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Preface
Read by Steve C
Frank Mundell
In Stories of the Lifeboat
There's fury in the tempest,And there's madness in the waves;The lightning snake coils round the foam,The headlong thunder raves;Yet a boat …
Foreword
Read by Kerry Adams
William Penn Cresson
In The Cossacks: Their History and Country
One of the earliest histories of the Cossacks to appear in English, with an emphasis on the exploits of famous Cossack leaders and Cossack s…
Preface
Read by Verla Viera
Frank Tilton
In Sketch of the Great Fires in Wisconsin
The Peshtigo fire in Northeastern Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, claiming somewhere between 1200 and 2500 lives. E…
Music of The Modern Era
Ranjith Daluwatta
500 - 1500 Music from the Middle Ages and The Renaissance 1500-1750 Music of Baroque Period 1750-1820 Music of Classicism 1820-1910 Mu…
Preface and Introduction
Read by Iona Muirgel
Jay Henry Mowbray
In Sinking of the "Titanic" : most appalling ocean horror
The Titanic was thought to be the safest ship to set sail as it embarked on its maiden voyage. Unfortunately, history tells us differently. …
Chapter VI, The New Century
Read by Chris Pyle
Various
In Poems of American History, Volume 5, The Period of Expansion
The final section of Poems of American History covers The Reconstruction after the Civil War, the First Centennial, the continued expansion …
Preface to the Third Edition
Read by mpinedag
John Kenneth Turner
In Barbarous Mexico
Through personal experience and extensive travel in Mexico in the late 1900s, the author of “Barbarous Mexico” depicts the circumstances tha…
Chapter IV - Special Articles - Part Four
Read by Matt Williams
Louis Melius
In The American Postal Service, Second Edition
The history of the postal service in the United States goes back to the colonial period, but was established more formally with the issuing …
Preface
Read by Newgatenovelist
Ellen Craft
In Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Ellen and William Craft were a married couple who escaped from slavery in 1848 when Ellen disguised herself as a white, literate man and Wil…
Chapter XIII. The Netherlands by A.W. Ward (part 1)
Read by Linda Johnson
Various
In The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 01, The Renaissance
The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1…
Section 1
Read by JosephTerry2033
William Wilberforce
In An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the Brit…
An impassioned plea by Wilberforce about putting an end to slavery in the West Indies based on his view of the institution as a national dis…
Introduction
Read by Peter Tucker
George Berkeley
In A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Version 2)
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (commonly called Treatise when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 work, in Eng…
Preface
Read by democraticnonsense
W. E. B. Du Bois
In The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, Vol…
The question of the suppression of the slave-trade is so intimately connected with the questions as to its rise, the system of American slav…
Ch. 5: The Humanists of the Nineteenth Century, Pt. 2
Read by Pamela Nagami
Alfred William Benn
In History of Modern Philosophy
This book is a brief, but cogent discussion of Western philosophy-- from Francis Bacon and Giordano Bruno through Descartes, Spinoza, and Le…
Preface
Read by Christine Rottger
John Aikin, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Jane Marcet and Jane Taylor
In Eyes and No Eyes and Other Stories
Whatever will stimulate the observing tendencies of the young cannot but be of value to them. "Eyes and No Eyes" does this in a de…
MIT 21M.380 Music and Technology (Contemporary History and Aesthetics), Fall 200…
MIT OpenCourseWare
Instructor: Prof. Christopher Ariza This course is an investigation into the history and aesthetics of music and technology as deployed in …
Chapter 1 - Introductory Observations
Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Mercy Otis Warren
In History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution Vol. 1
A contemporary three-volume history of the American Revolution written with an Enlightenment tone that covers the background of the era span…
Ch 3. The Beginning of the Nineteenth Century. Pt 1. The New Literature: The Kn…
Read by Bellona Times
William Simonds
In A Student's History of American Literature
Engaging history of American Lit from the 1600's up through the late 1890's. The author, who was a professor at Knox College, really put a …
Opening approaches
Read by Phil Schempf
George Broke
In With Sack and Stock in Alaska
In 1888, George Broke with Harold Topham and William Williams, made the first exploration of the Alaskan Mt. St. Elias range, including the …
The Foundations of the Classic Period - Part 1
Read by czandra
The National Society of Music and The National Society Of Music
In The Art of Music - Volume 02: Classicism and Romanticism
Volume 2 in the "The Art of Music" series, published by the National Society of Music. This first volume covers the Classical and …