Biography & Autobiography
Cavour
Read by Pamela Nagami
Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810-1861) was an Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement for Italian unification. A nobleman…
The Story of Mary A. Mayo's Work for Farm Women
Read by Ted Lienhart
Jenny Buell and Jennie Buell
This is a short biography of Mary Mayo, covering her work with rural farm women in Michigan and beyond in the last quarter of the 19th centu…
Ingersoll on ROBERT BURNS
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Robert Burns and Robert G. Ingersoll
This is a duet by Michele Fry, reading Ingersoll's essay, and Kay Williams, an authentic Scotsman, reading Burns' poetry. Robert Burns (25 J…
Handel
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Romain Rolland
As Romain Rolland indicates in the preface, this book is a brief sketch of the life and technique of Handel. He provides biographical backgr…
King Edward I of England
Read by David Wales
Thomas Frederick Tout
Edward I (1239 – 1307), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The eldest son of Henry III, Edward was involved from an early age in the p…
Crime: The Autobiography of a Crook
Read by Jim Locke
Eddie Guerin
This is not what one could call in any shape or form a pretty story. It is the plain unvarnished tale of a man who has been a notorious crim…
Alfred the Great
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A. E. Mckilliam
A good direct life, with considerable on the Danish invasion and so, usable in connection with history classes in the upper grammar grades a…
Among the Great Masters of the Drama
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Walter Rowlands
In "Among the great masters of the drama; scenes in the lives of famous actors; thirty-two reproductions of famous pictures with text&q…
Anglo-American Memories
Read by David Wales
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….…
Four Masters of Etching
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Frederick Wedmore
Frederick Wedmore presents short vignettes of influential artists of the 19th century who were noted for their mastery of etching: Seymour H…
The Girls' Book of Famous Queens
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Lydia Hoyt Farmer
In the annals of history, women have played an important part; and among the famous sovereigns of the world, queens, as well as kings, have …
Oliver Cromwell
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner
The following work gives within a short compass a history of Oliver Cromwell from a biographical point of view. The text has been revised b…