canal (built between 1859 and 1869) and his architect, Vicomte de Lesseps. This is…
The Spell of Egypt
The Spell of Egypt invites listeners on a captivating journey through the landscapes and cultures of Egypt, as seen through the eyes of Brit…
My Mother and I
Elizabeth Stern was two and a half years old, when her family emigrated from Poland to Pittsburgh. My Mother and I is the story of Stern's A…
A Journey Round My Room
Sentenced to house arrest for forty-two days owing to his participation in a duel, Xavier de Maistre was inspired to write a travel memoir a…
The Mysterious Stranger
Sometime in the month of July, 1812, nearly a hundred years ago now, a well dressed, smooth spoken man, less than thirty years of age, made …
Mounted police life in Canada
Learn more about the famous and respected Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This book is the personal recollections of one ‘Mountie'; his life,…
Memoir of Washington Irving
Arguably one of America's greatest writers, Washington Irving is the author of such classics as "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "B…
Travels in Brazil
A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…
Autobiography of a Yogi
This autobiography of the author is a beautiful story of his journey to becoming a self-realized yogi, starting from recalling his early chi…
Deciphering the Golden Flower
JJ Semple doesn’t just wake up one day and say to himself, “I’m going to crack the coded mysteries in The Secret of the Golden Flower.” He s…
Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon captures the essence of an 18th-century sea journey, as renowned author Henry Fielding embarks on a sailing ad…
From the Darkness Cometh the Light
In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Delaney tells the story of how she was born into slavery of her mother--a fr…
A Woman's Experiences in the Great War
An eye-witness account of the fall of Antwerp to the Germans in the opening months of World War I, Mack’s story has passages of extraordinar…
Memoirs of Chateaubriand
This is the first volume of Chateaubriand's Memoires d'Outre Tombe, in a Victorian translation. It covers the period from his birth, includi…
The Secret Service
Albert Richardson was a reporter for Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune when he volunteered to hazard an undercover journey through the Ameri…
The Autobiography of George Dewey
Admiral George Dewey, United States Navy, is best remembered for his victory over the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay during the S…