Memoirs

South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition

by Ernest Shackleton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Shackleton's most famous expedition was planned to be an attempt to cross Antarctica from the Weddell Sea south of the Atlantic to the Ross …

Mag and Margaret

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.7
Little Mag Jessup is an orphan girl who works hard as a servant in Mrs. Perkins' boarding house to earn her keep. She has no education, exce…

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

by John Muir Read by Sue Anderson 4.7
"The only fire for the whole house was the kitchen stove, with a fire box about eighteen inches long and eight inches wide and deep,- s…

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

by Isabella L. Bird Read by Laura Caldwell 4.7
Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single …

The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca Read by Sue Anderson 4.7
Few stories of shipwreck and survival can equal that of the 16th century Spaniard Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca who, cast ashore …

Introduction to the Devout Life

by Saint Francis de Sales Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
First published in the early 17th century, it has proven its value as a daily spiritual guide and helpful reference for living an authentic …

Thirty Years A Slave

by Louis Hughes Read by James K. White 4.7
Louis Hughes was born a slave near Charlottesville, Virginia to a white father and a black slave woman. Throughout his life he worked mostly…

Our Village

by Mary Russell Mitford Read by Anne Fletcher 4.9
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…

Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed

by Edna Ferber Read by Lee Ann Howlett 4.7
Dawn O’Hara, the Girl Who Laughed was Edna Ferber’s first novel. Dawn, a newspaperwoman working in New York, finds herself back home in Mich…

The Letters of Jane Austen

by Jane Austen Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.8
This recording includes a selection of Jane Austen's letters, edited by Susan Coolidge and chosen from the collection of Austen's great-neph…

Chancellorsville and Gettysburg

by Abner Doubleday Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
Abner Doubleday began the Civil War as a Union officer and aimed the first cannon shot in response to the bombardment opened on Ft. Sumter i…

Meister Eckhart's Sermons

by Meister Eckhart Read by Eric Metzler 4.8
In Meister Eckhart's Sermons, the profound insights of a medieval philosopher-theologian come to life through a collection of seven thought-…

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham Read by Tom Weiss 4.5
Of Human Bondage, published in 1915, is considered to be W. Somerset Maugham’s best work. Many believe the novel to be one of the world’s li…

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 …

Chapters from my Autobiography

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.8
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of these Chapters from my Autobiography. He or…

The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan Read by MaryAnn 4.9
The Pilgrim's Progress is a profound Christian allegory that follows the journey of Christian, an everyman character, as he embarks on a que…

The Escaping Club

by A. J. Evans Read by Tom Weiss 4.6
Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly &…

Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.7
Old Mrs. Solomon Smith considers herself "nothing but an ignorant old woman" who didn't have the advantages others did when growin…

Out from the Heart

by James Allen Read by Audio Andrea 4.8
Out from the Heart by James Allen offers a profound exploration of personal transformation through the cultivation of virtue. In this insigh…

Wanted

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.7
Twenty-seven year old Rebecca Meredith feels out of place and unwanted. She has lost her mother, brother, and idolized little sister to the …

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