War & Military
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald
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
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 …
The Irish Nuns at Ypres
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…
The Thirty Years' War
Read by Pamela Nagami
Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Samuel Rawson Gardiner remains a respected source on the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), which began as a civil conflict between Protestant p…
State of the Union Addresses
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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,…
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.…
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…
The History of Company A
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…
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…
Rise of the Macedonian Empire
Read by Pamela Nagami
Arthur M. Curteis
Through diplomacy and conquest the Kingdom of Macedonia under Philip II (382-336 BC) came to dominate ancient Greece. To the classical Greek…
Into The Valley Of Death
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…
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…
The First Two Stuarts and the Puritan Revolution
Read by Pamela Nagami
Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Samuel Rawson Gardiner was an eminent British historian of the Victorian era whose works on the 17th century remain a respected source. This…
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
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…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome
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…
The Renaissance and the Reformation
Read by Pamela Nagami
Emmeline Tanner
Dame Emmeline Tanner writes of the Renaissance that its "special characteristic was the revolt against authority and the rise to import…
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…
Captain John Smith
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
C. H. Forbes-Lindsay
Captain John Smith is probably best known for his association with the colonization of Virginia from the early days of Jamestown, and his ex…
First From the Front
Read by Steve C
Harold Ashton
In this brief book I have lifted a very small corner of the curtain of war, to tell of my adventures — a week in the North Sea, and a breath…
A Voice From The Main Deck
Read by Barry Eads
Samuel Leech
Samuel Leech was a young sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He became notable as one of very few wh…