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…

Foundations

by St. Teresa of Avila Read by Ann Boulais 4.5
Essentially the sequel to The Life of St. Teresa, Teresa recounts the foundations of the Discalced Carmelite monasteries in Spain, both for …

The Life of Charlemagne

by Einhard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Einhard was employed by Charlemagne as a court historian. At the request of Charlemagne's son and successor Louis the Pious, he wrote a biog…

My Path to Atheism

by Annie Besant Read by Kevin Green 3.9
My Path to Atheism is a remarkable document in many ways, not least that it was written by a woman in Victorian England, not the most open f…

Abraham Lincoln: A History

by John Hay Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Abraham Lincoln: A History offers a unique perspective on one of America's most revered presidents, as it is penned by two of his private se…

Alexander the Great

by Jacob Abbott Read by Lizzie Driver 3.9
Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders in history, and was undefeated in battle. By the time of his death, h…

Ruth

by King James Version Read by TriciaG 4.6
Ruth is a poignant narrative from the Old Testament that explores themes of loyalty, love, and redemption. Set in the time of the judges, it…

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin Read by Gary Gilberd 4.2
Franklin wrote his autobiography in the form of an extended letter to his son. While recording the events of his life, he adds instructions …

Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers

by J. Walker McSpadden Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…

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…

Èmile

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Emile, or On Education or Émile, or Treatise on Education (French: Émile, ou De l’éducation) was published in 1762 in F…

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

by Charles Darwin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
III. SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, AND CONCLUSION.Part 3 of 3 of a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, …

The Life Of Charlotte Brontë

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The Life of Charlotte Brontë offers an intimate glimpse into the life of one of literature's most revered figures. Written by her close…

St. Francis of Assisi

by G. K. Chesterton 4.8
In this brief but lively biography, G.K. Chesterton brings all his typical wit and insight into discussing Francis of Assisi. Francis is arg…

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 …

All Sorts of People

by Lane Friesen Read by Lane Friesen 5
'All Sorts of People - Ordered Complexity' is a collection of seven linked books: Book One presents personality differences - we may describ…

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 Sins of Hollywood

by Ed Roberts and Edward Roberts Read by Chuck Williamson 4.2
Exacerbated by several high-profile Hollywood scandals, a wave of anti-Hollywood rhetoric tried to paint the movie capital as a veritable ho…

Jesus of Nazareth

by John Mark and King James Version Read by Bellona Times 4.1
"Jesus of Nazareth, a Biography, by John Mark," recognizes the author of the second Gospel as that "John, whose surname was M…

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

by Charles Darwin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Part 2 of 3 of a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great boo…

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