War & Military
Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland
Read by David Wales
Frederick Herman Tilberg
The American Civil War battle at Antietam, Maryland,(called Sharpsburg by the Confederacy) on 17 September 1862, has been called the bloodie…
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 2
Read by Timothy Ferguson
Henry Richard Fox Bourne and Henry Fox Bourne
Lord Cochrane was a Napoleonic-era sea captain, whose adventures were the source material for many popular series of naval fiction. He start…
The Life of Washington, Volume 5
Read by Jim Locke
John James Marshall
Volume five of John Marshall's biography follows Washington through his second term ending in the election of John Adams and Washington's re…
A History of the Middle Ages
Read by Pamela Nagami
Dana Carleton Munro
This overview of the 9th through the 13th centuries in Europe and the Middle East begins with the empire of Charles the Great, which extende…
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1845 - 1848)
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James K. Polk
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,…
The Irish Nuns at Ypres: An Episode of the War
Read by David Wales
Dame M. Columban
“…I have charged Dame M. Columban to give a detailed account of all that has befallen the Community, since the coming of the Germans to Ypre…
Above the French Lines
Read by KevinS
Stuart Walcott
A collection of letters written by Stuart Walcott while training to be an aviator in France to prepare for combat. Walcott died in his first…
Over Here and Over There
Read by MaryAnn
Harry Zody
In publishing this book I have no intention whatsoever to offer a work of great literary value. As such it would undoubtedly be a failure, …
The World Crisis, Volume 1
Read by Ty Lasky
Winston S. Churchill
An inside view of the critical years leading up to World War I, as well as the first few key months. Told by (at the time) Britain's First L…
McClellan's Own Story
Read by Mike Manolakes
George Brinton Mcclellan and George Brinton McClellan
Memoirs of General George Brinton McClellan, commanding general of the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the American Civil War.…
The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry
Read by Paul Hampton
Samuel H. Fletcherandd. H. Fletcher and Samuel H. Fletcher And D. H. Fletcher
The purpose of this sketch is to keep green the memory of that little band of men known as Company A, of the Second Illinois Cavalry, who fo…
Into The Valley Of Death: Crimea, Balaklava, The Light Brigade: Russell, Tennys…
Read by David Wales
Various
The Charge Of The Light Brigade (1854) is a famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It is about, among other things, the valor of soldiers and…
The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 02, The Rise of the Saracens and the Fou…
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P. A. Connolly
The present work is intended as a comprehensive account of medieval times, drawn up on the same lines as The Cambridge Modern History but wi…
Fighting The Boche Underground
Read by Paul Hampton
Harry Davis Trounce
Harry Trounce was an American mining engineer of British birth and parentage who joined the British Army in October 1915. After the briefest…
Gun Running for Casement
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Karl Spindler
Sir Roger David Casement was a British public servant renowned for his Congo Report (1904) and his Putumayo Report (1912) both of which expo…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume II
Read by Pamela Nagami
Mandell Creighton
Mandell Creighton's history of the Papacy continues in Volume II with the condemnation in 1415 of Jan Hus by the Council of Constance and hi…
Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia
Read by David Wales
Joseph P. Cullen
Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of The Confederacy during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. It was the focus of two military campaigns…
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 04
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - S…
The Life of Washington, Volume 4
Read by Jim Locke
John James Marshall
This fourth volume covers the final battles and the peace conditions of the war, Washington at home, Washington as first President, and the …
Toxophilus
Read by Clive Catterall
Roger Ascham
Toxophilus is a book about target archery using the English Longbow. The book is divided into two parts: The first part is an extended argum…