War & Military
A Social History of the American Negro
Read by Jim Locke
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
A comprehensive history of what experiences and influences created the Negro American citizen as we find him at the beginning of the twentie…
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1817 - 1828)
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John Quincy Adams
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
Two Diaries From Middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February - May, 1865
Read by David Wales
Susan R. Jervey
Two diaries from Middle St. John’s, Berkeley, South Carolina, February – May, 1865. Journals kept by Miss Susan R. Jervey and Miss Charlott…
The Chronicles of America Volume 10 - Conquest of New France
Read by Jim Locke
George Wrong
The English colonies, holding a great stretch of the Atlantic seaboard, increased in number and power. New France also grew stronger. The st…
Memories of the Civil War
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Henry B. James
Henry B James enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 20, and fought in many of the key battles of the Civil War. Thirty years later, he wr…
My Story of the Civil War and the Under-Ground Railroad
Read by J Denning
Marvin Benjamin Butler
Story of the Civil War as told by a private soldier's perspective of daily routines, challenges, anxieties, skirmishes, battle. (summary by …
Combat Lessons Number 1: Rank And File In Combat: What They're Doing, How They Do It
Read by David Wales
United States Army War College
This 1942 Army manual, published during the course of World War II, consists of quotations from soldiers in the field concerning their exper…
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 2: The Inchon-Seoul Operation
Read by Aaron Bennett
Nicholas Canzona and Lynn Montross
The Inchon Landing was a major amphibious operation, planned in record time and executed with skill and precision. Even more, it was an exem…
Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers
Read by Bryn Roberts
Edith Hubback Brown
"Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers" by Edith & John Hubback is a biography that explores the lives of Jane Austen's two sailor bro…
From Mud to Mufti: With Old Bill on all Fronts
Read by DrPGould
Bruce Bairnsfather
This second volume of memories from the Great War (WWI) by the celebrated war cartoonist and social observer, begins with Bairnsfather's rec…
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 08, Dec. 23, 1879
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Various
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
The Road Past Kennesaw: The Atlanta Campaign Of 1864
Read by David Wales
Richard M. Mcmurry
“…there can be little doubt that the Federal drive on Atlanta, launched in May 1864, was the beginning of the end for the Southern Confedera…
The Aeroplane in War
Read by Jim Locke
Claude Grahame-White
"Although it is still a crude machine—in view of the perfected apparatuswhich is the aim of thoughtful designers—the aeroplane has demo…
The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Ida M. Tarbell
Volume 2 of Ida Tarbell's biography of Lincoln begins at chapter 22 with Lincoln's first inauguration, and ends with an account of his funer…
The World’s Story Volume XIII: The United States
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Eva March Tappan
This is the thirteenth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva Mar…
The Ukrainians and the European War
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Various
The WWI (European war) for Ukrainians was the hope of its nation unity and freedom from Austria-Hungary but mostly from Russian Empire. Gali…
Dispatches from the Ruhr
Read by Atul Sharma
Ernest Hemingway
Before finding celebrity as an author, including his 1954 Nobel Prize, Ernest M. Hemingway honed his craft as a journeyman reporter. In the …