Memoirs

California Coast Trails

by Joseph Smeaton Chase Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.8
In 1911, decades before California's coast Highway 1 was built, an Englishman rode 2000 miles on horseback the length of California, from Me…

Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom

by Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston, Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnstonandkenneth Darlaston Yearsley and Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston And Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley Read by Kevin Green 4.8
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom is the true but little known story of the escape of eight British Prisoners-of-War from a Turkish POW camp durin…

Of the Love of God

by Saint Francis de Sales Read by dave7 4.9
Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Bishop of Geneva from 1602, was a renowned spiritual director who produced two classic guidebooks for earthly …

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass Read by Jeanette Ferguson 4.5
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass.…

Ester Ried's Namesake

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.7
In Ester Ried's Namesake, Esther Ried Randall grapples with the weight of her name and the expectations that come with it. As she navigates …

The Mutiny of the Bounty

by William Bligh Read by John Greenman 4.6
In Bligh's own words, we hear about the lead-up to the famous mutiny and what happened afterwards with the mutineers and the castaways. This…

A Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound

by John R. Jewitt Read by Sue Anderson 4.6
John Jewitt (1783-1821), a blacksmith by trade, spent the years 1803-1806 as a slave among the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound, off t…

Their Yesterdays

by Harold Bell Wright Read by Megan Kunkel 4.7
Their Yesterdays by Harold Bell Wright invites listeners into a reflective journey through the essence of human experience. This novel follo…

Miss Priscilla Hunter, and My Daughter Susan

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.8
Two shorter stories in one book. In "Miss Priscilla Hunter," the church has been carrying debt for years. It's an embarrassment, a…

Through the Brazilian Wilderness

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Roosevelt's popular book Through the Brazilian Wilderness describes his expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913 as a member of the Roos…

C. H. Spurgeon's Prayers

by Charles H. Spurgeon Read by MaryAnn 5
The day on which a volume of C. H. Spurgeon's Pulpit Prayers appears is a day to be desired. Decidedly this selection of the great preacher'…

The Story of My Life

by Helen Keller Read by Maria 4.5
The Story of My Life is a personal account of Helen Keller's life, from her early days to those as an adult. It includes how she came to mee…

The Divine Companion

by James Allen Read by Audio Andrea 4.8
It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at any particular time or in any one year, for he was engaged in it over many years…

Ordeal In Space

by Robert A Heinlein Read by Adam Sims 4.7
Ordeal in Space is a gripping tale that marks the centenary of Robert A Heinlein's birth. The story follows deeply traumatized astronaut Wil…

Recollections of the Civil War

by Charles Anderson Dana Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Recollections of the Civil War records the events that took place during the American Civil war. It forms one of the most remarkable volumes…

Campaigning With Grant

by Horace Porter Read by David Wales 4.8
In the last year of the American Civil War, Horace Porter served as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant, then commander of all the armi…

The Rough Riders

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by William Peck 4.6
Theodore Roosevelt's personal account of The Rough Riders, the name affectionately bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one …

Travels in Alaska

by John Muir Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
In 1879 John Muir went to Alaska for the first time. Its stupendous living glaciers aroused his unbounded interest, for they enabled him to …

A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba

by Mary Georgiana Caroline Hall Read by Sibella Denton 4.5
In 1881, Mrs. Cecil Hall's brother went to Manitoba to farm. In 1882, she went out for a visit of some two months, and followed that visit w…

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.7
Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha…

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