History
Gallipoli Diary
Read by Sue Anderson
John Graham Gillam
Major John Graham Gillam, British Supply Officer, wrote in his World War I Gallipoli Diary that when he sailed from England for the Dardanel…
The Worst Journey in the World, Vol 1
Read by Kevin Green
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It was written and publ…
Hero Tales from American History
Read by David Leeson
Theodore Roosevelt
Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved thei…
Ten Days that Shook the World
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John Reed
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…
History of the United States, Vol. V: Sectional Conflict & Reconstruction
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Charles Austin Beard
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…
United States Constitution and Amendments
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
United States Government and Unit
The Constitution is the charter of government and the supreme law of the United States of America. It was signed by delegates to the Constit…
Inca Lands
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Hiram Bingham
Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale Makes the Greatest Archaeological Discovery of the Age by Locating and Excavating Ruins of Machu Picchu on a Pea…
Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War
Read by Winston Tharp
Ambrose Bierce
At the outset of the American Civil War, [the writer Ambrose] Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment....In Februa…
De Vliegende Hollander
Read by Bart de Leeuw
Piet Visser
De Vliegende Hollander is een spookschip dat volgens de overlevering voor eeuwig in de buurt van Kaap de Goede Hoop rondvaart. De sage verte…
Famous Sea Fights
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John R. Hale
I propose to tell in non-technical and popular language the story of some of the most remarkable episodes in the history of sea power. I sha…
The Lancashire Witches
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
William Harrison Ainsworth
The Lancashire Witches is a highly fictionalised account of the activities of the notorious witches Demdike, Chattox and Alice Nutter who, t…
A Short History of the United States
Read by Allyson Hester
Edward Channing
Channing's best known work, A History of the United States, is regarded as one of the most complete and accurate accounts of American histor…
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages
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Sabine Baring-Gould
This volume is an example of Sabine Baring-Gould's extensive research into the middle ages. This volume of 12 curiosities was one of Baring-…
Manners, Customs and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Pe…
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Paul Lacroix and Jean De La Lacroix
A comprehensive and detailed account of medieval life and culture in France, with reference to other parts of Europe, including chapters on …
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 3
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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …
A Child's History of England
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Charles Dickens
A Child's History of England first appeared in serial form, running from January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853 and was first published in th…
The Annals Vol 1
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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…
Two Years in the Forbidden City
Read by Jc Guan
Princess Der Ling Yu
THE author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yu Keng, a member of the Manchu Wh…