Memoirs

Journal Of Small Things

by Helen Gansevoort Edwards Mackay Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Brief journal sketches from France during WW1. The author was was American, but went on to spend much of her life in France. - Summary by ka…

The Castaways of Disappointment Island

by Herbert Escott Inman Read by Barry Eads 4.8
The Castaways of Disappointment Island is the true story of Charles Eyre, who in 1907 was working as apprentice sailor on the Dundonald, a B…

Travels in Brazil

by Henry Koster Read by KevinS 4
A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…

Six Years at the Russian Court

by Magaretta Eagar Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
From 1898 to 1904, Irish born Margaretta Eagar was the nanny to Olga (Ольга), Tatiana (Татьяна), Maria (Мария) and Anastasia (Анастасия) Nik…

Village Life in America

by Caroline Cowles Richards Clarke Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
A diary of a young school girl in Canandaigua, New York during the Civil War. (Summary by MaryElizabeth)

The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell

by Nicholas Cresswell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Against his family's wishes, the son of an English landowner emigrates to America in 1774 for reasons he won't reveal. His adventures take h…

In Woods of God Realization

by Rajanikant Chandwadkar 5
This is an audio recording of Vol 3 of Complete Works of Swami Rama Tirtha that has been compiled in 7 volumes. Other 2 Volumes are here - I…

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte

by Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne Read by Gillian Hendrie 4.8
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - Su…

A Journey Round My Room

by Xavier De Maistre Read by Steven Watson 4.9
Sentenced to house arrest for forty-two days owing to his participation in a duel, Xavier de Maistre was inspired to write a travel memoir a…

Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon

by Austen Layard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace re…

The Secret Service

by Albert Richardson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Albert Richardson was a reporter for Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune when he volunteered to hazard an undercover journey through the Ameri…

Escape From The Confederacy

by Benjamin F. Hasson Read by David Wales 4.6
Benjamin F Hasson was a Union officer in the Civil War of the United States. After being captured by the Confederacy, he escaped from a pris…

I Sold The Moon!

by Barry McArdle Read by Barry McArdle 4.8
Just because it happened, doesn't mean you'll believe it. Take a rollicking ride through the 1970s with the original Moon Man, Barry McArdle…

On an Irish Jaunting-Car through Donegal and Connemara

by Samuel Gamble Bayne Read by Frank Lennon 4.8
This book gives a brief glimpse into the social history of Ireland in the early part of the 20th Century. During his 1902 tour through the n…

Salt Mines and Castles

by Thomas Carr Howe Read by TR Love 4.5
"From May 1945 until February 1946, I served as a Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Officer in Germany. During the first four months of…

Our Search for a Wilderness

by Blair Niles and William Beebe Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and…

With the Anzacs in Cairo

by Guy Thornton Read by Adam Bielka 4.6
Guy Thornton recounts his experiences serving as a military chaplain with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) while stationed …

A Voyage to the South Sea

by William Bligh Read by Tom Crawford 4.1
A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in Hi…

Green Grey Homestead

by Steele Rudd 4.5
This book describes the experiences of Dick Gall, a young Australian countryman, from the time of his first application for ‘a homestead sel…

Campaigns of Curiosity

by Elizabeth L. Banks Read by TriciaG 4.5
Elizabeth Banks was an American journalist who, at about age 23, moved to London. While trying to break into English journalism and to keep …

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