Memoirs

The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1777

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Nicholas Cresswell


Against his family's wishes, the son of an English landowner emigrates to America in 1774 for reasons he won't reveal. His adventures take h…

Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art

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Thomas Carr Howe


"From May 1945 until February 1946, I served as a Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Officer in Germany. During the first four months of…

Космонавт № 34. От лучины до пришельцев

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Гречко Георгий


Автор:  Гречко Георгий Название:  Космонавт № 34. От лучины до пришельцев Исполнитель:  Леонов Андрей Жанр:  Биографии и…

Confessions of Two Brothers

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John Cowper Powys


A short self portrait of Powys’ beliefs, temperament and peculiarities which prefigures his later, greater Autobiography. (Summary by Keri F…

Three Accounts of Peterloo

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Francis Archibald Bruton


A companion volume to F.A. Bruton's 'The Story of Peterloo', the full title of this short collection is 'Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewi…

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 02

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Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne and Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne


Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." (Sum…

Christmas Under Three Flags

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Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox


This work details personal memories of Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox, adopted granddaughter (acutally grand niece) of Rachel Donelson Jackson, …

A Winter of Content

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Laura Lee Davidson


A charming memoir recounting 10 months spent among the country people of Ontario at the outbreak of the Great War. Resplendent in its descri…

Прощай, оружие!

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Хэмингуэй Эрнест


Год выпуска: 2003 Автор: Хэмингуэй Эрнест Исполнитель: Балакирев Александр Жанр: Военные мемуары Издательство: Ardis серия "XX век Зару…

Why Crime Does Not Pay

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Sophie Lyons


The publishers believe that a picture of a life sketched by a master hand-somebody who stands in the world of crime as Edison does in his fi…

Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. And Second Bishop Of Tennessee Being His Story…

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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 …

In the Old Church Tower

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich


LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of In the Old Church Tower by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Octo…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1664

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Samuel Pepys


Pepys continues to live life to the hilt, juggling extra-marital shenanigans with a complicated homelife, difficulties with staff, power str…

Henry More Smith: The Mysterious Stranger

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Walter Bates


Sometime in the month of July, 1812, nearly a hundred years ago now, a well dressed, smooth spoken man, less than thirty years of age, made …

Civil War Women, North And South

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Various


This recording comprises two narratives. One is by Cora Mitchel who in 1861 was a girl in her mid-teens. Her Unionist family escaped the C…

Ржевская мясорубка. Выжить в аду

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Горбачевский Борис


Ржевская мясорубка. Выжить в аду «Люди механически двигаются вперед, и многие гибнут — но мы уже не принадлежим себе, нас всех захват…

Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography

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Laurence Oliphant


Laurence Oliphant, author, international traveller, diplomatist and mystic, who spent a decade in later life under the influence of the spir…

Home Sweet Home

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John Howard Payne


Originally from the Opera 'Clari, Maid of Milan,' 'Home! Sweet Home!' is John Howard Payne's most famous work. Written in 1823 it has been w…

The Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific-Expedition and the Telegraph Line Commission

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Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon and Candido Mariano Da Silva Rondon


The Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition was the famous survey that took place in 1913-14 to follow the path of the Rio da Dúvida (…

Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers

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Harry A. Franck


Harry A. Franck was an American travel writer. After publishing Vagabond Journey Around the World, he spent 3 months in the Canal Zone of Pa…

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