War & Military
Fourteen Months in American Bastiles
Read by Katie Riley
Francis Key Howard
Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…
Fort Concho; Its Why And Wherefore
Read by David Wales
J. N. Gregory
Fort Concho was a U.S. Army post in central Texas from 1867 to 1889. It figured considerably in the Indian Wars, notably against the Comanch…
Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916)
Read by David Wales
Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins
"It must be remembered that many of our men up to the time of their enlistment have passed their lives entirely in large towns, and hav…
Life of Edward the Black Prince
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louise Creighton
Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England. He commanded the vanguard at the Battle of Créc…
A Short History of Germany
Read by VioletBleu
Mary Platt Parmele
Mary Platt Parmele brings to life the history of Germany and its rise to prominence in Europe. From scheming nobles to treaties created unde…
Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate Stat…
Read by David Wales
Various
Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies expla…
A History of the Great War, Volume One
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John Buchan
This is the first of a four-volume history of the First World War, covering the period from its outbreak in the summer of 1914 to the campai…
The Reign of Queen Anne, Volume II
Read by Pamela Nagami
Justin Mccarthy
Anne Stuart (1665-1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, succeeded William III to the throne in 1702. She was the daughter of the d…
Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409
Read by Pamela Nagami
Oscar Browning
The High Middle Ages in Italy, 1250-1409, were a time of incessant strife between rival city-states, some the Ghibelline allies of the Holy …
Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire
Read by Pamela Nagami
Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke
Despite its brevity, this Little Blue Book #142 by the Oxford historian, Sir F.M. Powicke, provides a valuable overview of the political his…
Maria Theresa
Read by Pamela Nagami
James Franck Bright
By the time of his death in 1740, the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, had done everything possible to secure the succession to the throne of…
The Martyrdom Of Belgium; Official Report Of Massacres Of Peaceable Citizens, W…
Read by David Wales
George Cooreman
The title says it all. World War I narratives of German activities in Belgium after the German invasion of this neutral country. - Summary b…
The Fringes Of The Fleet
Read by David Wales
Rudyard Kipling
During the war (WWI), [Kipling] wrote a booklet The Fringes of the Fleet containing essays and poems on various nautical subjects of the war…
The Sinking of the ''Merrimac''
Read by Delmar H Dolbier
Richmond Pearson Hobson
During the Spanish-American War, Naval Constructor Hobson U.S.N. devised a plan to scuttle a ship in the channel leading to Santiago harbor …
Nothing of Importance
Read by Lee Smalley
John Bernard Pye Adams
Fighting in France during the Great War, Bernard Adams, an officer with a Welsh battalion, was moved to chronicle what he saw and experience…
The Making of the British Empire (A.D. 1714-1832)
Read by Pamela Nagami
Arthur Hassall
At its height, the British Empire was the largest in history. This short volume traces its development through the long 18th century, from 1…
The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peac…
Read by Pamela Nagami
Osmund Airy
In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded th…