Memoirs

A Life Unveiled

by Anonymous Read by PhyllisV 4.4
A memoir of a young woman, who lived in the late 19th century in the United States. Starting with her pastoral youth and progressing through…

Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball

by Babe Ruth Read by Mark Harrington 4.6
This book is an autobiographical account by one of baseball's legendary names. Ruth writes about his introduction to the game in his youth i…

The Soul of a People

by Harold Fielding and Harold Fielding Hall Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
In The Soul of a People, Englishman H. Fielding explores the beliefs of the Burmese people. He offers an understandable, and yet thorough, e…

In Search Of

by Damon Timm Read by Damon Timm 4.6
In Search of #6 is the story of the trials and trails of a man, a best friend, two bicycles, three states, four dispersed campsites, five ti…

John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides

by John Paton Read by AletheiaCharis 4.8
Despite the trouble and dangers John G. Paton had faced on the island of Tanna (as recounted in the first part of his autobiography), his tr…

Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War

by Robert Burrows Read by Phil Benson 4.6
An eye-witness account of the so-called Flagstaff War, fought between Maori warriors, led by Hone Heke, and British troops between March 184…

Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. And Second Bishop Of Tennessee

by Charles Todd Quintard Read by David Wales
Charles Quintard (1824-1898) was an Episcopal priest who, in spite of his pro-Union stance, volunteered to be a chaplain in the Confederate …

Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet

by Roberts Vaux Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The Memoirs of the life of Anthony Benezet is a compilation celebrating the life of one of the first truly influential abolitionists during …

Certified - The True Story of David Harris

by David Harris Read by David Harris 4.3
Certified is the pacey, true life account of David Harris; how he went from typical Aussie kid to mentally deranged criminal, then experienc…

Down In Water Street

by Samuel Hopkins Hadley Read by KHand
Written by the Superintendent of the Jerry McAuley Water Street Mission, "Down in Water Street" is intended to share some of the e…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

by Samuel Pepys Read by Nicole Lee 2.7
Another jam-packed year for Pepys, making provisions for Tangier, indulging his passion for the theatre, always thoroughly engaged in his re…

A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar

by George Bethune English Read by R. S. Steinberg 3.9
As a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 assigned to Marine Corps headquarters, English sailed to the…

The Iron Hunter

by Chase Salmon Osborn Read by Ted Lienhart 5
This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later a…

Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria

by William Westgarth Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) 4.7
Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at…

My Reminiscences

by Rabindranath Tagore Read by bala 3.2
My Reminiscences offers a reflective glimpse into the life of Rabindranath Tagore, one of India's most celebrated literary figures. Written …

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

by Samuel Pepys Read by Nicole Lee 4.1
Pepys' diary continues with his trademark engaging frankness, as he jockeys for favour, criticises his colleagues on the Navy Board for thei…

A True Picture of Emigration

by Rebecca Burlend Read by Ted Lienhart 4.5
Complete title: "A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; being a full and impartial account o…

Six Years in the Prisons of England

by Frank Henderson Read by Elaine Webb 3.1
A Merchant talks about daily life inside prisons of England, describes routines and how prisoners are treated. He notes stories of how fello…

The Last Voyage of the Karluk

by Robert Abram Bartlett Read by Barry Eads 5
In August 1913, the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson’s Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–16, became trapped in the ice while saili…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

by Samuel Pepys Read by Nicole Lee 3.9
Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness …

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