Biography & Autobiography
The Men Who Found America
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Frederick Winthrop Hutchinson
This Book is about the Men Who Found America and how it started - Summary by Elijah
Cardinal de Richelieu
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Eleanor C. Price
Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642), the dreaded red eminence, mentor and manager of Louis XIII, skilled in logistics,…
A Memoir on the Life and Character of the Rev. Prince Demetrius A. de Gallitzin
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Thomas Heyden
Prince Demetrius of Gallitzin (1770-1840), or "Father Smith," as he was known on the eighteenth century American frontier, was one…
George Frideric Handel
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Herbert Francis Peyser
Handel’s long career resembles a gigantic tapestry, so bewilderingly crowded with detail, so filled with turmoil and vicissitude, with vast …
Schubert And His Works
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Herbert Francis Peyser
This is a short introduction to Franz Schubert’s life and works. “…to give the casual radio listener a slight idea of Schubert’s inundating…
Nisida
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Alexandre Dumas
This story details the many crimes (attempted rape, assault, filicide, etc.) surrounding a significant historical confrontation between a fi…
Growth of a Soul
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August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright who has had many of his works read into LibriVox by volunteers. From his earliest work, Str…
Celebrated Crimes, Karl-Ludwig Sand
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Alexandre Dumas
This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story o…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings m…
Mary Stuart
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Alexandre Dumas
The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of …
Mark Twain: A Biography
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Albert Bigelow Paine
Until recently, this work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) …
Lady Jane Grey and Her Times
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Ida Ashworth Taylor
Lady Jane Grey was an English noblewoman, great-granddaughter of Henry VII. As her cousin, Edward VI, lay on his death-bed, he nominated he…
Jeanne D'Arc, de Maagd van Orléans
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Henri Emile Koopmans Van Boekeren
Een historisch overzicht van het leven van Jeanne D'Arc: haar wapenfeiten, haar proces dat leidde tot de brandstapel en haar latere rehabili…
A Glimpse of India
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Clara Swain
A Glimpse of India: being a collection of extracts from the letters Dr. Clara A. Swain, first medical missionary to India of the Woman's For…
Tell It All
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Fanny Stenhouse
Fanny relates the experiences of a 19th century missionary as she and her young husband proselytize throughout Europe in search of converts …
The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha
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Ellen Walworth
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha's lifespan of only about 24 years was spent in utter humility and penitence. In spite of her natural diffidence, she…
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
A Handful of Stars
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Frank W. Boreham
This is the second of a five volume series called "Texts That Made History". As with the first volume, "A Bunch of Everlastin…
Jane Austen and her Country-House Comedy
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William Henry Helm
Written for the centenary of Jane Austen's death, W. H. Helm reflects poetically on the timelessness of her work: the must of age has not se…