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A Short History of the World
Read by Kristine Bekere
H. G. Wells
A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work T…
A Horse's Tale (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Horse's Tale is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite hors…
Zanoni
Read by KirksVoice
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Zanoni, a timeless Rosicrucian brother, cannot fall in love without losing his power of immortality; but he does fall in love with Viola Pis…
Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem
Although written from a child's perspective, this is not a kids book but a series of funny, poignant, and sometimes disturbing stories about…
Stickeen
Read by Sue Anderson
John Muir
A great dog story, a well told tale--the naturalist and adventurer John Muir recounts how he and his companion, a dog named Stickeen, each, …
Quiet Talks about Jesus
Read by Chiquito Crasto
S. D. Gordon
So far as I can find out, I have no theory about Jesus to make these talks fit into. I have tried to find out for myself what the old Book o…
Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 1
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
Read by Sibella Denton
Philip Stanhope, 4Th Earl Of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, was at one time Ambassador to the Hague, negotiated the second Treaty of Vienna, was a founding gover…
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
James Boswell
Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is widely considered to be the greatest English-language biography ever written. It was revolutionary in it…
Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass
Read by Lee Smalley
Frederick Douglass
These two articles were reproduced as an e-book by Project Gutenberg in 2008 to supplement "...several articles by Frederick Douglass,…
Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy
Read by Gary Gilberd
John Stuart Mill
This is Mill’s first work on economics. It foreshadows his Political Economy which was the standard Anglo-American Economics textbook of the…
The Wonder-Worker of Padua
Read by dave7
Charles Warren Stoddard
This is the inspiring story of Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231). The son of a wealthy Portuguese family, he was initially ordained a pries…
Light and Peace: Instructions for Devout Souls to Dispel Their Doubts and Allay…
Read by dave7
Carlo Giuseppe Quadrupani
Padre Quadrupani was an Italian priest and member of the Clerics Regular of St. Paul, also known as the Barnabites, from their association w…
Four Great Americans
Read by Sibella Denton
James Baldwin
Written for children, James Baldwin's history of Washington, Franklin, Webster, and Lincoln brings these men to life in a way that will be i…
The Faith of Our Fathers
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
James Gibbons
The Faith of Our Fathers: A Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ is a book published in 1876 by a…
The Secrets of the Italian Language 2 - I Segreti della Lingua Italiana per Stra…
Read by Antonio Libertino
Antonio Libertino
Have YOU ever wanted to listen to real Italian, read it and understand it? How can YOU understand Italian even if YOU are an absolute beginn…
Army Life in a Black Regiment
Read by FNH
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the …
The Mother and the Child
Read by Edith van der Have-Raats
Maria Montessori
"The mother and the child" is a lecture given by Maria Montessori in 1915. The famous educational reformer speaks about the import…
The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 1
Read by Phil Griffiths
Archibald Forbes
The First Anglo–Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts durin…
History of the Britons
Read by BUAES
Nennius
One of the earliest recorded histories of Britain; Nennius wrote the book around 796BC. These days Nennius is recognised as being a teller, …