History

History of the United States

by Charles Austin Beard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

The Wild Irishman

by T. W. H. Crosland Read by John 4
History and customs of the Irish and Ireland. A word of warning to the listener: The Wild Irishman contains the biased, uncomplimentary opin…

Young Folks' Treasury

by Hamilton Wright Mabie Read by BettyB 5
Historical vignettes of selected locations throughout the world and many of our early explorers as well. Fascinating travel adventures throu…

A History of American Christianity

by Leonard Woolsey Bacon Read by KHand 3
Published in 1897, this book describes the advent of Christianity in the United States from the landing of the first explorers with their mi…

Historia de Heródoto

by Herodotus Read by Tux 4.7
Las Historias (en griego antiguo ἱστορίαι historíai 'aproximaciones, investigaciones') de Heródoto de Halicarnaso (484–despu&e…

Historical Tales

by Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews Read by Kalynda 4.6
Volume VI of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fifth volume covers t…

The Negro

by W. E. B. Du Bois Read by Jim Locke 4
Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main known facts and their fair …

Third Class in Indian Railways

by Mahatma Gandhi Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In Third Class in Indian Railways, Mahatma Gandhi examines the conditions faced by passengers travelling in the lowest class of India’s rail…

Radio News

4.7
Explore the news from 1946 in this collection. This compilation includes various news files, V-Discs, and specials from that year. While som…

The Great Events by Famous Historians

by Charles F. Horne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

An Alphabet of History

by Wilbur D. Nesbit Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
An alphabet of historical characters presented in poetical form! In their original form, the contents of thisbook appeared in the Chicago Su…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II

by Thomas Babington Macaulay Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
This chapter is a bit of a mixture. It begins with the death of Charles II and then goes on to James II. Judge Jeffries then makes an appear…

American Civil War Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Explore the profound impact of the American Civil War through a curated collection of poems and short literary works. This anthology brings …

The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth

by T. D. Bonner Read by Gary Olman 4.3
Buried amid the sublime passes of the Sierra Nevada are old men, who, when children, strayed away from our crowded settlements, and, gradual…

Letters from Victorian Pioneers

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
A series of letters on the early occupation of the colony, the Aborigines, etc addressed by Victorian pioneers to his Excellency Charles Jos…

History of the Inquisition of Spain

by Henry Charles Lea Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Volume 2 of Lea’s monumental work on the Spanish Inquisition. Volume 2 discusses the organizational structure of the Inquisition, methods us…

The World's Story

by Eva March Tappan Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
This is the twelfth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March …

The History of England, from the Accession of James II

by Thomas Babington Macaulay Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
This is the third chapter in Macaulay’s great History of England from the Accession of James II. In this chapter Macaulay looks at the state…

The Political History of France

by Muriel O. Davis Read by Pamela Nagami 4.7
This little book opens on the eve of the French Revolution. The government is crippled by financial mismanagement, ruled by a King who, in t…

The Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor

by Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard and Elizabeth L. Gebhard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
John Jacob Astor was pre-eminently the opener of new paths, a breaker of trails. From his first tramp alone through the Black Forest of Bade…

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