Biography & Autobiography

Abraham Lincoln: A History

by John Hay Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Abraham Lincoln: A History offers a unique perspective on one of America's most revered presidents, as it is penned by two of his private se…

Narrative of The Life of David Crockett

by David Crockett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Narrative of The Life of David Crockett is the compelling autobiography of the legendary frontiersman and folk hero, David Crockett. Written…

Jock of the Bushveld

by Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, jou…

The Heroines of History

by John S. Jenkins Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; …

The Letters of a Post-Impressionist

by Vincent Van Gogh Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
“Being the Familiar Correspondence of Vincent Van Gogh ... [Van Gogh's] art was appreciated during his life only by a very few and it is but…

Queen Victoria

by E. Gordon Browne Read by Michele Eaton 4.4
Queen Victoria offers an insightful exploration of the life and reign of one of history's most iconic monarchs. From her ascension to the th…

Wild Life on the Rockies

by Enos A. Mills Read by Laura Caldwell 4.7
"This book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twent…

Èmile

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Emile, or On Education or Émile, or Treatise on Education (French: Émile, ou De l’éducation) was published in 1762 in F…

The Life of Saint Paul

by Frances Alice Forbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A short biography of Saint Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, from the time of his persecution of the Christians to his martyrdom. (Summary …

Toussaint L’Ouverture

by John Relly Beard Read by James K. White 4.6
François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803) rose to fame in 1791 during the Haitian struggle for independence. In this revol…

The Story of Cole Younger

by Cole Younger Read by William A Crenshaw 4.5
The Story of Cole Younger offers a firsthand account of the life of one of America's most notorious outlaws. Cole Younger, a veteran of the …

From Sunrise Land

by Amy Wilson Carmichael Read by Expatriate 4.6
One of the most renowned of all Protestant Christian missionaries, Amy Carmichael is remembered most for the fifty-five years she spent doin…

The History of Britain

by John Milton Read by Thomas A. Copeland 3.7
A reader of this history, encountering the frequent references to “my author,” meaning the current source, will be reminded of DON QUIXOTE a…

The Petticoat Commando

by Johanna Brandt Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.6
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…

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin Read by Gary Gilberd 4.2
Franklin wrote his autobiography in the form of an extended letter to his son. While recording the events of his life, he adds instructions …

For Greater Things

by William T. Kane Read by Maria Kasper 4.7
Saint Stanislaus Kostka was a 16th century Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. Polish nobleman John Kostka was not pleased with the spir…

St. Rose of Lima

by Florence Mary Capes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Discover the remarkable life of Saint Rose of Lima, a pioneering figure in the history of the Americas and the first person born on the cont…

All Sorts of People

by Lane Friesen Read by Lane Friesen 5
'All Sorts of People - Ordered Complexity' is a collection of seven linked books: Book One presents personality differences - we may describ…

Queen Elizabeth

by Mandell Creighton Read by Pamela Nagami 4.5
"The Princess Elizabeth of England was born at Greenwich, between three and four of the afternoon of September 7, 1533. Her birth was a…

Celebrated Crimes

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent …

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