History
Beacon Lights of History
Read by KHand
John Lord
Continuing the Beacon Lights of History Series, Mr. Lord discusses important European Statesmen Mirabeau, Edmund Burke, Napoleon, Prince Met…
The Dixie Book of Days
Read by Bill Boerst
Page Andrews and Matthew Page Andrews
The author used a yearly calendar to focus on pieces written by Southern authors. Many of these writers are little known, having created for…
The World’s Story
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Eva March Tappan
This is the tenth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…
United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection
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Various
This is the second LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings …
Starved Rock
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Eaton G. Osman
This book is an early history of the Starved Rock Area in Northern Illinois. In the pre-Columbian era, the Starved Rock area was home to Nat…
The Tower of London
Read by Janet
Walter George Bell
A short book, whose chapters were originally published in The Daily Mail, which explores the history and facts of each of the structures tha…
The Wild Irishman
Read by John
T. W. H. Crosland
History and customs of the Irish and Ireland. A word of warning to the listener: The Wild Irishman contains the biased, uncomplimentary opin…
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea
Read by Aaron Bennett
Lynn Montross
It meant little to most Americans on 25 June 1950 to read in their Sunday newspapers that civil strife had broken out in Korea. They could h…
The English Governess at the Siamese Court
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Anna Harriette Leonowens
In 1862 Anna Leonowens accepted an offer made by the Siamese consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of Mongkut,…
The Great Events by Famous Historians
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Charles F. Horne
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…
Pastoral Sketches
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Beverly Carradine
Beverly Carradine was an itinerant preacher during a golden era known as the holiness movement in America (late 19th, early 20th centuries).…
The Escape of a Princess Pat
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George Pearson
Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia'sCanadian Light Infantr…
Beacon Lights of History
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John Lord
Volume 8 of the Beacon Lights of History focuses on the great rulers of the ages. In this work, Lord discusses Alfred the Great, Queen Eliza…
Astoria
Read by Carol Pelster
Washington Irving
"Astoria" describes the many perilous adventures, discoveries, and disasters experienced by the brave Americans who joined the 181…
Lucretia Borgia
Read by Emily Maynard
Ferdinand Gregorovius
According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day. Lucretia Borgia is the most unfortunate woman in modern history. Is this beca…
A Brief History of Influenza in U. S. America, Europe, Hawaii
Read by Grace Buchanan
A. Mouritz
PREFACEThis Booklet has been written and compiled for the use of any student or layman who seeks concise and clear information on the histor…
Arizona Sketches
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Joseph Munk
An introduction to Arizona from approximately a century ago. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
Canada's Hundred Days
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John Frederick Bligh Livesay
This is Part Two of Four of the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribut…
Sixteenth-century Bristol
Read by Elaine Webb
John Latimer
Plague, piracy and payments to members of Parliament! The town of Bristol, England in the Sixteenth Century was a fascinating place, and Joh…
The Democracy of the Constitution
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge was a popular American Senator from Massachusetts. He did not only make a name for himself as a politician, but also as an…