Travel

South-Sea Idyls

by Charles Warren Stoddard Read by David Wales 3
The American Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909) wrote quite popular travel books, especially those about Polynesia. South-Sea Idyls (1873)…

A Waterbiography

by Robert C. Leslie Read by Peter Kelleher 3.4
Robert C. Leslie (1826-1901) was an artist and writer who, at an early age fell in love with the sea, the sea of Sail, not of Steam. He desc…

Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin

by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
"Long before Columbus discovered America, there were brave men in the north of Europe who dared to sail farther out upon the unknown wa…

The English Governess at the Siamese Court

by Anna Harriette Leonowens 2.5
1862 Anna Leonowens accepted an offer made by the Siamese consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of Mongkut, k…

Vignettes of San Francisco

by Almira Bailey Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
A collection of observations and stories about San Franciscan life - the people, the buildings, the parks, the food, the street-cars, the ba…

A Handy Guide for Beggars

by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay Read by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay 4
"Being sundry explorations, made while afoot and penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pe…

The Future in America

by H. G. Wells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.7
A series of travel essays by one of the most well known antiquarian authors focused on America and its persistent social, economic and devel…

Adventurers of the Far North

by Stephen Leacock Read by TriciaG 3.6
This is volume 20 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This volume describes the explorers who braved the Canadian Arctic in search of the No…

Cape Coddities

by Roger Livington Scaife and Roger Livingston Scaife Read by Laurie Banza 4
A message from the past from a former Cape Cod resident who delves in all things that make Cape Cod special. From explaining the adventures …

The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk

by George Christopher Davies Read by TND 4
The Broads are Britain's largest protected wetland and are home to a wealth of wildlife, especially fish and birdlife. They comprise a netwo…

American Scenery

by Nathaniel Parker Willis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the January Number. It includes the Introductory by the editor, John Hyde, and the…

Arizona Sketches

by Joseph Munk Read by Bellona Times 3.5
An introduction to Arizona from approximately a century ago. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Travels by the Fireside

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of Travels by the Fireside by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Fortnightly Poetry projec…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the October Number.It includes the following articles:The Enchanted Mesa, by F. W.…

My Travels

by Maria Hackett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
This is not a family history. Family histories are invariably dull and of interest to only a few who have a belief in, and are proud of, th…

Bohemian San Francisco

by Clarence Edgar Edwords Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
While describing his dining experiences throughout "Bohemian San Francisco," Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of Calif…

Letters From America

by Rupert Brooke Read by David Wales 2.5
"[Rupert Brooke] started in May 1913 on a journey to the United States, Canada, and the South Seas, from which he returned next year at…

Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day

by Haji A. Browne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.3
Knowing the Egyptian as I know him, I cannot but think that he is greatly misunderstood, even by those who are sincerely anxious to befriend…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the January Number. It includes the following articles: The Gold Coast, Ashanti, a…

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