History

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…

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…

The Legends of Genesis

by Hermann Gunkel Read by JoeD 4.6
The Legends of Genesis is the English translation of the introduction to Gunkel’s massive commentary, Genesis. Gunkel uses form critical ana…

The Story of Ancient Irish Civilisation

by Patrick Weston Joyce Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This little book has been written and published with the main object of spreading as widely as possible among our people, young and old, a k…

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

by John Maynard Keynes Read by Graham McMillan 4.2
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) was a best seller throughout the world, published by John Maynard Keynes. Keynes attended the …

Bill of Rights

by United States Government and Unit Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, and were ratified on December 15, 1791.

History of Rome

by Robert F. Pennell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
History of Rome offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of Rome's evolution from its legendary beginnings to the fall of the Western Emp…

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

by Edward Gibbon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines

by Isabel Anderson Read by William Tomcho 4.6
In The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines, Isabel Anderson invites listeners on a captivating journey through the enchanting …

Southern Horrors

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Thoroughly appalled and sickened by the rising numbers of white-on-black murders in the South since the beginning of Reconstruction, and by …

The Great Apostasy

by James E. Talmage Read by Matthias Whitney 4.7
Elder James E. Talmage, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, makes a survey of the Latter-day Saint view of the Gr…

The Pirates Own Book

by Charles Ellms Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The Pirates Own Book by Charles Ellms offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of some of history's most notorious sea robbers. This coll…

Mormonism and Masonry

by Samuel H. Goodwin Read by Chiquito Crasto 4.4
Mormonism and Masonry delves into the intricate relationship between the Mormon faith and Freemasonry, examining the historical and cultural…

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

by David Hume Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

Ten Days that Shook the World

by John Reed Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Ten Days that Shook the World (1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917…

The Book of Hallowe'en

by Ruth Edna Kelley Read by Sibella Denton 4.5
This book is intended to give the reader an account of the origin and history of Hallowe'en, how it absorbed some customs belonging to other…

Hero Tales from American History

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The purpose of this book "is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die…

The Legends of the Jews

by Louis Ginzberg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …

Atlantis

by Ignatius Loyola Donnelly Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
"Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is a book published during 1882 by Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly, who was born i…

The Underground Railroad

by William Still Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
"I congratulate you that, after much patient research, careful preparation, and untiring labor, you have completed your voluminous work…

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