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America Looks Abroad
WA4CZD
America Looks Abroad was a 15-minute news and commentary show produced by the nonpartisan American Foreign Policy Association (FPA.org) and …
American Leaders and Heroes
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Wilbur F. Gordy
Historian Wilbur F. Gordy presents short chapters on well-known American figures from the viewpoint of the early twentieth century, includin…
Three Accounts of Peterloo
Read by Phil Benson
Francis Archibald Bruton
A companion volume to F.A. Bruton's 'The Story of Peterloo', the full title of this short collection is 'Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewi…
The Chronicles of America Volume 07 - Dutch and English on the Hudson
Read by Jim Locke
Maud Wilder Goodwin
Geography is the maker of history. The course of Dutch settlement in America was predetermined by a river which runs its length of a hundred…
The Turing Solution
The Turing Solution Alan Turing, born June 23 1912, is famous for his key role in breaking German codes in World War 2. But for mathematicia…
The Chronicles of America Volume 15 - Jefferson and his Colleagues
Read by Jim Locke
Allen Johnson
In this volume, we have the Virginia Dynasty of presidents: Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. America at this time was involved in expansion w…
David Crockett, Scout
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Charles Fletcher Allen
Davy Crockett is one of the legendary heroes of the North American frontier, celebrated in song and story. This is a very accessible account…
Tales of English Minsters: Hereford
Read by David Wales
Elizabeth W. Grierson
This short book was originally written for children, though adults will also find it worthwhile. It tells interesting history of Hereford i…
Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 2
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Charles F. Horne
A collection of writings about a variety of men and women from history who were some of the most prominent people around at the time. Marsha…
A Social History of the American Negro
Read by Jim Locke
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
A comprehensive history of what experiences and influences created the Negro American citizen as we find him at the beginning of the twentie…
Sound of History #2: West Berlin
John Goerzen
Episode #2 of the Sound of History podcast. This episode focuses on West Berlin with two historic speeches from that city. The first speech …
Dante - Poet of the Impossible
Dante Alighieri was a poet and civic leader in Florence. His enemies had him exiled, hoping he'd disappear from history. But instead he wrot…
Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland (dating from 1837). Recorded by …
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Constance Campbell Petrie and Thomas Petrie
Tom Petrie (1831-1910), explorer and grazier, arrived in the then convict settlement of Moreton Bay in 1837. His reminiscences of what was t…
Woman Suffrage and Politics
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Written after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and published in 1923, "This book's essential contribution must be sought in its …
Music of The Baroque Period
Ranjith Daluwatta
500 - 1500 Music from the Middle Ages and The Renaissance 1500-1750 Music of Baroque Period 1750-1820 Music of Classicism 1820-1910 Mu…
Faded Pictures
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William Vaughn Moody
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Faded Pictures by William Vaughn Moody. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 2, 2…
Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers
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Harry A. Franck
Harry A. Franck was an American travel writer. After publishing Vagabond Journey Around the World, he spent 3 months in the Canal Zone of Pa…
The Chronicles of America Volume 14 - Washington and His Colleagues
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Henry Jones Ford
This next volume of the Chronicles of American series investigates Washington's development in the day to day world the various dimensions o…
In the Wake of the Buccaneers
Read by Steven Seitel
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Ah, the Buccaneers... “We hear much of the bold, wild ways of these adventurers; Perchance it is the fact that we all appreciate bravery—and…
The Negro
Read by Jim Locke
W. E. B. Du Bois
Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main known facts and their fair …