Memoirs

The Atrocities of the Pirates

by Aaron Smith Read by James K. White 4.3
In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England.…

Ester Ried's Namesake

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.7
In Ester Ried's Namesake, Esther Ried Randall grapples with the weight of her name and the expectations that come with it. As she navigates …

Ourselves, Book I. Self-Knowledge

by Charlotte Mason Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is Book I of the forth volume in the Home Education Series detailing Charlotte Mason's method of education. This volume is subtitled O…

The Mutiny of the Bounty

by William Bligh Read by John Greenman 4.6
In Bligh's own words, we hear about the lead-up to the famous mutiny and what happened afterwards with the mutineers and the castaways. This…

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass Read by Jeanette Ferguson 4.5
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass.…

Of the Love of God

by Saint Francis de Sales Read by dave7 4.9
Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Bishop of Geneva from 1602, was a renowned spiritual director who produced two classic guidebooks for earthly …

Their Yesterdays

by Harold Bell Wright Read by Megan Kunkel 4.7
Their Yesterdays by Harold Bell Wright invites listeners into a reflective journey through the essence of human experience. This novel follo…

Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.7
Old Mrs. Solomon Smith considers herself "nothing but an ignorant old woman" who didn't have the advantages others did when growin…

Through the Brazilian Wilderness

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Roosevelt's popular book Through the Brazilian Wilderness describes his expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913 as a member of the Roos…

The Divine Companion

by James Allen Read by Audio Andrea 4.8
It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at any particular time or in any one year, for he was engaged in it over many years…

Recollections of the Civil War

by Charles Anderson Dana Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Recollections of the Civil War records the events that took place during the American Civil war. It forms one of the most remarkable volumes…

Sergeant York and His People

by Sam K. Cowan Read by Brett W. Downey 4.7
From a cabin back in the mountains of Tennessee, forty-eight miles from the railroad, a young man went to the World War. He was untutored in…

Up from Slavery

by Booker T. Washington Read by Andrew Kennedy 4.8
Up from Slavery is the autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington, describing his personal path up from the position of a slave…

Travels in Alaska

by John Muir Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
In 1879 John Muir went to Alaska for the first time. Its stupendous living glaciers aroused his unbounded interest, for they enabled him to …

A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba

by Mary Georgiana Caroline Hall Read by Sibella Denton 4.5
In 1881, Mrs. Cecil Hall's brother went to Manitoba to farm. In 1882, she went out for a visit of some two months, and followed that visit w…

Quicksand

by Nella Larsen Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.2
Quicksand is a 1928 novel by Nella Larsen, a writer of the Harlem Renaissance. It focuses on Helga Crane, a mixed-race woman who is a school…

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.7
Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha…

C. H. Spurgeon's Prayers

by Charles H. Spurgeon Read by MaryAnn 5
The day on which a volume of C. H. Spurgeon's Pulpit Prayers appears is a day to be desired. Decidedly this selection of the great preacher'…

Stephen Mitchell's Journey

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.8
Stephen Mitchell is a young man without a place in the world. He hates farming, although he works endless hours on the poor family farm. He …

Memories and Adventures

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Adrian Wilson 4.8
Arthur Conan Doyle first published his memories of his many various adventures around the world and his relationships with such famous figur…

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