War & Military
Five Months at Anzac
Read by Annise
Joseph Lievesley Beeston
A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force . From his leaving Australi…
The Normans in European History
Read by Pamela Nagami
Charles Homer Haskins
Wherever their ships took them, the Normans (Northman) were ruthless conquerors but gifted governors. These eight lectures, given in Boston …
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom
Read by Kevin Green
Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston and Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnstonandkenneth Darlaston Yearsley
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom is the true but little known story of the escape of eight British Prisoners-of-War from a Turkish POW camp durin…
Aircraft and Submarines
Read by William Tomcho
Willis J. Abbot
"Aircraft and Submarines" is a history of the development of these forms of transportation and their ultimate use in warfare. Als…
In the Line of Battle
Read by Lee Smalley
Walter Wood
“A COLLECTION OF absolutely authentic accounts by privates and non-commissioned officers.... We see a great simplicity and directness of obs…
Captain Cook
Read by Pamela Nagami
Walter Besant
James Cook (1728-1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy was the son of a farm laborer. Apprenticed …
The Petticoat Commando
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Johanna Brandt
In introducing the English version of this book I venture to bespeak a welcome for it, not only for the light which it throws on some little…
The Martyrdom of Man
Read by Algy Pug
William Winwood Reade (1838 - 1875) was a British historian, explorer, and philosopher.His most famous work, the Martyrdom of Man (1872)—who…
Henry Wirz, Commander of Andersonville Confederate Prison: Trial and Execution
Read by David Wales
United States Army Staff Judge Advocate
Henry Wirz (November 25, 1823 – November 10, 1865) was the only Confederate soldier tried after the end of the American Civi War. He was tri…
History of the Civil War, 1861-1865
Read by Celine Major
James Ford Rhodes
Superbly written, this overview of the Civil War, won a Pulitzer Prize in History in 1918. Rhodes covers not only the battles and the gener…
The Central Period of the Middle Age 918-1273
Read by Pamela Nagami
Beatrice A. Lees
Beatrice Lees writes that the history of the period of the Middle Ages from 918 to 1273 is that of "a heroic period, the age of feudali…
A Visit to Three Fronts: June 1916
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In the course of May 1916, the Italian authorities expressed a desire that some independent observer from Great Britain should visit their l…
A Rebel's Recollections
Read by Lee Smalley
George Eggleston
George Cary Eggleston's Civil War memoir begins with a separate essay on the living conditions and political opinions of Virginia’s citizenr…
Observations of an Orderly
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Ward Muir
Ward Muir brings us into the heart of an English war hospital, describing scenes of cleanliness, triumph, order and sadness. Through the eye…
Le Saint Évangile selon Saint Marc
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, Translated Bylouis-Isaac Lemaistre De Sacy and Translated Bylouis-Isaac Lemaistre De Sacy
« Lorsque la lumière éclatante du Verbe de Dieu se fut levée sur la ville de Rome, la parole de vérit&eacu…
My Hunt After 'The Captain'
Read by David Wales
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally publ…
An Explorer in the Air Service
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Hiram Bingham
Explorer Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, as recounted in his book Inca Lands, now released on LibriVox at http://librivox.org…
Hardtack and Coffee
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John Billings
Hard Tack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887) is a memoir by John D. Billings, a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer…