History

Buddhism and Buddhists in China

by Lewis Hodous Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Buddhism and Buddhists in China is an anthropological text describing Buddhism as practiced in China at the beginning of the 20th Century. I…

Unidentified Flying Objects

by United States Federal Bureau Of Investigation Read by Roger Melin 4.2
Through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) this series of communications has been de-classified and made public. Most names have bee…

History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688

by David Hume Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…

Cleopatra

by Jacob Abbott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott offers a captivating exploration of one of history's most enigmatic figures. This biography delves into the life o…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects

by Giorgio Vasari Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellen…

History of the United States

by Charles Austin Beard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

by John Maynard Keynes Read by Graham McMillan 4.2
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) was a best seller throughout the world, published by John Maynard Keynes. Keynes attended the …

The Facts of Reconstruction

by John R. Lynch Read by Guero 4.9
After the American Civil War, John R. Lynch, who had been a slave in Mississippi, began his political career in 1869 by first becoming Justi…

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

by Edward Gibbon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

How the Other Half Lives

by Jacob A. Riis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting…

History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution

by Rev. James Maccaffrey Read by Maria Therese 4.4
In this second volume of a two volume set, the focus in on the history of the Catholic Church in England, Scotland, and Ireland, during the …

The Legends of Genesis

by Hermann Gunkel Read by JoeD 4.6
The Legends of Genesis is the English translation of the introduction to Gunkel’s massive commentary, Genesis. Gunkel uses form critical ana…

The Great Apostasy

by James E. Talmage Read by Matthias Whitney 4.7
Elder James E. Talmage, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, makes a survey of the Latter-day Saint view of the Gr…

Japan

by Lafcadio Hearn Read by Julia Niedermaier 4.2
Greece-born Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904) spent decades of his life in Japan, even marrying a Japanese woman, thus becoming a Japanese citize…

History of the United States

by Charles Austin Beard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

History of Rome

by Robert F. Pennell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
History of Rome offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of Rome's evolution from its legendary beginnings to the fall of the Western Emp…

Amendments to the United States Constitution

by United States Government and Unit Read by Jim Cadwell 4.5
The Constitution has a total of 27 amendments. The first ten, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified simultaneously. The fo…

Mormonism and Masonry

by Samuel H. Goodwin Read by Chiquito Crasto 4.4
Mormonism and Masonry delves into the intricate relationship between the Mormon faith and Freemasonry, examining the historical and cultural…

The Pirates Own Book

by Charles Ellms Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The Pirates Own Book by Charles Ellms offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of some of history's most notorious sea robbers. This coll…

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