Biography & Autobiography

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. The work was written in 12…

The Life of Anthony

by Athanasius of Alexandria Read by Matthew James Gray 4.8
Anthony (251-356CE) lived in Egypt, and became one of the fathers of Christian desert monasticism. When he was about 18 years old, and havin…

Emma McChesney and Company

by Edna Ferber Read by Phil Chenevert 4.6
This is the final volume in the trilogy following the smart, stylish, divorced and independent businesswoman Emma McChesney in her career fr…

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

by John Muir Read by Sue Anderson 4.7
"The only fire for the whole house was the kitchen stove, with a fire box about eighteen inches long and eight inches wide and deep,- s…

Up from Slavery

by Booker T. Washington Read by Andrew Kennedy 4.8
Up from Slavery is the autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington, describing his personal path up from the position of a slave…

Daniel Boone

by John Stevens Cabot Abbott Read by Allyson Hester 4.4
This is a detailed biography of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. His accomplishments are brushed over in history classes these days …

The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

by Marcus Aurelius Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The Meditations is divided into 12 books that chronicle different periods of Marcus' life. Each book is not in chronological order and it wa…

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World

by James Cook Read by David Cole 4.6
Having, on his first voyage, discovered Australia, Cook still had to contend with those who maintained that the Terra Australians Incognita …

Henry Ford's Own Story

by Rose Wilder Lane Read by Lee Ann Howlett 4.8
Rose Wilder Lane was a newspaper reporter, free-lance writer, political activist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the &q…

The Interior Castle

by St. Teresa of Avila Read by Ann Boulais 4.6
El Castillo Interior or Las Moradas (trans.:The Interior Castle or The Mansions) was written by Saint Teresa of Ávila in 1577. After …

Mystical City of God

by Venerable María De Jesús De Ágreda Read by Ann Boulais 4.8
The Mystical City of God is a book written in the 17th-century by the Franciscan nun, Venerable Mary of Jesus of Ágreda.According to …

Spurgeon's Sermons

by Charles H. Spurgeon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Charles Spurgeon was a popular Baptist minister in London in mid-Victorian times; his ministry was highly influential and had a significant …

Theodore Roosevelt

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In his vital, illustrative and dynamic autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt let us into the life that formed one of the greatest and outspoken …

A Texas Cowboy

by Charles A. Siringo Read by David Wales 4.4
Charles A. Siringo was an American lawman, detective, and agent for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency during the late 19th century and…

The Life of Saint Monica

by Frances Alice Forbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This book is above all things the story of a mother. But it is also the story of a noble woman—a woman who was truly great, for the reason t…

The Consoling Thoughts of Saint Francis de Sales

by Saint Francis de Sales Read by dave7 4.9
Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was a French priest and later bishop of Geneva who was revered as a master of spiritual direction and fondly re…

The Story of Abraham Lincoln

by Mary Agnes Hamilton Read by John Lieder 4.5
In this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person’s perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glow…

The Boys Life of Mark Twain

by Albert Bigelow Paine Read by John Greenman 4.9
Albert Bigelow Paine was Samuel Langhorne Clemens' (Mark Twain's) biographer. He lived with Twain, collecting ideas and material for a biogr…

The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers

by François Fénelon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
François Fénelon became a priest in 1675, Archbishop of Paris in 1679, was spiritual advisor to Madame Guyon, and was appointe…

Peter the Great

by Jacob Abbott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russia…

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