Biography & Autobiography
The Life of Samuel Johnson
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
James Boswell
This is the fourth volume of the Biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson's Life has been documented in great detail by his friends, this…
The Secret of Charlotte Brontë
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Frederika Richardson Macdonald
Twenty years ago, now, I attempted (but was not especially successful in the task) to establish upon the personal knowledge that my own resi…
John Knox
Read by Jael Baldwin
A. Taylor Innes
A scholarly and thoughtful biography of the Scottish Reformer. (Jael Baldwin)
The Story of My Life and Work
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Booker T. Washington
The legacy of Booker T. Washington has inspired leaders for racial equality for over a century. He rose from a slave family to be adviser t…
A Small Boy and Others
Read by mb
Henry James
A Small Boy and Others is a book of autobiography by Henry James published in 1913. The book covers James's earliest years and discusses his…
Old New Zealand
Read by Gnomesb
Frederick Edward Maning
Introduction to Old New ZealandPhilip SteerVictoria University February 2004Frederick Edward Maning is best known as an author, but he was a…
Some Famous Women
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louise Creighton
Louise Creighton (1850-1936) was a British author and women's rights activist. The wife of the Anglican bishop of London, she was the mother…
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Maisie Ward
This is the first and only authorized biography of G.K. Chesterton, written by his friend, Maisie Ward.Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936…
Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration
Read by David Wales
Various
April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that…
Beethoven, A Character Study
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
George Alexander Fischer
A book of the life of the German Composer, Beethoven. - Summary by Jessie Yun
Superwomen
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Albert Payson Terhune
In this 1916 work, Albert Payson Terhune introduces twelve immensely influential women, whose actions influenced world history. Terhune choo…
Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
John M. Burke
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody is one of the legends of the American western frontier. As a teen he rode for the pony expr…
Some Eminent Women of our Times
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Millicent Garrett Fawcett
Written by Millicent Garrett, a noted British feminist, suffragist and intellectual writer, this volume is comprised of short biographical s…
The Autobiography of a Clown
Read by Lee Smalley
Isaac Marcosson
This "as told to" autobiography of Jules Turnour is based on a popular article that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1909.…
Lord Clive
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Robert Clive was, in Macaulay’s view, the real founder of British power in India. Macaulay himself served on the Governor’s Council in India…
Celebrated Crimes
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Alexandre Dumas
This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story o…
The Ordeal of Mark Twain
Read by Lucretia B.
Van Wyck Brooks
This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attribu…
Books Fatal to Their Authors
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Peter Hempson Ditchfield
This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a per…
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Charles H. Firth
The Life of Cromwell is in part based on an article contributed by the author to the Dictionary of National Biography in 1888, but embodies …
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
Read by S S Kim
James Headlam-Morley
"It is hard to be an Emperor under such a Chancellor." lamented Wilhelm I, the first emperor of the German Empire. Otto von Bismar…