Memoirs
High altars; the battle-fields of France and Flanders as I saw them
Read by Victor Dorff
William Arthur Dunkerley
A first-hand account of World War I, with detailed descriptions of scenes from the front. - Summary by Victor Dorff
From Baca to Beulah
Read by TriciaG
Jennie Smith
Sequel to The Valley of Baca. This continues the personal account of Jennie Smith, who spent more than 20 years in pain, unable to walk, and…
J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time
Read by Kyle James Maclean
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 05
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - S…
A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity
Read by Steven Warner
Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen's account of his military exploits and subsequent captivity, riven with drama, adventure and humor. - Summary by Steven Warner
Anglo-American Memories
Read by David Wales
George Washburn Smalley
“These Memories [1911] were written in the first instance for Americans and have appeared week by week each Sunday in the New York Tribune….…
Under the Guns : A woman's reminiscences of the Civil War
Read by Celine Major
Annie Wittenmyer
Preface:The stories and reminiscences in this book are true to life, every one of them. They are told just as they occurred, without any att…
Κύρου παιδεία
Read by bedwere
Xenophon
The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC by the Athenian gentle…
Germany Before the War
Read by Ted Lienhart
Napoleon-Eugène Beyens
Baron Beyens was a senior member of the Belgian diplomatic service who was posted to Berlin in 1912. His book, published in early 1916, is i…
A Last Diary
Read by Adam Whybray
W. N. P. Barbellion
The final journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from March 1918 to June 1919. The diary follows on the heels of t…
Behind the Screen
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Samuel Goldwyn
Learn about the early days of Hollywood from the eyes of Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production company. - Summary by…