Biography & Autobiography
The Story of Garfield
Read by William Tomcho
William Gunion Rutherford
A short biography of the 20th U.S. President. Garfield was raised in humble circumstances on an Ohio farm by his widowed mother and elder br…
Oscar Wilde: A Study
Read by David Wales
André Gide
This is a 1905 memoir of one great litterateur’s latter days written by another great litterateur. This recording omits the numerous footnot…
Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III
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Albert Bigelow Paine
This work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain for over a hundred years. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April …
Yankee at Molokai
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Eva K. Betz
As a daring soldier in the Union Army, Ira Dutton earned the respect and affection of the men around him. Handsome and affable, he could hav…
Transformed; or, the History of a River Thief, Briefly Told
Read by Curt Walton
Jerry Mcauley
Jerry McAuley gives a testimony of his transformation from one of the wickedest men to ever live to being saved and a life of helping others…
The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh (Version 2)
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Margaret Duncan Kelly
The story of Sir Walter Raleigh from his boyhood days to his exploits in Ireland and his unexpected entry into the court of Queen Elizabeth.…
Kaspar Hauser - Beispiel eines Verbrechens am Seelenleben des Menschen
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Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter Von Feuerbach
Kaspar Hauser, der Findling von Nürnberg, ist eine der geheimnisvollsten Personen in der deutschen Geschichte. Seine Herkunft, sein Leb…
The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peace of Nimwegen
Read by Pamela Nagami
Osmund Airy
In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded th…
Social Life in England 1750-1850
Read by Pamela Nagami
F. J. Foakes-Jackson
In 1916, the Cambridge historian, F.J. Foakes-Jackson braved the wartime Atlantic to deliver the Lowell Lectures in Boston. In these wide-ra…
Six Radical Thinkers: Bentham, J.S. Mill, Cobden, Carlyle, Mazzini, T.H. Green
Read by Pamela Nagami
John Maccunn
A radical is a person who holds extreme or unconventional convictions and who advocates fundamental political, economic, or social reforms. …
The Life of St. Benedict
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Pope Gregory I
St. Benedict of Nursia was a sixth century monk and founder of monastic communities. His main achievement, the "Rule of St. Benedict,&…
Palmetto Leaves
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
After the Civil War, Harriet and her husband Charles bought an Orange Plantation in Mandarin, on the upper east coast of Florida, where they…
The Apostle of Alaska: The Story of William Duncan of Metlakahtla
Read by Phil Schempf
John W. Arctander
This is this story of William Duncan, an English missionary, who established a colony among the Tsimshian people of the Pacific Northwest. …
Being a Boy
Read by Mark Penfold
Charles Dudley Warner
Warner's thoughtful and often humorous memoir of his life as a young farm-boy in Charlemont, Massachusetts. (Introduction by Mark Penfold)
Lincoln, The Lawyer
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Frederick Trevor Hill
This biography of Abraham Lincoln focuses on his practice as a lawyer. (Summary by MaryAnn)
Walpole
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John Morley
Robert Walpole, 1st Duke of Orford (1676-1745), is generally regarded as the first prime minister of Great Britain. This is a short biograph…
An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah
Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
Beth Ellis
An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah, by Beth Ellis, is a well-edited, turn-of-the-century journal documenting a young woman’s visi…
Curiosities of Street Literature
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Various
This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…