History

Aircraft and Submarines

by Willis J. Abbot Read by William Tomcho 4.7
"Aircraft and Submarines" is a history of the development of these forms of transportation and their ultimate use in warfare. Als…

Queen Victoria

by Giles Lytton Strachey Read by R. S. Steinberg 4.7
Queen Victoria by Giles Lytton Strachey offers a revealing portrait of one of history's most iconic monarchs. Strachey, known for his sharp …

Inca Lands

by Hiram Bingham Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale Makes the Greatest Archaeological Discovery of the Age by Locating and Excavating Ruins of Machu Picchu on a Pea…

China and the Chinese

by Herbert Allen Giles Read by David Barnes 4.6
Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor…

The Lausiac History

by Palladius Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 4.8
The Lausiac History (Historia Lausiaca) is a seminal work archiving the Desert Fathers (early Christian monks who lived in the Egyptian dese…

The Story of Electricity

by John Munro Read by Ruth Golding 4.5
In the book's preface, the author writes: "Let anyone stop to consider how he individually would be affected if all electrical service …

The Second Apology of Justin Martyr

by Saint Justin Martyr Read by M.White 4.7
In the Second Apology, Saint Justin Martyr presents a passionate defense of the Christian faith, addressing the Roman Senate in the second c…

The Naval War of 1812

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by James E. Carson 4.3
Somewhat detailed history of naval engagements between the United States and England during the War of 1812, from a decidedly American persp…

Stoicism

by St. George William Joseph Stock Read by Leon Mire 4.5
This short book is part of the Philosophies Ancient and Modern series, which attempts to make Western philosophy more accessible to the gene…

The Early Church Collection

by Various Read by InTheDesert 4.7
The collection begins with two short works on the Trinity by Gregory of Nyssa, followed by two works on Christology by Theodoret and Pope Le…

The Education of Henry Adams

by Henry Brooks Adams Read by Jeannie 4.7
The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning …

Royal Children of English History

by E. Nesbit Read by Cori Samuel 4.8
From the first chapter: "History is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people in our England years ago; and the thin…

In the Arctic Seas

by Francis Mcclintock Read by Patrick Eaton 4.4
In 1857, Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin, who went missing with his entire crew during his 1845 expedition to discover the…

The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

by U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers and United States Army Corps Of Engineers Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 4.8
This is the official report, published nearly 11 months after the first and only atomic bombings in history (to date), of a group of militar…

Woman on the American Frontier

by William Worthington Fowler Read by Bridget Gaige 4.2
Many books describe the role of men during American history. However, at the same time, women did much: comforted, fought, helped, raised ch…

The Recollections of Rifleman Harris

by Benjamin Randell Harris Read by gkeeling 4.7
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris offers a vivid firsthand account of a British infantryman’s experiences during the tumultuous Napoleoni…

Introduction to The Philosophy of History

by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.5
The introduction to Hegel's lectures on the philosophy of world history is often used to introduce students to Hegel's philosophy, in part b…

Early Days Of Old Oregon

by Katharine Berry Judson Read by David Wales 4.3
Twenty-three stories of the history of early Oregon plus an appendix: A Brief Summary Of The History Of The Old Oregon Country From Original…

Richard III

by Jacob Abbott Read by Cate Barratt 4.4
Jacob Abbott chronicles the unspeakably treacherous rise of Richard III to the throne of England in the midst of the war between the Yorks a…

The Great Gold Rush

by William Henry Pope Jarvis Read by Cate Barratt 4.3
Canadian journalist William Jarvis' gently fictionalized work recounts many of the countless fascinating tales of the Klondike Gold Rush in …

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