Memoirs

Memories and Adventures

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Adrian Wilson 4.8
Arthur Conan Doyle first published his memories of his many various adventures around the world and his relationships with such famous figur…

The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen

by Howard Carter and Arthur C. Mace Read by Availle 4.8
On 26 November 1922, after eight years of work in the Valley of the Kings, archeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, …

The Adventures of a Woman Hobo

by Ethel Grace Lynn Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Ethel and Dan Lynn wed in San Francisco in the immediate aftermath of the 1906 earthquake. The young couple soon moved to Chicago where she …

Twenty Years' Experience as a Ghost Hunter

by Elliott O'Donnell Read by Mark F. Smith 4.5
After having a difficult time establishing a career as a novelist, O’Donnell discovered to his happy surprise that the reading public was ve…

Wild Wales

by George Borrow Read by Steve Gough 4.7
Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first pub…

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

by Thomas De Quincey Read by Martin Geeson 4.4
“Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty Opium!”Though apparently presenting the reader with a collage of poignant memori…

The Recollections of Rifleman Harris

by Benjamin Randell Harris Read by gkeeling 4.7
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris offers a vivid firsthand account of a British infantryman’s experiences during the tumultuous Napoleoni…

Diary of an S and M Romance

by Dollie Llama Read by Dollie Llama 4.1
The first-ever adult title on Podiobooks.com. "Diary of an S and M Romance" is the true story of a young widow reclaiming her lif…

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow

by Rees Howell Gronow Read by Ruth Golding 4.6
A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century P…

Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie

by Abner Doubleday Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Fran…

Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatán

by John Lloyd Stephens Read by Sue Anderson 4.8
The year is 1838. The scene is the dense Honduran forest along the Copán River. Two men, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood…

The Life of Honorable William F. Cody

by William Frederick Cody Read by Barry Eads 4.7
The life and adventures of Honorable William F. Cody--Buffalo Bill--as told by himself, make up a narrative which reads more like romance th…

The Gold Hunters

by John David Borthwick Read by Sue Anderson 4.3
This is a robust, rough and tumble, first-hand account of the early California gold rush years 1851-1854 by a Scottish adventurer and artist…

Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.5
Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion captures the whimsical spirit of Mark Twain as he recounts a journey to Bermuda with friends. This …

Recollections of Imperial Russia

by Meriel Buchanan Read by Jan Moorehouse 4.8
In this memoir, Meriel Buchanan (9-5-1886 to 2-6-1959) links the history of Russia to powerful, lingering memories of her years living there…

The Diary of a Provincial Lady

by E. M. Delafield 4.6
“Notice, and am gratified by, large clump of crocuses near the front gate. Should like to make whimsical and charming reference to these and…

Three Years in the Federal Cavalry

by Willard Glazier Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Captain Glazier narrates his experiences as a cavalryman in the Federal Army during the Civil War, from his enlistment in New York State to …

The Loss of the S. S. Titanic

by Lawrence Beesley Read by Allyson Hester 4.7
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…

Confessions

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by Martin Geeson 4.6
“Thus I have acted; these were my thoughts; such was I.”Rousseau’s lengthy and sometimes anguished dossier on the Self is one of the most re…

Fighting France

by Edith Wharton Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.4
American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the li…

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