History
True Stories of Girl Heroines
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Evelyn Everett-Green
Twenty short stories retelling the heroic deeds of teenaged girls and young women from history. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle
St. Clair's Defeat
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…
Our Little Mexican Cousin
Read by Mike Dunn
Edward Crompton Butler
This book tells about life in Mexico in the early 20th century, through the eyes of a little girl, Juanita. As the story follows her, the re…
Old Times in the Colonies
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Charles Carleton Coffin
The discovery and establishment of a new continent! Who owns it? What will you do with it? How shall it be ruled? How shall a sovereign gain…
Fatherland
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Sir Henry Parkes
LibriVox volunteers bring you 4 recordings of Fatherland by Sir Henry Parkes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 23rd, 2011.Sir …
The Woman Movement
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Ellen Key
Ellen Key's 'The Woman movement' follows the development of the feminist movement striving towards a greater emancipation of women in the pu…
The Mormon Battalion
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…
Letters of John Quincy Adams to His Son
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John Quincy Adams
A collection of nine letters written by the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, to his teenage son. "Their purpose…
The Great Delft Thunderclap Of 1654
Radio Netherlands
The day the world came to an end: The great Delft Thunderclap of 1654 commemorates the 350th anniversary of one of the most bizarre events t…
Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland
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John William Norie
Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant v…
Leading Events in the History of the Church
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The Sisters Of Notre Dame
The first volume in a series of Catholic Church history books written for children. Volume 1 covers the time period from after Our Lord's de…
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds
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William James McGlothlin
This book contains 37 short stories for little folk featuring a variety of historical figures and their wonderful deeds. These stories span …
The Life of Washington
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John James Marshall
This fourth volume covers the final battles and the peace conditions of the war, Washington at home, Washington as first President, and the …
William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist
Read by Jim Locke
Archibald Grimké
"THE author of this volume desires . . . to say . . . that it is his earnest hope that this record of a hero may be an aid to brave and…
The Irish Nuns at Ypres
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…
In the Days of Queen Elizabeth
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Eva March Tappan
Of all the sovereigns who have worn the crown of England, Queen Elizabeth is the most puzzling, the most fascinating, the most blindly prais…
3 from LightByDesign
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LightByDesign Ministries
Three fascinating, action packed stories from the old holiness literature circa late 19th and early 20th centuries. Our first story is call…
Venetian Life
Read by Timothy Ferguson
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the V…
The Story of London
Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
Henry B. Wheatley
A non-exhaustive history of London from the earliest settlement up to early modern times, focusing on the daily lives of its citizens, the a…
Conversion
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Among the twelve hundred poems which have emanated from my too prolific pen there are some forty or fifty which treat entirely of that emoti…