History

The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

by Sir John Barrow Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The mutiny on the Bounty occurred aboard a British Royal Navy ship on 28 April 1789. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the co…

What Prohibition Has Done to America

by Fabian Franklin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In What Prohibition Has Done to America, Fabian Franklin presents a concise but forceful argument against the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.…

The Diary of a Dead Officer

by Arthur Graeme West Read by Ruth Golding 3.7
Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most …

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…

History of Philosophy

by William Turner Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
The History of Philosophy is the exposition of philosophical opinions and of systems and schools of philosophy. It includes the study of the…

Signs of Change

by William Morris Read by Deborah Brabyn 4.4
In the 1880s William Morris, the artist and poet famously associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, left the Liberal Party and threw him…

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

by Rustichello Da Pisa Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
"Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milion…

History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution

by Rev. James Maccaffrey Read by Maria Therese 4.2
This first volume of a two volume set traces the trials and triumphs of the Catholic Church during the period before the reformation up to t…

History of the United States

by Charles Austin Beard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

Kepler

by Walter W. Bryant Read by Bill Boerst 4.6
Kepler offers a detailed exploration of the life and contributions of Johannes Kepler, a pivotal figure in the history of astronomy. This bi…

A Popular History of Ireland

by Thomas D'Arcy McGee Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects

by Giorgio Vasari Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellen…

Third Class in Indian Railways

by Mahatma Gandhi Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement…

History of the Christian Church

by Samuel Cheetham Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
History of the Christian Church by Samuel Cheetham offers a concise overview of the Church's development during its formative first six cent…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II

by Thomas Babington Macaulay Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
This is chapter 1 of volume 1 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the h…

Magna Carta Commemoration Essays

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
On 15th June 1215 the Magna Carta was sealed under oath by King John at Runnymede, on the bank of the River Thames near Windsor, England. 20…

The World’s Story

by Eva March Tappan Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This is the first volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria

by Donald Alexander Mackenzie Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1873 – March 2, 1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in t…

The Making of a Nation

by Charles Foster Kent Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Charles Foster Kent was one of the premier scholars in Jewish Studies at the turn of the century. He was particularly well-known for his co…

Considerations on Representative Government

by John Stuart Mill Read by Bill Boerst 5
Mill's volume was published in 1861 as an argument favoring this form of governance. Mill covers what forms of government work best, includi…

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