Biography & Autobiography

Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World

by Philip Stanhope, 4Th Earl Of Chesterfield Read by Sibella Denton 4.6
Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, was at one time Ambassador to the Hague, negotiated the second Treaty of Vienna, was a founding gover…

The Story of Napoleon

by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Read by Patrick Saville 4.4
This book gives an exciting account of Napoleon's rise to power. It opens with his humble beginning on the island of Corsica and ultimately …

Scott's Last Expedition

by Robert Falcon Scott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time.…

Character Building

by Booker T. Washington Read by Luke Sartor 4.6
Character Building is a compilation of speeches, given by Mr. Booker T. Washington, to the students and staff of the Tuskegee Normal and Ind…

The History of Genghis Khan

by Jacob Abbott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This book provides the history of one of the most renowned emperors of all time. The Great Khan. This was a man born Temujin to a clan lea…

The Life of Saint Paul

by Frances Alice Forbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A short biography of Saint Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, from the time of his persecution of the Christians to his martyrdom. (Summary …

Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages

by George Hodges Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Though these stories of the lives of twenty saints and heroes of the faith, we have an introduction to the history of the church from 3rd ce…

Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass Read by Lee Smalley 4.7
These two articles were reproduced as an e-book by Project Gutenberg in 2008 to supplement "...several articles by Frederick Douglass,…

How to Succeed

by Orison Swett Marden Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
How to Succeed by Orison Swett Marden offers a practical guide to achieving personal and professional success. Written in 1896, this influen…

Wild Life on the Rockies

by Enos A. Mills Read by Laura Caldwell 4.7
"This book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twent…

Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman

by Sarah Hopkins Bradford Read by Sue Anderson 4.7
A portrait of Harriet Tubman is scheduled to replace that of Andrew Jackson on the front of the U.S. $20 bill in 2020. Sarah H. Bradford, w…

The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ

by Anne Catherine Emmerich Read by Ann Boulais 4.7
Anne Catherine Emmerich was a German Augustinian nun who had visions about Christ's life and death. This book relates her visions regarding …

The Consolation of Philosophy

by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been…

Joseph

by Frederick Brotherton Meyer Read by MaryAnn 4.7
I remember seeing the huge Matterhorn reflected, in its minutest details, in a small mountain lakelet, many miles distant; and similarly, th…

Oscar Wilde

by Frank Harris Read by Martin Geeson 4.8
Consumers of biography are familiar with the division between memoirs of the living or recently dead written by those who "knew" t…

Two Years in the Forbidden City

by Princess Der Ling Yu Read by Jc Guan 4.7
THE author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yu Keng, a member of the Manchu Wh…

The Soul of the Indian

by Charles Alexander Eastman Read by David Mix 4.6
"We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children. It teaches us to be thankfu…

The Frozen North

by Edith Horton Read by Laura Victoria 4.7
The Frozen North invites young listeners on an adventurous journey through the icy realms of the polar regions. This engaging audiobook pres…

George Bernard Shaw

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Ray Clare 4.7
Chesterton and Shaw were famous friends and enjoyed their arguments and discussions. Although rarely in agreement, they both maintained good…

Mark Twain's Speeches

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.9
This collection of the 195 known, publicly-printed speeches of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Paul Fatout and publish…

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