War & Military
Hildebrand and his Times
Read by Pamela Nagami
William Richard Ward Stephens
W.R.W. Stephens, the Anglican Dean of Winchester, writes a short, lively biography of the great church reformer, Hildebrand of Sovana (1015-…
The Chronicles of America Volume 07 - Dutch and English on the Hudson
Read by Jim Locke
Maud Wilder Goodwin
Geography is the maker of history. The course of Dutch settlement in America was predetermined by a river which runs its length of a hundred…
The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 03, The Wars of Religion
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Various
The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1…
War the Creator
Read by Lee Smalley
Frank Gelett Burgess
Gelett Burgess, an American writer, penned this gripping account of the profound change that war caused in a young Frenchman he knew. “Becau…
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 03
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." - Su…
A History of the Great War, Volume Two
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John Buchan
This is the second of a four-volume history of the First World War, covering the period from the opening of the Dardenelles Campaign in Sept…
The Last Days of Pekin
Read by Peter Tucker
Pierre Loti
The author was an officer in the French navy. This book is a compilation of his experiences when stationed in China in 1900 during and immed…
The Later Middle Ages: A History of Western Europe 1254-1494
Read by Pamela Nagami
Robert Balmain Mowat
The Scottish historian, Robert Balmain Mowat writes, “When this period opens one of the finest epochs in German history had just closed, and…
Two Diaries From Middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February - May, 1…
Read by David Wales
Susan R. Jervey
Two diaries from Middle St. John’s, Berkeley, South Carolina, February – May, 1865. Journals kept by Miss Susan R. Jervey and Miss Charlott…
The Gracchi, Marius and Sulla
Read by Pamela Nagami
A. H. Beesly
During the last half of the second century B.C. Rome was undisputed mistress of the civilized western world. As the British historian, Augus…
Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. And Second Bishop Of Tennessee Being His Story…
Read by David Wales
Charles Todd Quintard
Charles Quintard (1824-1898) was an Episcopal priest who, in spite of his pro-Union stance, volunteered to be a chaplain in the Confederate …
The U.S. Army in the Iraq War Volume 2: Surge and Withdrawal 2007 – 2011
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Various
The Iraq War has been the costliest U.S. conflict since the Vietnam War. To date, few official studies have been conducted to review what ha…
A Social History of the American Negro
Read by Jim Locke
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
A comprehensive history of what experiences and influences created the Negro American citizen as we find him at the beginning of the twentie…
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1817 - 1828)
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John Quincy Adams
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
From Mud to Mufti: With Old Bill on all Fronts
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Bruce Bairnsfather
This second volume of memories from the Great War (WWI) by the celebrated war cartoonist and social observer, begins with Bairnsfather's rec…
The Chronicles of America Volume 10 - Conquest of New France
Read by Jim Locke
George Wrong
The English colonies, holding a great stretch of the Atlantic seaboard, increased in number and power. New France also grew stronger. The st…
Memories of the Civil War
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Henry B. James
Henry B James enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 20, and fought in many of the key battles of the Civil War. Thirty years later, he wr…
My Story of the Civil War and the Under-Ground Railroad
Read by J Denning
Marvin Benjamin Butler
Story of the Civil War as told by a private soldier's perspective of daily routines, challenges, anxieties, skirmishes, battle. (summary by …
The Aeroplane in War
Read by Jim Locke
Claude Grahame-White
"Although it is still a crude machine—in view of the perfected apparatuswhich is the aim of thoughtful designers—the aeroplane has demo…
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 2: The Inchon-Seoul Operation
Read by Aaron Bennett
Nicholas Canzona and Lynn Montross
The Inchon Landing was a major amphibious operation, planned in record time and executed with skill and precision. Even more, it was an exem…