Memoirs
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
Read by Gary Olman
T. D. Bonner
Buried amid the sublime passes of the Sierra Nevada are old men, who, when children, strayed away from our crowded settlements, and, gradual…
Recollections of Imperial Russia
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Meriel Buchanan
In this memoir, Meriel Buchanan (9-5-1886 to 2-6-1959) links the history of Russia to powerful, lingering memories of her years living there…
Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum
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Mary Huestis Pengilly
Mary Pengilly was taken to a Lunatic Asylum by her sons where she kept a diary, which this book is taken from. Mary records the harsh condit…
The San Francisco Calamity
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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews
The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fi…
The Autobiography of George Dewey
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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…
With Fire and Sword
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Samuel H. M. Byers
Samuel H. M. Byers was an American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War. "In war some persons seek adventures; others have them…
Escape From The Confederacy
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Benjamin F. Hasson
Benjamin F Hasson was a Union officer in the Civil War of the United States. After being captured by the Confederacy, he escaped from a pris…
Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne
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Dorothy Osborne
A lively, interesting and important collection of 17th century love-letters written by an English lady, against the background of the Civil …
Kings, Queens and Pawns
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
A personal account of the American author's visit to Europe in January 1915 while a war correspondent in Belgium for The Saturday Evening Po…
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness …
A Surgeon In Arms
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Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion (1881-1943) was a Canadian doctor who volunteered in the Canadian medical corps during World War I. This book is his me…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…
Our Village
Read by Anne Fletcher
Mary Russell Mitford
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
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Benvenuto Cellini
Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as h…
My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum
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Herman Charles Merivale
Fully titled My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum, by a Sane Patient, this memoir describes its author's, Herman Merivale's, experience in one…
Eighteen Months' Imprisonment
Read by Lee Smalley
Donald Shaw
This is an absorbing memoir of an inmate's experiences and impressions while in a London prison. He describes himself as "a man of educ…
A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay
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Watkin Tench
Watkin Tench was an officer of the British Marines in the First Fleet to settle NSW. This is an interesting and entertaining account of his …
Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush
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Susanna Moodie
As a middle class Englishwoman Moodie did not particularly enjoy "the bush", as she called it. She and her husband moved to Bellev…
An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army
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Flora Sandes
Flora Sandes was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in World War I. Initially a St. John Ambulance volunteer, she trave…
Notes of a War Correspondent
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Richard Harding Davis
Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African …