Early Modern
A History of California: The Spanish Period
Read by Steven Seitel
Charles Edward Chapman
If you have ever wondered why Spain (and not Japan, which was so so much better positioned to do it) was first to “settle” the Golden State,…
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs
Read by James K. White
Stanley Lane-Poole
A history of the pirating activities along and around the "Barbary coast" between the 15th and 19th centuries, from the time of th…
Young Folks' History of the American Revolution
Read by Gary Bohannon
Everett T. Tomlinson
This work has grown out of the desire frequently expressed to the writer when he has been lecturing on the American Revolution, that in some…
Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society
Read by Jeffrey Church
Thomas Hobbes
De Cive ("On the citizen") is one of Thomas Hobbes's major works. "The book was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1…
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 12
Read by Sibella Denton
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…
Summa Theologica - 13 Tertia Pars, The Saviour: His Incarnation and His Salvifi…
Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC
Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 09
Read by Sibella Denton
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…
Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Agnes Arber
Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to cat…
A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1
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…
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 2
Read by Christopher Smith
Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
The History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, by Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné, is a classic work on the great events that re…
Summa Theologica - 11 Pars Secunda Secundae, Treatise on the Cardinal Virtues: …
Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC
Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 11
Read by Sibella Denton
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…
The Reign of Queen Anne, Volume I
Read by Pamela Nagami
Justin Mccarthy
Anne Stuart (1665-1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, succeeded William III to the throne in 1702. She was the daughter of the d…
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 10
Read by Sibella Denton
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 18 - The 'Adventurers of England' on Hudson Bay
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Agnes C. Laut
The fur hunters were explorers who had blazed a trail across a continent and penetrated to the uttermost reaches of a northern empire the si…
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…
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Bernard Le Bovier De Fontenelle
This book is a popular science book written in the late 1600s. It is written as a series of conversations between a gallant philosopher and …
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 1: Joan of Naples
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The celebrated crimes committed during the life of Joan (Joanna I) of Naples span from personal misdeeds (adulteries and mariticide) to regi…
History of Farming in Ontario
Read by Esther
C. C. James
This is a paper on the history of farming in Ontario. It take the reader through the early settlement from 1783 to the modern period of 1888…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Lawrence J. Burpee
This is volume 19 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This is the account of La Verendryes' quest for an overland route to the Pacific Ocean…