History
Antologia de Discursos em Português
Read by Leni
Various
Coleção de discursos famosos, traduzidos para o português ou escritos em português.
Richard II
Read by Cate Barratt
Jacob Abbott
Richard II offers a detailed exploration of the life and reign of one of England's most enigmatic monarchs. Born in 1367 in Bordeaux, France…
A Thousand Miles up the Nile
Read by Sibella Denton
Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical, egyptological, and cultural study in in 1877, and it became an immediate best-seller, reprinted in …
The Discovery of New Worlds
Read by Laura Caldwell
M. B. Synge
This is the second volume in the series, The Story of the World, which covers the period of history from the rise of Rome to the Conquest of…
Manifeste du Parti communiste
Read by Prof. Tournesol
Karl & ENGELS, Friedrich Marx
Publié en 1848, en pleine Révolution industrielle, le Manifeste du Parti communiste est à la fois une critique acerbe d…
The Journey of Coronado
Read by Sue Anderson
Pedro De Castañeda
In 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led an army from Mexico is search of the fabled golden cities of Cíbola. The Spaniards …
Secret Chambers and Hiding Places
Read by Peter Yearsley
Allan Fea
“Secret Chambers and Hiding Places” is a collection of concealments and their uses, almost all within England, although a very few passages …
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln
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John George Nicolay
John G. Nicolay was Abraham Lincoln’s private White House secretary. With assistant secretary, John Hay, he wrote the two volume definitive …
The Female Quixote
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Charlotte Lennox
The Female Quixote is a witty and insightful satire that turns the conventions of romance on their head. In this novel, Arabella, a young wo…
With Clive in India
Read by Gary Olman
G. A. Henty
With Clive in India gives a vivid picture of the wonderful events of the ten years, which at their commencement saw Madras in the hands of t…
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia
Read by David Leeson
Carlton Mccarthy
The author, who fought as a private in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, describes the Confederate soldier’s daily struggl…
Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams
Read by Sue Anderson
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams lived the American Revolution as the wife of one of its central figures--John Adams. Her family correspondence, published alon…
Third Class in Indian Railways
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Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement…
The Trail of the Hawk
Read by John W. Michaels
Sinclair Lewis
Trail of the Hawk, narrated by Mike Vendetti aka Miketheauctioneer, is Sinclair Lewis’ second novel published under his own name. It was not…
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times
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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times offers a sweeping narrative of France's rich and complex past, crafted by the esteemed h…
The Lure of the Labrador Wild
Read by Tom Weiss
Dillon Wallace
The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, an adventurer and journalist to canoe the system Naskaupi Ri…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
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Giorgio Vasari
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellen…
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife
Read by Sue Anderson
Frances M. A. Roe
"There appeared from the bushes in front of me, and right in the path, two immense gray wolves . . . Rollo saw them and stopped instan…
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb
Read by James K. White
Henry Bibb
Henry Walton Bibb was born a slave. His father was white although his identity was not positively known. Bibb was separated from his mother …
Queen Victoria
Read by R. S. Steinberg
Giles Lytton Strachey
Queen Victoria by Giles Lytton Strachey offers a revealing portrait of one of history's most iconic monarchs. Strachey, known for his sharp …