War & Military
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
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…
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…
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…
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…
Der Fall des Generalstabschefs Redl
Read by Claus Misfeldt
Egon Erwin Kisch
Der Fall "Redl" erregte im Jahr unmittelbar vor Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges großes Aufsehen in der österreichischen…
Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. And Second Bishop Of Tennessee
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 …
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
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 …
Combat Lessons
Read by David Wales
United States Army War College
This 1942 Army manual, published during the course of World War II, consists of quotations from soldiers in the field concerning their exper…
State of the Union Addresses
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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,…
Two Diaries From Middle St. John's
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…
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…
Dispatches from the Ruhr
Read by Atul Sharma
Ernest Hemingway
Before finding celebrity as an author, including his 1954 Nobel Prize, Ernest M. Hemingway honed his craft as a journeyman reporter. In the …
The World Crisis
Read by Ty Lasky
Winston S. Churchill
An inside view of the critical years leading up to World War I, as well as the first few key months. Told by (at the time) Britain's First L…
Sailor Brothers
Read by Bryn Roberts
Edith Hubback Brown
"Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers" by Edith & John Hubback is a biography that explores the lives of Jane Austen's two sailor bro…
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea
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…
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…