Biography & Autobiography
Life of Sir Walter Ralegh
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louise Creighton
Sir Walter Ralegh (c. 1552-1618), English soldier, explorer, courtier, writer, and poet was one of the most notable figures of the Elizabeth…
The Early Tudors: Henry VII and Henry VIII
Read by Pamela Nagami
Charles Edward Moberly
Following the chaos of the Wars of the Roses, the reigns of Henry VII and VIII were autocratic and centralized to an unprecedented degree. T…
Washington Irving's Visit to England
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
Famed American humorist Washington Irving published a series of short stories telling of his adventures traveling from America to England. T…
Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy
Read by Roger Melin
E. Luscomb Haskell
"The Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy: The Most Remarkable Case in the History of Crime or Criminal Law" by E. Luscomb Haskell was pu…
Hereditary Genius
Read by Leon Harvey
Sir Francis Galton
A biographical summary of the pre-eminent men of Britain grouped by profession. The extensive survey draws from information including colleg…
Locke
Read by Pamela Nagami
Thomas Fowler
John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician who, after Sir Francis Bacon, was one of the first of the British empiricist…
The Escape of a Princess Pat
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George Pearson
Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia'sCanadian Light Infantr…
Life of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louise Creighton
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), was the oldest surviving son of Sir Winston Churchill, an impoverished country gentlema…
Napoleon The First, An Intimate Biography
Read by Celine Major
Walter Geer
Excerpt: "Now that one hundred years have elapsed since the "long-drawn agony" of Saint Helena we think that the time has com…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5
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Giorgio Vasari
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…
The Autobiography of a "Newspaper Girl"
Read by TriciaG
Elizabeth L. Banks
Elizabeth Banks was an American journalist and author. She grew up in Wisconsin, then lived in England the last forty years of her life. She…
Clara A. Swain, M.D.
Read by Larry Wilson
Mrs. Robert Hoskins
This is a brief biography of Clara A. Swain, M.D. who is regarded as the "first Medical Missionary to the Women of the Orient." S…
The Life of Rev. Henry Martyn
Read by Hannah Mary
John Hall
Henry Martyn (1781-1812), a brilliant and ambitious young student in Cambridge, England, was led by God to be a missionary to India and Pers…
Half a Century
Read by Pamela Nagami
Jane Grey Swisshelm
In the spring of 1850, while the United States was polarized over the slavery debate and Daniel Webster was negotiating the compromise of th…
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery
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Charles Raymond Beazley
Prince Henry was a significant explorer and adventurer in a period of enlightenment and expansion of European trade and knowledge of the wor…
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 1
Read by Timothy Ferguson
Henry Richard Fox Bourne and Thomas Barnes Cochrane
Lord Cochrane was a Napoleonic-era sea captain, whose adventures were the source material for many popular series of naval fiction. He start…
When They Were Girls
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Rebecca Deming Moore
Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Frances Burnett, Julia Howe, Hellen Keller, and Harriet Beecher Stowe are some of the influenc…
Henry II
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louis Francis Salzman
Born in 1133, King Henry II of England reigned from 1154 until his death in 1189. Before he was forty, he controlled England, large parts of…
The Confession of a Child of the Century
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Alfred De Musset
In this autobiographic novel, an aging man reflects on his past. We are witness to the relationships he has along the way, his mistakes, and…
The Loves of Great Composers
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Gustav Kobbé
Gustav Kobbe was a German/US music critic who worked at the time of Liszt and Wagner in particular, and was clearly in the Wagnerian rather …