War & Military
Sir Francis Drake
Read by Pamela Nagami
Julian Corbett
In this short book, the British Naval historian, Julian Stafford Corbett, chronicles the adventurous career of Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596)…
A Surgeon In Arms
Read by David Wales
Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion (1881-1943) was a Canadian doctor who volunteered in the Canadian medical corps during World War I. This book is his me…
Seven Statesmen of the Later Republic
Read by Pamela Nagami
Charles Oman and Charles William Chadwick Oman
While there are many general histories of the decline and fall of the Roman Republic, the Oxford historian, Charles Oman, writes that his li…
The Sword of Deborah
Read by MaryAnn
F. Tennyson Jesse
"The Sword of Deborah" contains the reflections of a woman journalist visiting women working behind the lines in France during Wor…
War Stories for My Grandchildren
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John Watson Foster
After years of telling these stories to his grandchildren, Foster was prevailed on to write them down for future generations. Rather than re…
Custer Battlefield: A History And Guide To The Battle Of The Little Bighorn
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Robert Marshall Utley
It should be noted that this national park is now called the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. “The long, tragic history of Ind…
Notes of a War Correspondent
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Richard Harding Davis
Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African …
An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army
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Flora Sandes
Flora Sandes was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in World War I. Initially a St. John Ambulance volunteer, she trave…
Running the Blockade
Read by Delmar H Dolbier
Thomas E. Taylor
The first-person experiences and adventures of blockade runner during the American civil war. - Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier
The A.E.F.: With General Pershing and the American Forces
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Heywood Broun
In 1917, the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) arrived in Europe to fight alongside the French and British allied forces. American journa…
The Roman Empire of the Second Century: Or, The Age of the Antonines
Read by Pamela Nagami
William Wolfe Capes
This short overview of the Roman Empire from AD 96-180 opens as the murderers of Domitian raise to power the wise old senator, Nerva. Ignori…
Cardinal de Richelieu
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Eleanor C. Price
Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642), the dreaded red eminence, mentor and manager of Louis XIII, skilled in logistics,…
Theodore Winthrop: A Civil War Narrative Aborted by Death
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Theodore Winthrop
Theodore Winthrop (1828 – 1861) was a charismatic writer, lawyer, and world traveler. In the New York Seventh Regiment, he was one of the fi…
The Wars of the Roses 1377-1471
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Robert Balmain Mowat
The Wars of the Roses, 1377-1471, were a series of English civil wars fought for the control of the throne of England between two rival cade…
Stories of the Ships
Read by David Wales
Lewis R. Freeman
While most associate the "Great War" with trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, and poison gas, ships played roles in the military …
Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - No…
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John Frederick Bligh Livesay
This is the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribution to the Great War…