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The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume III
Read by Nicole Lee
François-René de Chateaubriand
The third volume of Teixeira de Mattos' translation of Chateaubriand's Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb covers the spectacular fall, exile, and …
The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume IV
Read by Nicole Lee
François-René de Chateaubriand
After the extinction of Napoleon's comet on St Helena, Chateaubriand covers the Bourbon Restoration in this volume, meeting a dazzling array…
The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume V
Read by Nicole Lee
François-René de Chateaubriand
The memoirs of Chateaubriand continue in Volume 5, with the author, now a grand hommes des lettres, still in the thick of political events, …
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1663
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Pepys
Another jam-packed year for Pepys, making provisions for Tangier, indulging his passion for the theatre, always thoroughly engaged in his re…
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1664
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Pepys
Pepys continues to live life to the hilt, juggling extra-marital shenanigans with a complicated homelife, difficulties with staff, power str…
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1665
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Pepys
Pepys' diary continues with his trademark engaging frankness, as he jockeys for favour, criticises his colleagues on the Navy Board for thei…
Icarus; or, The Future of Science
Read by S. Emily Lee
Bertrand Russell
In this short book, Russell speculates on the effect of the progress of science in the future in a vast array of subjects, ranging from phys…
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
Read by David Leeson
Carlton Mccarthy
The author, who fought as a private in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, describes the Confederate soldier’s daily struggl…
Eusebius History of the Christian Church
Read by David Leeson
Eusebius Of Caesarea
Eusebius presents the history of the Church from the apostles to his own time, with special regard to the following points:1. the succession…
The First Apology of Justin Martyr
Read by David Leeson
Saint Justin Martyr
The purpose of the Apology is to prove to the emperors, renowned as upright and philosophical men, the injustice of the persecution of the C…
The Story of the Other Wise Man
Read by David Leeson
Henry van Dyke
You know the story of the Three Wise Men of the East, and how they travelled from far away to offer their gifts at the manger-cradle in Beth…
Hero Tales from American History
Read by David Leeson
Theodore Roosevelt
Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved thei…
Paul the Dauntless
Read by David Leeson
Basil Joseph Mathews
“We shall in this book try to go in the footsteps of Paul. It will not be all easy traveling for any of us, to journey with this daring expl…
Michael Strogoff
Read by David Leeson
Jules Verne
This is the account of the perilous mission of Michael Strogoff, courier for Czar Alexander II, who is sent from Moscow to the besieged city…
The Romance of Missionary Heroism
Read by David Leeson
John C Lambert
The title page gives this book the subtitle, “True stories of the intrepid bravery and stirring adventures of missionaries with uncivilized …
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Read by David Leeson
Daniel Defoe
“THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE; Being the Second and Last Part OF HIS LIFE, And of the Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travel…
The Spirit of Christmas (version 2)
Read by David Leeson
Henry van Dyke
A collection of short Christmas works by the author of The Story of the Fourth Wise Man (Summary by D. Leeson).