Memoirs
Russia in 1919
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Arthur Ransome
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: On August 27, 1914, in London, I made this note in a memorandum book: "Met Arthur Ransome at_____'s; discussed a boo…
The Golden Age
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Kenneth Grahame
The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and originally published in book form in 1895, in L…
The White Heart of Mojave
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Edna Brush Perkins
"The White Heart of the Mojave" recounts a 1920's adventure "in the wind and sun and big spaces" of Death Valley by two …
The Backwoods of Canada
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Catharine Parr Traill
The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superi…
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom
Read by Kevin Green
Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston, Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnstonandkenneth Darlaston Yearsley and Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston And Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom is the true but little known story of the escape of eight British Prisoners-of-War from a Turkish POW camp durin…
Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 2
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Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
Read by Matthew Scott Surprenant
Mary White Rowlandson
This is the story of Mary Rowlandson’s capture by American Indians in 1675. It is a blunt, frightening, and detailed work with several momen…
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915
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William James McGlothlin
The title is, I think, self explanatory. The nurse in question went out to France at the beginning of the war and remained there until May 1…
De Profundis (version 2)
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Oscar Wilde
This is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, in which he recounts how he came to be in prison and cha…
Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister
Read by Jim Clevenger
Ulysses S. Grant
Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man a…
The Uncommercial Traveller
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Charles Dickens
The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new …
From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
Read by James K. White
Lucy Ann Delaney
In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Delaney tells the story of how she was born into slavery of her mother--a fr…
The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Vol 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition'
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Robert Falcon Scott
Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time.…
Pirates of Panama
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Alexandre Exquemelin
This volume was originally written in Dutch by John Esquemeling, and first published in Amsterdam in 1678 under the title of De Americaenech…
Three Years In Europe
Read by James K. White
William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave--his father a white man who never acknowl…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 3
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 3 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:The Rivers and Valleys of PennsylvaniaTopographic M…
The Petticoat Commando
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Johanna Brandt
In introducing the English version of this book I venture to bespeak a welcome for it, not only for the light which it throws on some little…
Autobiography
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John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), British philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influe…
The Spell of Egypt
Read by Sibella Denton
Robert Smythe Hichens
The author, a British journalist and novelist, is interested in the feel of the places he visits. He describes at length a visit he has made…
Station Life in New Zealand
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Mary Anne Barker
Station Life in New Zealand is a collection of cheerful and interesting letters written by Lady Mary Anne Barker (nee Mary Anne Stewart) tha…