Memoirs
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Edward Whymper
Scrambles Amongst the Alps is one the great classics (some would say the greatest) of early mountaineering literature, and Edward Whymper (1…
Observations of an Orderly
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Ward Muir
Ward Muir brings us into the heart of an English war hospital, describing scenes of cleanliness, triumph, order and sadness. Through the eye…
American Notes for General Circulation
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Charles Dickens
American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. Wh…
Letters from Egypt
Read by Sibella Denton
Lucie Duff-Gordon
As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters …
Hollywood: Its Morals and Manners
Read by Chuck Williamson
Theodore Dreiser
Serialized in Shadowland from November 1921 to February 1922, Hollywood: Its Morals and Manners is Theodore Dreiser's shocking four part exp…
Behind the Scenes
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Elizabeth Keckley
This is the autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who bought her freedom with the money she earned as a seamstress. She eventua…
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Henry Morgenthau
Ambassador Morgenthau’s memoirs of his years in the service of the United States in Constantinople, (today Istanbul), are an important prima…
Five Years of My Life 1894-1899
Read by Sue Anderson
Alfred Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish captain in the French Army was court martialed in 1894 on a trumped up charge of treason and condemned to life impr…
Twenty Years at Hull House
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Jane Addams
Jane Addams was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a long, complex career, she was a pioneer settlement worker…
My Hunt After 'The Captain'
Read by David Wales
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally publ…
Wild Wales
Read by Steve Gough
George Borrow
Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first pub…
An Explorer in the Air Service
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Hiram Bingham
Explorer Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, as recounted in his book Inca Lands, now released on LibriVox at http://librivox.org…
The Innocents Abroad (version 2)
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Mark Twain
Samuel L. Clemens' (Mark Twain) journey to Europe and the Holy Land in 1866. Reportedly his best selling book.
Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia
Read by David Wales
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778 – 1823) was an Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. He is known for his remo…
Our Journey to Sinai
Read by Sue Anderson
Agnes Von Blomberg Bensly
Fortress-walled Saint Catherine's monastery on the Sinai peninsula has been a pilgrimage site since its founding by the Byzantine Emperor Ju…
Hardtack and Coffee
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John Billings
Hard Tack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887) is a memoir by John D. Billings, a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer…
The Amateur Emigrant
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Robert Louis Stevenson
In July 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson left Scotland to meet his future wife in her native California. Leaving by ship from Glasgow, Scotland,…
From Plotzk to Boston
Read by Sue Anderson
Mary Antin
An intensely personal account of the immigration experience as related by a young Jewish girl from Plotzk (a town in the government of Viteb…
Among Typhoons And Pirate Craft
Read by David Wales
Lindsay Anderson
Anderson served as third officer aboard the Eamont. Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. Eamont was involved in the opening of Japan …
Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…