Biography & Autobiography

Famous Men of Greece

by John Henry Haaren Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Famous Men of Greece offers a captivating exploration of the lives of notable figures from ancient Greece, bringing history to life through …

The Story of a Soul

by Saint Therese Of Lisieux Read by Ann Boulais 4.4
Marie Francoise Therese Martin, affectionately known as 'The Little Flower', was born on January 2, 1873, in Alencon, France to Louis Martin…

A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies

by Bartolomé De Las Casas Read by Arnie Horton 4.5
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Spanish: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) is an ac…

Boyhood

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Bill Boerst 4.4
Boyhood offers a poignant glimpse into the formative years of one of literature's greatest minds, Leo Tolstoy. This autobiographical novel c…

The Life of Jesus Critically Examined

by David Friedrich Strauss Read by Leni 4.7
Strauss was an early pioneer in the ongoing 'Quest of the Historical Jesus' movement, and his Life of Jesus is one of the few landmarks in t…

Great Englishwomen

by M. B. Synge Read by Laura Caldwell 4.5
Great Englishwomen is a collection of biographies of some of the greatest women in England's history. Women who were leaders of their countr…

The Backwoods of Canada

by Catharine Parr Traill Read by Esther 4.5
The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superi…

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…

Famous Men of Modern Times

by John Henry Haaren Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Famous Men of Modern Times offers a captivating exploration of influential figures who shaped the modern world. Through a series of biograph…

Great Artists

by Jennie Ellis Keysor Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Great Artists by Jennie Ellis Keysor offers an insightful exploration into the lives and works of some of history's most renowned painters, …

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

by Charles Darwin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
A book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great book on evolutiona…

Pioneers of Science

by Oliver Lodge Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for Sir Oliver Lodge in the year 1887. …

Random Reminiscences of Men and Events

by John D. Rockefeller Read by William Tomcho 4.2
Random Reminiscences of Men and Events offers a unique glimpse into the life and thoughts of John D. Rockefeller, one of the most influentia…

Memoir of Jane Austen

by James Edward Austen-Leigh Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
"The Memoir of my Aunt, Jane Austen, has been received with more favour than I had ventured to expect. The notices taken of it in the …

Four Great Americans

by James Baldwin Read by Sibella Denton 4.6
Written for children, James Baldwin's history of Washington, Franklin, Webster, and Lincoln brings these men to life in a way that will be i…

Lives of Girls Who Became Famous

by Sarah Knowles Bolton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Lives of Girls Who Became Famous offers a captivating glimpse into the lives of remarkable women who shaped history through their talents an…

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…

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…

Queen Victoria

by E. Gordon Browne Read by Michele Eaton 4.4
Queen Victoria offers an insightful exploration of the life and reign of one of history's most iconic monarchs. From her ascension to the th…

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