Memoirs

My War Experiences in Two Continents

Read by Ted Lienhart


Sarah Broom Macnaughtan


Sarah Macnaughtan was a Scottish novelist who took part in the women's suffrage movement, worked for the Red Cross in the Second Boer War (1…

Autumn Leaves, Original Pieces in Prose and Verse

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Anne Wales Abbot


The pieces gathered into this volume were, with two exceptions, written for the entertainment of a private circle, without any view to publi…

What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

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John Hanning Speke


This volume by British explorer Captain John Hanning Speke contains accounts of his first two expeditions into East Africa in the 1850s. Vol…

High altars; the battle-fields of France and Flanders as I saw them

Read by Victor Dorff


William Arthur Dunkerley


A first-hand account of World War I, with detailed descriptions of scenes from the front. - Summary by Victor Dorff

From Baca to Beulah

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Jennie Smith


Sequel to The Valley of Baca. This continues the personal account of Jennie Smith, who spent more than 20 years in pain, unable to walk, and…

The Dread Apache: That Early-Day Scourge of the Southwest

Read by Laurie Banza


Merrill Pingree Freeman


Excerpt which contains the opinions and biographical accounts from the author: "A short time ago, idling through a collection of early-…

J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time

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William Butler Yeats


William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 05

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Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne


Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - S…

A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity

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Ethan Allen


Ethan Allen's account of his military exploits and subsequent captivity, riven with drama, adventure and humor. - Summary by Steven Warner

Anglo-American Memories

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George Washburn Smalley


“These Memories [1911] were written in the first instance for Americans and have appeared week by week each Sunday in the New York Tribune….…

Κύρου παιδεία

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Xenophon


The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC by the Athenian gentle…

Under the Guns : A woman's reminiscences of the Civil War

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Annie Wittenmyer


Preface:The stories and reminiscences in this book are true to life, every one of them. They are told just as they occurred, without any att…

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