History

Magna Carta

by Unknown Read by Jim Mowatt 4.7
The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version…

1945 Radio News

4.7
Experience the news from 1945 with this collection of radio broadcasts. This compilation includes various news segments and V-Discs from tha…

The Shirley Letters from California Mines

by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe Read by Rachel Ellen 4.7
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise w…

The Byzantine Empire

by Charles William Chadwick Oman Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Fifty years ago the word “Byzantine” was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was …

History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688

by David Hume Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland

by Simon Dubnow Read by S S Kim 4.9
Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became authority of Jewish history and an a…

The Evolution of Modern Medicine

by Sir William Osler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This is the manuscript of Sir William Osler's lectures on the "Evolution of Modern Medicine," delivered at Yale University in 1913…

The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain

by John Henry Ingram Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Possibly no part in the world is more connected in our minds to hauntings, ghost sightings and gruesome legends than Great Britain with its …

History of Australia and New Zealand

by George Sutherland and Alexander Sutherland Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Explore the foundational narratives of Australia and New Zealand in this comprehensive history by George and Alexander Sutherland. Delving i…

Essay on the Trial by Jury

by Lysander Spooner Read by BethAnne 4.9
FOR more than six hundred years that is, since Magna Carta, in 1215 there has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutiona…

History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688

by David Hume Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

A Child's History of England

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
A Child's History of England is Charles Dickens' engaging retelling of England's past, crafted specifically for younger readers. Spanning fr…

Radio News

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Explore a collection of news from the 1970s, featuring various talk shows and specials. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events an…

Station Life in New Zealand

by Mary Anne Barker Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan 4.4
Station Life in New Zealand is a collection of cheerful and interesting letters written by Lady Mary Anne Barker (nee Mary Anne Stewart) tha…

A History of Freedom of Thought

by John Bagnell Bury Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
The great civil liberties we enjoy today, like Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press, have their foundation in Freedom of Thought. With…

History of Rome

by Robert F. Pennell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
History of Rome offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of Rome's evolution from its legendary beginnings to the fall of the Western Emp…

All Afloat

by William Wood Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
No exhaustive Canadian 'water history' can possibly be attempted here. That would require a series of its own. But at least a first attempt …

1942 Radio News

4.9
Explore the news from 1942 in this audio collection. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that shaped the world dur…

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea

by Lynn Montross Read by Aaron Bennett 4.9
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…

Bible Defence of Slavery

by Josiah Priest Read by Joseph R. Daniels 4.3
The full title of this book is Bible Defense of Slavery; and Origin, Fortunes, and History of the Negro Race, by Rev. Josiah Priest, A. M. 5…

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