LibriVox Audio Books Catalog (Page 7)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Longings for Home by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 26, 2012.Bor…

The Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time: A Popular View of the Historical E…

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Thomas Cooper

Written by the former skeptic, poet, and scholar, Thomas Cooper, The Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time admirably sets forth a winsome …

Woman in Science

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John Augustine Zahm

A history of woman's role in science through the ages and the many contributions she has made. (summary by Guero)

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 6

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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot

François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. He played a significant role in French politics befor…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 4

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National Geographic Society

National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Irrigation in CaliforniaRound about AshevilleA Trip…

The Frontier in American History

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Frederick Jackson Turner

Frederick Jackson Turner was an extremely influential U.S. historian, who is best known for his "frontier thesis", which proposed …

A Popular History of Ireland, Book 11

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Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…

A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

After the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which many claim sparked off the Civil War that put an end to legalized slavery in America, ther…

A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar

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George Bethune English

As a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 assigned to Marine Corps headquarters, English sailed to the…

A Popular History of Ireland, Book 10

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Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…

Vagabond Adventures

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Ralph Keeler

Ralph Keeler failed as a novelist, but this autobiography reflects a life well-lived with humor and adventure. Keeler was in the same litera…

With the Turks in Palestine

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Alexander Aaronsohn

While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a litt…

Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 1

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Various

Public Domain newspaper articles in the US span a period of nearly two and a half centuries. Subjects, styles, period, publisher, and length…

The Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor

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Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard

John Jacob Astor was pre-eminently the opener of new paths, a breaker of trails. From his first tramp alone through the Black Forest of Bade…

The Night Side of New York

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Various

This nonfiction collection of sketches, by "members of the New York press," takes the reader on a tour of 1866 New York City after…

Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day

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Haji A. Browne

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…

A History of American Christianity

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Leonard Woolsey Bacon

Published in 1897, this book describes the advent of Christianity in the United States from the landing of the first explorers with their mi…

The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Vol. 1

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Howard Carter and Arthur C. Mace

On 26 November 1922, after eight years of work in the Valley of the Kings, archeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, …