Memoirs
On an Irish Jaunting-Car through Donegal and Connemara
Read by Frank Lennon
Samuel Gamble Bayne
This book gives a brief glimpse into the social history of Ireland in the early part of the 20th Century. During his 1902 tour through the n…
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775
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Abraham Tomlinson
"Perceiving that much of the intrinsic value of these Journals would consist in a proper understanding of the historical facts to which…
The History of the Suez Canal
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Ferdinand de Lesseps
A lively picture of the origin and completion of the Suez Canal (built between 1859 and 1869) and his architect, Vicomte de Lesseps. This is…
Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun
Read by James K. White
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
This memoirs chronicles Madame Vigée Lebrun's childhood and the early discovery of her talent, the fortuitous break that introduced h…
Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
William Westgarth
Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at…
Screen Acting
Read by Amanda Friday
Mae Marsh
Silent film star, Mae Marsh, recounts her life as an actress in this publication, what she deems as being the answer to thousands of letters…
Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, written by Himself
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P. T. Barnum
The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the "Greatest Show on Earth," P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It d…
The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Volume II
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Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was an English flag officer famous …
Dallam's Travels with an Organ to the Grand Signieur, 1599-1600
Read by Sue Anderson
Thomas Dallam
Queen Elizabeth the First of England, the Grand Turk at Constantinople, and an organ builder named Thomas Dallam—quite a trio. In 1599, E…
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
Read by Melanie Schleeter McCalmont
Clarence King
"Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada" is a memoir by Clarence King of his adventures and work with the California Geological Surve…
Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
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Austen Layard
Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace re…
Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the Andes
Read by Sue Anderson
Francis Bond Head
“Galloped on with no stopping, but merely to change horses until five o’clock in the evening—very tired indeed, but . . . saw fresh horses i…
The Truth about the Titanic
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Archibald Gracie
Colonel Archibald Gracie was the first survivor of the sinking of the Titanic to die, and this first-hand account was published posthumously…
Korea and Her Neighbors
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Isabella L. Bird
In this book, Isabella L. Bird, who had been elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society only 2 years prior, describes her travels th…
A Cruising Voyage Around the World
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Woodes Rogers
First to the South-seas, Thence to the East-Indies, and Homewards by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and Finish'd in 1711. Containing …
A Small Boy and Others
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Henry James
A Small Boy and Others is a book of autobiography by Henry James published in 1913. The book covers James's earliest years and discusses his…
The Diary of a Country Parson
Read by John Greenman
James Woodforde
The Revd. James Woodforde was an English clergyman, best known for his vivid account of parish life in the 18th century. His diary, edited b…
Travels to Oaxaca
Read by Sue Anderson
Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry De Menonville and Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville
Botanical Piracy! A French botanist plots to steal red dye cochineal insects from Spanish Mexico and transplant them and their cacti hosts …
Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War in the North, in 1845
Read by Phil Benson
Robert Burrows
An eye-witness account of the so-called Flagstaff War, fought between Maori warriors, led by Hone Heke, and British troops between March 184…
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Mon…
Read by Nathalie J.
L. A. Abbott
This work the author claims is indeed a true story of how he happened to be married seven times to seven different women and the rollicking,…