War & Military
A Short History of France: From Caesar's Invasion to the Battle of Waterloo
Read by Pamela Nagami
Agnes Mary Frances Robinson
After the Roman conquest, the Celtic Gauls adopted Roman culture and speech. The Germanic invasions ultimately transformed France into a Cat…
Europe in Renaissance and Reformation 1453-1660
Read by Pamela Nagami
Mary A. Hollings
In a small space the Oxford-educated historian, Mary Hollings, provides a panoramic view of a tumultuous age. We meet Cesare Borgia and Savo…
The World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
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Eva March Tappan
This is the tenth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…
The Normans in Europe
Read by Pamela Nagami
Arthur Henry Johnson
This short history of the Normans in Europe opens with the invasions of the Vikings, who came from Scandinavian villages among rugged rocks …
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1829 - 1836)
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Andrew Jackson
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
Napoleon The First, An Intimate Biography
Read by Celine Major
Walter Geer
Excerpt: "Now that one hundred years have elapsed since the "long-drawn agony" of Saint Helena we think that the time has com…
Life of Sir Walter Ralegh
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louise Creighton
Sir Walter Ralegh (c. 1552-1618), English soldier, explorer, courtier, writer, and poet was one of the most notable figures of the Elizabeth…
The World’s Story Volume IX: England
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Eva March Tappan
This is the ninth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…
Life of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louise Creighton
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), was the oldest surviving son of Sir Winston Churchill, an impoverished country gentlema…
The Causes Of The American Civil War
Read by David Wales
John Lothrop Motley
John Lothrop Motley (1814 – 1877) was an American author and popular diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of th…
The Early Tudors: Henry VII and Henry VIII
Read by Pamela Nagami
Charles Edward Moberly
Following the chaos of the Wars of the Roses, the reigns of Henry VII and VIII were autocratic and centralized to an unprecedented degree. T…
The Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An A…
Read by David Wales
Ellen Newbold La Motte
Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. … and in 1915 volunteered as one of the first American war …
An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre
Read by David Wales
John Gregory Bourke
An account of the expedition [of the U.S. Army] in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883. (Book subtitle) Bourke w…
The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa
Read by Aaron Bennett
Joseph H. Alexander
The three-month-long battle of Okinawa covered a 700-mile arc fromFormosa to Kyushu and involved a million combatants--Americans,Japanese, B…
The Escape of a Princess Pat
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George Pearson
Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia'sCanadian Light Infantr…
War and Women
Read by Celine Major
Mabel Annie Stobart
"The sending of a Women’s Convoy Corps to the Balkans was the result of Mrs. Stobart’s keen desire to demonstrate the ability of women …
Half a Century
Read by Pamela Nagami
Jane Grey Swisshelm
In the spring of 1850, while the United States was polarized over the slavery debate and Daniel Webster was negotiating the compromise of th…
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 1: The Pusan Perimeter
Read by Aaron Bennett
Lynn Montross
It meant little to most Americans on 25 June 1950 to read in their Sunday newspapers that civil strife had broken out in Korea. They could h…
Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - No…
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John Frederick Bligh Livesay
This is Part Two of Four of the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribut…
Henry II
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louis Francis Salzman
Born in 1133, King Henry II of England reigned from 1154 until his death in 1189. Before he was forty, he controlled England, large parts of…