War & Military
St. Clair's Defeat 1791
Read by Phil Schempf
William James Mcglothlin
St. Clair's defeat was a battle fought between the United States and the Western Confederacy of Native Americans on November 4, 1791, during…
First World War Centenary Poetry Collection
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Various
This collection of poetry, with its companion prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of …
A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General …
Read by Pamela Nagami
Justin Mccarthy
The fourth and concluding volume of this history of Victorian Britain opens with the brutal repression in 1865 of a rebellion by ex-slaves i…
Project Horizon: Establishment of a Lunar Outpost
Read by KevinS
United States Army
The US national policy on space includes the objective of developing and exploiting this Nation's space capability as necessary to achieve n…
The Mormon Battalion, Its History and Achievements
Read by Wayne Cooke
B. H. Roberts
A history of the Longest March of Military in History. The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history i…
Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland
Read by David Wales
Frederick Herman Tilberg
The American Civil War battle at Antietam, Maryland,(called Sharpsburg by the Confederacy) on 17 September 1862, has been called the bloodie…
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 2
Read by Timothy Ferguson
Henry Richard Fox Bourne
Lord Cochrane was a Napoleonic-era sea captain, whose adventures were the source material for many popular series of naval fiction. He start…
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1845 - 1848)
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James K. Polk
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,…
The Life of Washington, Volume 5
Read by Jim Locke
John James Marshall
Volume five of John Marshall's biography follows Washington through his second term ending in the election of John Adams and Washington's re…
The Irish Nuns at Ypres: An Episode of the War
Read by David Wales
Dame M. Columban
“…I have charged Dame M. Columban to give a detailed account of all that has befallen the Community, since the coming of the Germans to Ypre…
Over Here and Over There
Read by MaryAnn
Harry Zody
In publishing this book I have no intention whatsoever to offer a work of great literary value. As such it would undoubtedly be a failure, …
A History of the Middle Ages
Read by Pamela Nagami
Dana Carleton Munro
This overview of the 9th through the 13th centuries in Europe and the Middle East begins with the empire of Charles the Great, which extende…
McClellan's Own Story
Read by Mike Manolakes
George Brinton Mcclellan and George Brinton McClellan
Memoirs of General George Brinton McClellan, commanding general of the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the American Civil War.…
Above the French Lines
Read by KevinS
Stuart Walcott
A collection of letters written by Stuart Walcott while training to be an aviator in France to prepare for combat. Walcott died in his first…
The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry
Read by Paul Hampton
Samuel H. Fletcherandd. H. Fletcher
The purpose of this sketch is to keep green the memory of that little band of men known as Company A, of the Second Illinois Cavalry, who fo…
Into The Valley Of Death: Crimea, Balaklava, The Light Brigade: Russell, Tennys…
Read by David Wales
Various
The Charge Of The Light Brigade (1854) is a famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It is about, among other things, the valor of soldiers and…