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Wellington

Read by Pamela Nagami


George Hooper


Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1769-1852), was born in Dublin, the younger son of an Irish Protestant aristocrat. He served with…

There Are Realistic Alternatives

Read by Benjamin Gittins


Gene Sharp


Violence in society and politics, whether in the form of war, terrorism, dictatorship, oppression, usurpation, or genocide, is widely recogn…

Six Months In Mexico

Read by James K. White


Nellie Bly


This is an account of Nellie Bly's travels through Mexico in 1885. The book was originally a series of individual articles that she submitte…

Roman History: The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to tha…

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William Wolfe Capes


William Wolfe Capes (1834-1914) was an Anglican cleric, a classicist, and a historian. This is his short chronicle of the early Roman Empire…

United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1

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Various


This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeche…

Voltaire and the French Enlightenment

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Will Durant


In this Little Blue Book Number 512, Will Durant describes François-Marie Arouet, the writer, historian, and philosopher known as Vol…

Staatsvertrag betreffend die Wiederherstellung eines unabhängigen und demokrati…

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Unknown


Der Staatsvertrag betreffend die Wiederherstellung eines unabhängigen und demokratischen Österreich, wurde am 15. Mai 1955 in Wien…

John Brown

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W. E. B. Du Bois


This is a moving and deeply felt biography of abolitionist John Brown, which defends its subject against the popular notion of him as a delu…

Theodore Roosevelt; An Address Delivered Before The Congress Of The United Stat…

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Henry Cabot Lodge


A biographical encomium delivered on the occasion of Roosevelt's death. Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. (1858 – 1919) was an Amer…

A Preface to Politics

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Walter Lippmann


This is the first book in the bibliography of Walter Lippmann, written three years after emerging from Harvard where he studied under the pr…

The English Constitution

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Walter Bagehot


The English Constitution is an extremely accessible work of political and legal science by Walter Bagehot, first published in serialized for…

The Insurrection in Dublin

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James Stephens


The Easter Rising was a rebellion staged in Ireland in Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was an attempt by militant Irish republicans to win ind…

Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls

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Wilhelm Ihne


In this short scholarly work the German historian, Wilhelm Ihne, elucidates what is known or can be deduced about Rome's early history, from…

The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America

Read by Chuck Williamson


D. W. Griffith


The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America was D.W. Griffith's first response to the attacks made on The Birth of a Nation. In it he played…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 18)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 4 chapter 18 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III: Great Britain - I

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William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey and Various,William Jennings Bryan


In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations…

United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 3

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Various


This is the third LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings o…

The Roman Empire of the Second Century: Or, The Age of the Antonines

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William Wolfe Capes


This short overview of the Roman Empire from AD 96-180 opens as the murderers of Domitian raise to power the wise old senator, Nerva. Ignori…

Der Judenstaat

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Theodor Herzl


In seinem Buch, Der Judenstaat. Versuch einer modernen Lösung der Judenfrage versucht Theodor Herzl eine jüdische Antwort auf die …

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

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George Washington Plunkitt


"I seen my opportunities and I took 'em.", George Washington Plunkitt of Tamminy Hall. There's good graft and bad graft according …

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