Memoirs

An American in the Making

by Marcus Eli Ravage Read by Sue Anderson 4.6
“The sweat-shop was for me the cradle of liberty. . . It was my first university.” Attending lectures and the New York theatre at night; by …

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

by Samuel Pepys Read by Nicole Lee 3.9
Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness …

The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier

by Charles E. Flandrau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.3
"It has been a little over fifty years since the organization of the Territory of Minnesota, which at its birth was a very small and un…

With Fire and Sword

by Samuel H. M. Byers Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Samuel H. M. Byers was an American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War. "In war some persons seek adventures; others have them…

The Life of Samuel Johnson

by James Boswell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Boswell's famous work on the life of his admired friend Johnson, the formidable poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, edito…

Mounted police life in Canada

by Richard Burton Deane Read by Esther 4.3
Learn more about the famous and respected Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This book is the personal recollections of one ‘Mountie'; his life,…

The Man Who Found the Truth

by Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 4.5
An old man, accused of having murdered his family as a young man, spends a lifetime in prison. With brilliant psychological insight so chara…

Observations of an Orderly

by Ward Muir Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Ward Muir brings us into the heart of an English war hospital, describing scenes of cleanliness, triumph, order and sadness. Through the eye…

The Exiles of Florida

by Joshua Giddings Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
“The Author of the following work has endeavored to give a faithful record of … the Exiles of Florida. Torn from their native land, their fr…

The Vagabond

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The Vagabond is a poignant reflection on the allure of travel and the spirit of adventure, penned by the renowned author Robert Louis Steven…

Thank God For Plan B, Because Plan A Didn't Work

by Michael Mahue Moore Read by Michael Mahue Moore 4.2
I believe that in everyone's life there is “PLAN A” and a “PLAN B”; however, not in the traditional sense as in having a backup plan, but ra…

Seven Wives and Seven Prisons

by L. A. Abbott Read by Nathalie J. 3.9
This work the author claims is indeed a true story of how he happened to be married seven times to seven different women and the rollicking,…

Extreme Christianity

by Vic Zarley Read by Vic Zarley 3.5
G. K. Chesterton said, "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried." …

The Lore of the Honey-Bee

by Tickner Edwardes Read by Steve C 3.8
The sun shines — you know it has always shone, changeless as Time itself. With such a faith — unfounded and therefore incontestable — I cam…

Autobiography of a Seaman

by Lord Thomas Cochrane Read by Timothy Ferguson 4.1
This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to…

Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper

by T. S. Arthur Read by Nathalie J. 3.9
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper offers a humorous glimpse into the life of Mrs. Smith, a housekeeper who navigates the challenges an…

The Enormous Room

by E. E. Cummings Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost; and is found."He was lost by the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps.He was …

History of the Inquisition of Spain

by Henry Charles Lea Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Volume 2 of Lea’s monumental work on the Spanish Inquisition. Volume 2 discusses the organizational structure of the Inquisition, methods us…

The San Francisco Calamity

by Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fi…

Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie

by Abner Doubleday Read by FNH 4.5
Now that the prejudices and bitter partisan feeling of the past are subsiding, it seems a fitting time to record the facts and incidents con…

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