History
Old-Time Makers of Medicine
Read by Adam Marcetich
James Joseph Walsh
Dr. Walsh's Old-Time Makers of Medicine chronicles the history and development of modern medicine from ancient times up to the discovery of …
The Sinking of the Titanic
Read by Allyson Hester
Logan Marshall
This is a detailed and accurate account of the most awful marine disaster in history, constructed from the real facts as obtained from those…
China and the Chinese
Read by David Barnes
Herbert Allen Giles
Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor…
Discoverers and Explorers
Read by Laura Caldwell
Edward R. Shaw
Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown "Sea of Darkness" where it was thought monsters and angry g…
Henry VIII
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William Shakespeare
This is Shakespeare's dutiful trubute to one of the most imposing and terrifying rulers in European history. The kingdom trembles as the gia…
From the Foundation of the City
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Titus Livius
Ab urbe condita, is a monumental history of ancient Rome written in the Latin language by Titus Livius(Livy), an ancient Roman historian. Th…
Anti-imperialist Writings
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This audiobook is a collection of Mark Twain's anti-imperialist writings (newspaper articles, interviews, speeches, letters, essays and pamp…
Famous Men of Modern Times
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John Henry Haaren
Famous Men of Modern Times is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interestin…
Memoirs of a Revolutionist
Read by Elin
Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but als…
The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Read by Sue Anderson
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Few stories of shipwreck and survival can equal that of the 16th century Spaniard Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca who, cast ashore …
The Story of Ancient Irish Civilisation
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Patrick Weston Joyce
This little book has been written and published with the main object of spreading as widely as possible among our people, young and old, a k…
Charles I
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Jacob Abbott
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan
Read by Sue Anderson
John Lloyd Stephens
The year is 1838. The scene is the dense Honduran forest along the Copán River. Two men, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood…
History of the United States
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Charles Austin Beard
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…
A Jewish State
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
Theodor Herzl
Read in English, this is a pivotal document in the history of Zionism and the State of Israel. Herzl designed this work to elevate the discu…
The Lives of the Queens of England
Read by Ann Boulais
Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…
History of the United States
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Charles Austin Beard
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…
History of Rome
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Robert F. Pennell
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD. This compilation is designed to be a companion to the author's History of Greece. It…
The Loss of the S. S. Titanic
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Lawrence Beesley
This is a 1st hand account written by a survivor of the Titanic about that fateful night and the events leading up to it as well as the even…
The Diary of a Dead Officer
Read by Ruth Golding
Arthur Graeme West
Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most …