History
The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement
Read by Celine Major
E. Sylvia Pankhurst
This history of the Women's Suffrage agitation is written at a time when the question is in the very forefront of British politics. What the…
The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History
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Karl Ploetz
The fourteenth volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story has a different concept than the previous books edited by Eva March Tappan. …
One Hundred Years In Yosemite: The Story Of A Great Park And Its Friends
Read by David Wales
Carl Parcher Russell
This recording of the 1931 (1947 second edition) book about Yosemite National Park comprises the narrative text about the Park from its disc…
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10: European Leaders
Read by KHand
John Lord
Continuing the series with European Leaders, Dr. Lord discusses William IV, Sir Robert Peel, Cavour, Czar Nicholas, Louis Napoleon, Prince B…
The County Regiment
Read by Epistomolus
Dudley Landon Vaill
A sketch of the second regiment of Connecticut volunteer heavy artillery, originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War.
The New Colossus
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Emma Lazarus
LibriVox volunteers bring you 26 recordings of The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 24, 2012.L…
The Chronicles of America Volume 04 - Crusaders of New France
Read by Jim Locke
William Bennett Munro
The previous volumes in the Chronicles of America series placed Spain and England at the fore in the discovery and development of the New Wo…
The Chronicles of America Volume 12 - Washington and his Comrades in Arms
Read by Jim Locke
George Wrong
This twelfth volume in the Chronicles of America (series) follows the lengthy and difficult war against England for independence as led by G…
America Looks Abroad
WA4CZD
America Looks Abroad was a 15-minute news and commentary show produced by the nonpartisan American Foreign Policy Association (FPA.org) and …
American Leaders and Heroes
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Wilbur F. Gordy
Historian Wilbur F. Gordy presents short chapters on well-known American figures from the viewpoint of the early twentieth century, includin…
The Turing Solution
The Turing Solution Alan Turing, born June 23 1912, is famous for his key role in breaking German codes in World War 2. But for mathematicia…
Three Accounts of Peterloo
Read by Phil Benson
Francis Archibald Bruton
A companion volume to F.A. Bruton's 'The Story of Peterloo', the full title of this short collection is 'Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewi…
The Chronicles of America Volume 07 - Dutch and English on the Hudson
Read by Jim Locke
Maud Wilder Goodwin
Geography is the maker of history. The course of Dutch settlement in America was predetermined by a river which runs its length of a hundred…
The Chronicles of America Volume 15 - Jefferson and his Colleagues
Read by Jim Locke
Allen Johnson
In this volume, we have the Virginia Dynasty of presidents: Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. America at this time was involved in expansion w…
David Crockett, Scout
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Charles Fletcher Allen
Davy Crockett is one of the legendary heroes of the North American frontier, celebrated in song and story. This is a very accessible account…
Dante - Poet of the Impossible
Dante Alighieri was a poet and civic leader in Florence. His enemies had him exiled, hoping he'd disappear from history. But instead he wrot…
Tales of English Minsters: Hereford
Read by David Wales
Elizabeth W. Grierson
This short book was originally written for children, though adults will also find it worthwhile. It tells interesting history of Hereford i…
Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 2
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Charles F. Horne
A collection of writings about a variety of men and women from history who were some of the most prominent people around at the time. Marsha…
A Social History of the American Negro
Read by Jim Locke
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
A comprehensive history of what experiences and influences created the Negro American citizen as we find him at the beginning of the twentie…
Sound of History #2: West Berlin
John Goerzen
Episode #2 of the Sound of History podcast. This episode focuses on West Berlin with two historic speeches from that city. The first speech …