War & Military
Escape From The Confederacy
Read by David Wales
Benjamin F. Hasson
Benjamin F Hasson was a Union officer in the Civil War of the United States. After being captured by the Confederacy, he escaped from a pris…
Loss of the Sultana
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Chester D. Berry
April, 1865. The country was in turmoil. The U.S. Civil War had come to an end, thousands of Union prisoners of war had recently been releas…
Kurze Aufklärungen über Wesen und Ziel des Pazifismus
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Alfred Hermann Fried
Alfred Hermann Fried, österreichischer Friedensnobelpreisträger (1911) und Wegbegleiter von Bertha von Suttner (Friedensnobelpreis…
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
A personal account of the American author's visit to Europe in January 1915 while a war correspondent in Belgium for The Saturday Evening Po…
A School History of the Great War
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Albert E. Mckinley
A brief history of The Great War (World War I) designed for students in grades seven and eight. Special emphasis on European history leading…
A Fleet In Being; Notes Of Two Trips With The Channel Squadron
Read by David Wales
Rudyard Kipling
[Kipling] became involved in the debate over the British response to the rise in German naval power known as the Tirpitz Plan to build a fle…
A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2
Read by Pamela Nagami
Justin Mccarthy
Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), liberal member of Parliament and historian. He brings the great 18th Century personalities to life: Walpole and…
Flying for France - With the American Escadrille at Verdun
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James Mcconnell
The experiences of American James R. McConnell, while flying with the French Flying Corp at Verdun during World War One. Sgt McConnell was a…
Prison Life in Andersonville
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John Levi Maile
A firsthand account of the deplorable conditions within the most infamous prisoner-of-war camp of the Confederacy. Though functioning only d…
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution
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William Cooper Nell
A study of the black patriots of the American Revolution, with introductions by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Wendell Phillips.
Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls
Read by Pamela Nagami
Wilhelm Ihne
In this short scholarly work the German historian, Wilhelm Ihne, elucidates what is known or can be deduced about Rome's early history, from…
Sir Francis Drake
Read by Pamela Nagami
Julian Corbett
In this short book, the British Naval historian, Julian Stafford Corbett, chronicles the adventurous career of Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596)…
A Surgeon In Arms
Read by David Wales
Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion (1881-1943) was a Canadian doctor who volunteered in the Canadian medical corps during World War I. This book is his me…
Seven Statesmen of the Later Republic
Read by Pamela Nagami
Charles Oman and Charles William Chadwick Oman
While there are many general histories of the decline and fall of the Roman Republic, the Oxford historian, Charles Oman, writes that his li…
The Sword of Deborah
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F. Tennyson Jesse
"The Sword of Deborah" contains the reflections of a woman journalist visiting women working behind the lines in France during Wor…
War Stories for My Grandchildren
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John Watson Foster
After years of telling these stories to his grandchildren, Foster was prevailed on to write them down for future generations. Rather than re…
Custer Battlefield: A History And Guide To The Battle Of The Little Bighorn
Read by David Wales
Robert Marshall Utley
It should be noted that this national park is now called the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. “The long, tragic history of Ind…