Biography & Autobiography

The Soul of the Indian

by Charles Alexander Eastman Read by David Mix 4.6
"We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children. It teaches us to be thankfu…

The Bird Study Book

by Thomas Gilbert Pearson Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.8
Do you enjoy bird watching? Would you like to learn a little more about the early conservation efforts to protect wild birds? In the Preface…

The Life of Cicero

by Anthony Trollope Read by Philippa 4.8
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC) was an orator, statesman, philosopher and prolific correspondent, who rose as a ‘new man’ in Rome in the tu…

My Path to Atheism

by Annie Besant Read by Kevin Green 3.9
My Path to Atheism is a remarkable document in many ways, not least that it was written by a woman in Victorian England, not the most open f…

Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons

by Arabella M. Willson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This book follows the three amazing stories of Adoniram Judson's wives, Ann, Sarah, and Emily. Each wife went through incredible hardships, …

The Promised Land

by Mary Antin Read by Bridget Gaige 4.6
Being a Jew in Russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Jews were persecuted because of their religion. So the Jews found …

Three Girls in a Flat

by Enid Yandell Read by Lee Ann Howlett 4.5
Enid Yandell (October 6, 1870 - June 13, 1934) was an American sculptor who studied with Auguste Rodin and Frederick William MacMonnies. She…

Scott's Last Expedition

by Robert Falcon Scott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time.…

Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers

by J. Walker McSpadden Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…

From Plotzk to Boston

by Mary Antin Read by Sue Anderson 4.7
An intensely personal account of the immigration experience as related by a young Jewish girl from Plotzk (a town in the government of Viteb…

Miscellaneous Pieces

by John Bunyan Read by David Barnes 4.6
John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 – August 31, 1688), a Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford), …

The Frozen North

by Edith Horton Read by Laura Victoria 4.6
The Frozen North invites young listeners on an adventurous journey through the icy realms of the polar regions. This engaging audiobook pres…

From Sunrise Land

by Amy Wilson Carmichael Read by Expatriate 4.6
One of the most renowned of all Protestant Christian missionaries, Amy Carmichael is remembered most for the fifty-five years she spent doin…

Confessions

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by Martin Geeson 4.6
"She was more to me than a sister, a mother, a friend, or even than a mistress, and for this very reason she was not a mistress; in a w…

Autobiography of Anthony Trollope

by Anthony Trollope Read by Jessica Louise 4.3
Anthony Trollope's autobiography will delight you whether or not you've read (or listened to) any of his many works. His honest if self-depr…

The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola

by Frances Alice Forbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491– 1556) was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who …

John Quincy Adams

by John T. Morse Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
John Quincy Adams by John T. Morse offers a detailed exploration of the life of one of America's most significant political figures. This bi…

Woman in the Nineteenth Century

by Margaret Fuller Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Margaret Fuller was an American feminist, writer, and intellectual associated with the Transcendentalist movement. Her book Woman in the Nin…

The Legends of the Jews

by Louis Ginzberg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …

Èmile

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Emile, or On Education or Émile, or Treatise on Education (French: Émile, ou De l’éducation) was published in 1762 in F…

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