LibriVox Audio Books Catalog (Page 5)

Seven narratives published in the late nineteenth century and assembled in this 1913 collection. - Summary by david wales

Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre

Read by Pamela Nagami

Agnes Mary Frances Robinson

Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre (Marguerite de Navarre), (1492-1549), was the sister of Francis I, King of France. She was hig…

Historic Girlhoods Volume 1

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Rupert S. Holland

Biographical sketches of ten girls who became famous before becoming women - some not even making it to womanhood. From Joan of Arc to Cathe…

The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, The Lily of the Mohawks

Read by Carol Pelster

Ellen Walworth

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha's lifespan of only about 24 years was spent in utter humility and penitence. In spite of her natural diffidence, she…

Historic Boyhoods

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Rupert S. Holland

Most boys grow up to be honest, maybe even good, men, but do not stand out from the crowd. Occasionally, along comes a boy who is destined, …

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (version 2)

Read by Holly Jenson

Olive Gilbert

Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) was born into slavery in 1797 (or thereabouts) in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York. This narrati…

Tschaikovsky And His Orchestral Music

Read by David Wales

Louis Biancolli

Included in this little book are analyses and backgrounds of most of Tschaikowsky’s standard concert music. A short sketch of Tschaikowsky’s…

A Mind That Found Itself: An Autobiography

Read by Skip Corris

Clifford Whittingham Beers

At twenty-four, Clifford Beers, Yale graduate and son of an old New England family, was confined to a mental institution, where he experienc…

Eleven years a drunkard, or, The life of Thomas Doner: having lost both arms th…

Read by Curt Walton

Thomas Doner

He tells of the shame, misery and pain which alcohol brought on him, and will bring to anyone whosoever be tempted by the pleasant feeling i…

Jane Austen and Her Times

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Geraldine Edith Mitton

This is a lively and highly accessible overview of the life and times of one of England's most beloved authors. Using excerpts from a wide v…

Imaginotions - Truthless Tales

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Tudor Jenks

This is a collection of short stories by Tudor Jenks. Those stories are all written and composed in the way of a fairy tale, but they are no…

Cardinal Wolsey

Read by Pamela Nagami

Mandell Creighton

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (1473-1530) will always be remembered as the Lord Chancellor who fell from power when he failed to obtain the annulme…

Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 9)

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John Hay and John George Nicolay

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

Biography & Autobiography

John Hay and John George Nicolay