History
Sleeping Sickness
Read by Pamela Nagami
Fleming Mant Sandwith
In the twenty-first century sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis in humans) is still a life-threatening disease of adults and children…
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02
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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…
Columbus
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Joaquin Miller
This week, to celebrate Columbus Day, LibriVox volunteers bring you six recordings of Columbus by Joaquin Miller. This was the weekly poetr…
Lancashire
Read by Phil Benson
Francis Archibald Bruton
The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Stee…
England, Canada and the Great War
Read by Cate Barratt
Louis-Georges Desjardins
Mr. Desjardins was driven to write this work to refute statements uttered by the nationalist Henri Bourassa, which the former feared painted…
Tea Drinking In 18th-Century America: Its Etiquette And Equipage
Read by David Wales
Rodris Roth
The title of this 1961 Smithsonian Institution bulletin says it all. “In 18th-century America, the pleasant practice of taking tea at home …
WWII News and Related Sound files from 1933
Various
Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1933
The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain
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John Henry Ingram
Possibly no part in the world is more connected in our minds to hauntings, ghost sightings and gruesome legends than Great Britain with its …
United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches Collection
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Various
This collection comprises recordings of seven historic speeches given to the UK House of Lords between 1641 and 1945. Readings are of speech…
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
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James Headlam-Morley
"It is hard to be an Emperor under such a Chancellor." lamented Wilhelm I, the first emperor of the German Empire. Otto von Bismar…
A Brief Account of the Bahai Movement
Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater
Ethel J. Rosenberg
“Many believe that we, in this century,” writes Ethel Rosenberg, “ are witnessing the dawn of a new spiritual epoch or era. A renewal of the…
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 08)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
In this chapter of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England we see conflict between James II and his subjects. James is Catholic but r…
Kleinere Schriften
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Friedrich Schiller
1. Vorrede zu der Geschichte des Maltheserordens nach Vertot von M. N. bearbeitet. (1792)2. Herzog von Alba bei einem Frühstück au…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 16 - The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant
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Louis Aubrey Wood
'Thayendanegea!' The name was taken from the great book of nature. It was a birth-name of the Mohawks meaning two sticks of wood bound toget…
Historic Waterways
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Reuben Gold Thwaites
Historic Waterways, Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing down the Rock, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.This volume is the record of six hundred miles of …
The Romance of Excavation
Read by Steven Seitel
David Masters
The Romance of Excavation: A Record of the Amazing Discoveries in Egypt, Assyria, Troy, Crete, etc., with Twenty-Nine Illustrations,From the…
A History of Freedom of Thought
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John Bagnell Bury
The great civil liberties we enjoy today, like Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press, have their foundation in Freedom of Thought. With…
Shall I Pray or Watch TV?
Read by Vic Zarley
Vic Zarley
Shall I Pray or Watch TV? looks at the history of TV and its effect on our culture all from a Christian worldview perspective. My hope is th…