Biography & Autobiography

Hannibal

by Jacob Abbott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Hannibal by Jacob Abbott offers a captivating exploration of one of history's most renowned military leaders. This biography delves into the…

The Jesuits in North America

by Francis Parkman, Jr. Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread t…

Confessions

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by Martin Geeson 4.6
"She was more to me than a sister, a mother, a friend, or even than a mistress, and for this very reason she was not a mistress; in a w…

The Legends of the Jews

by Louis Ginzberg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …

The Training of a Forester

by Gifford Pinchot Read by KHand 4.3
Written by a forester, this book looks at the definition of "forest", what the life of a forester entails, discusses the forest se…

The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola

by Frances Alice Forbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491– 1556) was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who …

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

by Olive Gilbert Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the gripping autobiographical account of Sojourner Truths life as a slave in pre-Civil War New York Stat…

The Story of Old France

by H. A. Guerber Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The aim of this volume is to give a complete graphic account of the main features of the history of France to 1715 A.D., with as much additi…

Sherman’s Military Lessons Of The American Civil War

by William Tecumseh Sherman Read by David Wales 4
This LibriVox recording comprises chapter 25 (Conclusion – Military Lessons Of The War) of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memo…

The Many-Sided Franklin

by Paul Leicester Ford Read by Michele Fry 4.7
A fast-paced, somewhat racey look into the life, accomplishments and idiosyncrasies of Benjamin Franklin. Acclaimed biographer Paul L. Ford …

Youth

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Bill Boerst 4.4
Youth is the third installment in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and Boyhood. In this reflective narrative, Tol…

Africa, O Africa

by Louise Robinson Chapman Read by Louise Robinson Chapman 5
This is the story of Louise Robinson Chapman, a missionary in Africa. From 1920 until 1940 she ministered to the dark continent, coming to t…

Three Years In Europe

by William Wells Brown Read by James K. White 4.7
William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave--his father a white man who never acknowl…

Stories of Great Composers for Children

by Thomas Tapper Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.1
This is a collection of ten short, entertaining, informative picture-book biographies of famous composers. Each book tells about the childho…

The Story of My Misfortunes

by Pierre Abélard Read by Martin Geeson 4.8
Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating.Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, a…

John Quincy Adams

by John T. Morse Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
John Quincy Adams by John T. Morse offers a detailed exploration of the life of one of America's most significant political figures. This bi…

Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España

by Bernal Díaz del Castillo Read by Tux 4.8
Bernal Díaz del Castillo, conquistador español, participó en la conquista de México. En su Historia verdadera de…

De Profundis

by Oscar Wilde Read by Aaron Elliott 4.3
This short work of Wilde's was written during his two year incarceration for "gross indecency". This work is a letter which sorts …

The Prelude

by William Wordsworth Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
Among monuments of narrative poetry, The Prelude; or, Growth of a Poet's Mind, by William Wordsworth, occupies a unique place. Wordsworth pu…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects

by Giorgio Vasari Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…

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