Biography & Autobiography

Thirty Years A Slave

by Louis Hughes Read by James K. White 4.7
Louis Hughes was born a slave near Charlottesville, Virginia to a white father and a black slave woman. Throughout his life he worked mostly…

Spurgeon's Sermons

by Charles H. Spurgeon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Charles Spurgeon was a popular Baptist minister in London in mid-Victorian times; his ministry was highly influential and had a significant …

The Wall Street Girl

by Frederick O. Bartlett Read by ashleighjane 4.8
After the loss of his father, Don finds that life isn't quite as easy when having to make his own way in the world. Stripped of his riches, …

Famous Men of Rome

by John Henry Haaren Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Famous Men of Rome offers young listeners an engaging introduction to the remarkable figures who shaped the history of ancient Rome. Through…

Mystical City of God

by Venerable María De Jesús De Ágreda Read by Ann Boulais 4.8
The Mystical City of God is a book written in the 17th-century by the Franciscan nun, Venerable Mary of Jesus of Ágreda.According to …

Ten Days in a Madhouse

by Nellie Bly Read by Alys AtteWater 4.5
In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an …

George Müller of Bristol

by Arthur T. Pierson Read by Dave Harrell 4.8
George Muller was a great hero of faith. His greatest aim was to demonstrate that God answers prayer and can be trusted for every minute det…

The Escaping Club

by A. J. Evans Read by Tom Weiss 4.6
Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly &…

Mary Queen of Scots

by Jacob Abbott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Mary Queen of Scots by Jacob Abbott offers a captivating exploration of one of history's most intriguing figures. This biography delves into…

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

by John Muir Read by Sue Anderson 4.7
"The only fire for the whole house was the kitchen stove, with a fire box about eighteen inches long and eight inches wide and deep,- s…

The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan Read by MaryAnn 4.9
The Pilgrim's Progress is a profound Christian allegory that follows the journey of Christian, an everyman character, as he embarks on a que…

Henry Ford's Own Story

by Rose Wilder Lane Read by Lee Ann Howlett 4.8
Rose Wilder Lane was a newspaper reporter, free-lance writer, political activist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the &q…

History of Julius Caesar

by Jacob Abbott Read by Cate Barratt 4.6
History of Julius Caesar offers a detailed exploration of one of history's most influential figures. Jacob Abbott delves into the life of Ju…

Famous Men of the Middle Ages

by John Henry Haaren Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Famous Men of the Middle Ages invites young listeners to explore the lives of remarkable figures who shaped the medieval world. Through enga…

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius

by St. Ignatius Loyola Read by Phil Chenevert 4.7
This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Soc…

Outwitting The Hun

by Pat O'Brien Read by David Wales 4.8
A true war narrative, published in 1918 while WWI was still going on. (Summary by David Wales)

Twelve Years in the Saddle

by W. John L. Sullivan Read by Will the Ninja 4.6
Sergeant Sullivan tells the story of his life as a Texas Ranger for 12 incredible years in the late 1800s. (Summary by Will Nuessle)

The Interior Castle

by St. Teresa of Avila Read by Ann Boulais 4.5
El Castillo Interior or Las Moradas (trans.:The Interior Castle or The Mansions) was written by Saint Teresa of Ávila in 1577. After …

St. Francis of Assisi

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Phil Chenevert 4.6
For Chesterton, Francis of Assisi is a great paradoxical figure, a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity; an artist who loved th…

Hero Tales from American History

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by David Leeson 4.7
Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved thei…

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