History

Crime Classics

Read by Thomas Hyland 4.6
Crime Classics came to CBS on September 30, 1953, and was a captivating series of true crime stories. The show introduced itself succinctly:…

Toussaint L’Ouverture

by John Relly Beard Read by James K. White 4.6
François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803) rose to fame in 1791 during the Haitian struggle for independence. In this revol…

A Jewish State

by Theodor Herzl Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.6
Read in English, this is a pivotal document in the history of Zionism and the State of Israel. Herzl designed this work to elevate the discu…

Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts

by Frank R. Stockton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Buccaneers is non-fiction, a highly readable history of how piracy began and spread throughout the region in response to the plundering of S…

Secret Chambers and Hiding Places

by Allan Fea Read by Peter Yearsley 4.5
“Secret Chambers and Hiding Places” is a collection of concealments and their uses, almost all within England, although a very few passages …

The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels o…

by Rustichello Da Pisa Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
"Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milion…

From the Foundation of the City

by Titus Livius Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Ab urbe condita, is a monumental history of ancient Rome written in the Latin language by Titus Livius(Livy), an ancient Roman historian. Th…

1 Maccabees

by Douay-Rheims Version Read by Sam Stinson 4.1
1 Maccabees is an apocryphal/deuterocanonical book written by a Jewish author after the restoration of an independent Jewish kingdom, probab…

The First Battle of Bull Run

by Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard Read by Mark F. Smith 4.5
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was one of the senior commanders of Southern forces during the Civil War. It was he who initiated …

The Normans in European History

by Charles Homer Haskins Read by Pamela Nagami 4.9
Wherever their ships took them, the Normans (Northman) were ruthless conquerors but gifted governors. These eight lectures, given in Boston …

Short Account of the History of Mathematics

by W. W. Rouse Ball Read by Paul E J King 4.5
Short Account of the History of Mathematics offers a concise exploration of the evolution of mathematical thought from ancient civilizations…

Old-Time Makers of Medicine

by James Joseph Walsh Read by LivelyHive 4.6
Dr. Walsh's Old-Time Makers of Medicine chronicles the history and development of modern medicine from ancient times up to the discovery of …

The Story of Cole Younger

by Cole Younger Read by William A Crenshaw 4.5
The Story of Cole Younger offers a firsthand account of the life of one of America's most notorious outlaws. Cole Younger, a veteran of the …

The Westminster Confession of Faith

by Westminster Assembly Read by rebread 4.7
The Westminster Confession of Faith is a foundational document of Reformed theology, crafted by the Westminster Assembly in 1646. This confe…

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans

by Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

The Constitution of the United States of America

by United States Government and Unit Read by Kristen McQuillin 4.7
This 1787 document defines the rights and responsibilities of federal government of the United States of America.

The History of Prostitution

by William Sanger Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
Common sense asks for a full investigation of all the evils attending prostitution. In the every-day affairs of life, any man who feels the …

History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688

by David Hume Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

The New Atlantis

by Francis Bacon Read by Bill Boerst 4.4
In 1623, Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideas in New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this was his creation of an ideal land where p…

The Annals

by Publius Cornelius Tacitus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The Annals was Tacitus' final work, covering the period from the death of Augustus Caesar in the year 14. He wrote at least 16 books, but bo…

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