History

This Country of Ours

by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.6
Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with acco…

This Country of Ours

by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.2
This Country of Ours by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall offers a captivating journey through the early history of the United States, tailored f…

Anabasis

by Xenophon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave hi…

My Life on the Plains

by George Armstrong Custer Read by texttalker 4.7
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876), one of the most mythologized figures in American history, was an United States A…

The Book of Enoch

by Unknowntranslated Byrobert Charles, Translated Byrobert Charles and Unknowntranslated By Robert Charles Read by CJ Plogue 4.7
The Book of Enoch, is an ancient, non-canonical Jewish work. Estimates vary on the actual dates of authorship. However, Enoch was alive duri…

This Country of Ours

by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.4
This Country of Ours by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall invites young listeners on a captivating journey through the early history of the Unite…

The Story of the Middle Ages

by Samuel B. Harding Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.7
Intended for a youthful audience, The Story of the Middle Ages, published in 1906, tells the history of the Middle Ages in simple and entert…

The Chronicles of Crime

by Camden Pelham Read by Kevin Green 4.7
This catalogue of human weakness and at times downright atrocity has been brought together by Camden Pelham, a barrister-at-law of the Inner…

Historical Mysteries

by Andrew Lang Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Edited by Andrew Lang, Historical Mysteries is a collection of infamous unsolved mysteries from various points in history.

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans

by Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

The People of the Abyss

by Jack London Read by Peter Yearsley 4.7
Jack London lived for a time within the grim and grimy world of the East End of London, where half a million people scraped together hardly …

Now It Can Be Told

by Philip Gibbs Read by Walt Allan 4.8
In this book I have written about some aspects of the war which, I believe, the world must know and remember, not only as a memorial of men'…

The Life of Kit Carson

by Edward S. Ellis Read by Laura Victoria 4.6
Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was ass…

Ulysses S. Grant

by Owen Wister Read by David Wales 4.6
Ulysses S. Grant offers a concise yet insightful look into the life of one of America's most significant military leaders and presidents. Ow…

George Washington

by Calista McCabe Courtenay Read by Bill Boerst 4.6
In this biography for young people, Calista McCabe Courtenay takes the reader from George Washington the surveyor to his early military care…

Beasts, Men and Gods

by Ferdinand Ossendowski Read by Mark F. Smith 4.5
“Beasts, Men and Gods” is an account of an epic journey, filled with perils and narrow escapes, in the mold of “The Lord of the Rings.”The d…

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

by Edward Gibbon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans

by Charles Alexander Eastman Read by Laura Caldwell 4.6
EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted…

The Enchiridion

by Epictetus Read by John Pederson 4.8
The Enchiridion (also translated as “Handbook” or “Manual”) of Epictetus is a short collection of Stoic precepts compiled by Arrian, a stude…

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. The work was written in 12…

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