Memoirs

The San Francisco Calamity

by Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fi…

Autobiography of a Seaman

by Lord Thomas Cochrane Read by Timothy Ferguson 4.1
This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

by Samuel Pepys Read by Nicole Lee 3.9
Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness …

Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War

by Robert Burrows Read by Phil Benson 4.6
An eye-witness account of the so-called Flagstaff War, fought between Maori warriors, led by Hone Heke, and British troops between March 184…

Eleven years a drunkard

by Thomas Doner Read by Curt Walton 3.8
He tells of the shame, misery and pain which alcohol brought on him, and will bring to anyone whosoever be tempted by the pleasant feeling i…

Seven Wives and Seven Prisons

by L. A. Abbott Read by Nathalie J. 3.9
This work the author claims is indeed a true story of how he happened to be married seven times to seven different women and the rollicking,…

Confessions of a Book-Lover

by E. Walter Walters Read by DrPGould 3.9
"I am of the company of book men who read simply for the love of it," confesses E. Walter Walters, in this gently written tome. Wa…

Certified - The True Story of David Harris

by David Harris Read by David Harris 4.3
Certified is the pacey, true life account of David Harris; how he went from typical Aussie kid to mentally deranged criminal, then experienc…

Liber Amoris

by William Hazlitt Read by Nick Duncan
Liber Amoris is unlike anything Hazlitt wrote and probably like nothing you've come across before. On the face of it it tells the story of H…

An Englishwoman's Love-Letters

by Laurence Housman Read by Esther 4
An Englishwoman's Love-Letters offers an intimate glimpse into the heart and mind of a woman whose private correspondence reveals the depth …

Narrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army

by William Atherton Read by James E. Carson 4.5
This memoir dating from 1812ff, but only published in 1840s is a strikingly profound contrast with our modern materialism and comfort. It is…

Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum

by Hiram Chase Read by Elaine Webb 3.8
Hiram Chase is a well liked Reverend in a small ministry in Utica. When his mental and physical health deteriorates, he is taken to Utica lu…

Football Days

by William Hanford Edwards Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
Football Days offers a nostalgic glimpse into the early years of American football, capturing the spirit of a sport that was just beginning …

Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria

by William Westgarth Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) 4.5
Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at…

Song Gifts from the Holy Spirit

by Vic Zarley Read by Vic Zarley 3.8
My wife, Eva and I, Vic Zarley, are songwriters. We each had written many songs before we met each other and continued to write songs once w…

The Black Prophet

by William Carleton Read by James E. Carson 3.8
The Black Prophet transports listeners to Ireland on the brink of the devastating famine of 1847. Through the eyes of a narrator who intimat…

California

by J. Tyrwhitt Brooks and Henry Vizetelly Read by LivelyHive 3.6
Henry Vizetelly, writing under the pseudonym J. Tyrwhitt Brooks, recalls an expedition to California he took between 1847-1848 . Originally,…

A Long Way from Disney

by Seth Harwood Read by Seth Harwood 4.4
In the second season of A Long Way from Disney, an older (and perhaps wiser) Adam Berkman deals with his own series of relationships, love, …

Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum

by Mary Huestis Pengilly Read by Elaine Webb 3.6
Mary Pengilly was taken to a Lunatic Asylum by her sons where she kept a diary, which this book is taken from. Mary records the harsh condit…

A User's Manual for the Human Experience

by Michael W. Dean Read by Michael W. Dean 3.2
Learn to block and delete idiots from your life. Remove addiction to bad people, drugs, alcohol, government and more (WITHOUT MEETINGS!) The…

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