Voices of Change: Essays & Memoirs

This collection features influential essays and memoirs from notable figures who have shaped societal perspectives through their writings. Each work offers a unique lens on personal experiences, social issues, and philosophical insights, making it a rich resource for those interested in the intersection of biography and thought.

Moral letters to Lucilius

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca Read by John Van Stan 5
Seneca the Younger’s letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introd…

My Inventions and Other Works

by Nikola Tesla Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Between February and October 1919, Nikola Tesla submitted many articles to the magazine Electrical Experimenter. The most famous of these wo…

The World I Live In

by Helen Keller Read by Laura Caldwell 4.6
The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of to…

Ten Days in a Madhouse

by Nellie Bly Read by Alys AtteWater 4.5
In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an …

Character Building

by Booker T. Washington Read by Luke Sartor 4.6
Character Building is a compilation of speeches, given by Mr. Booker T. Washington, to the students and staff of the Tuskegee Normal and Ind…

Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne

by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne and Michel Eyquem de Montaigne Read by Pamela Nagami 5
Michel de Montaigne was a contemporary of Shakespeare who, after having played his part in France's terrible wars of religion, retired to hi…

The Strenuous Life

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by Bob Neufeld 4.6
This book is a collection of Theodore Roosevelt’s published commentaries and public addresses on the general theme of the requirements for i…

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

by Mary Wollstonecraft Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she argued that women are not naturally inferior…