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The Conjure Woman

Read by James K. White


Charles Waddell Chesnutt


Published in 1899 by Houghton Mifflin, Chesnutt's first book, The Conjure Woman, was a collection of seven short stories, all set in "P…

A Book of Myths

Read by James K. White


Jean Lang


This is a collection of myths--mostly Greek with a smattering of others from the east--written in a clear and easy-to-read style. Lang compl…

My Southern Home or, The South and Its People

Read by James K. White


William Wells Brown


William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave; his father was a white man who never ack…

Father Goriot

Read by James E. Carson


Honoré de Balzac


One of Balzac's most popular works, set around 1815 during the re-ascendancy of the Bourbon kings following the defeat of Napoleon. Said to …

The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk

Read by James K. White


John Howell


This work was the true story of Alexander Selkirk (1676 to December 13, 1721), a Scottish sailor who was employed in a number of different t…

The Marrow of Tradition

Read by James K. White


Charles Waddell Chesnutt


In The Marrow of Tradition, Charles W. Chesnutt--using the 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina massacre as a backdrop--probes and exposes the ra…

Journal of A Residence On A Georgian Plantation, 1838-1839

Read by James K. White


Frances Anne Kemble and Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble


Fanny Kemble was a British actress who married mega-plantation owner, Pierce Butler of Georgia. During her marriage she kept journals of eve…

KIRINS: The Flight of the Ain

Read by James D. Priest


James D. Priest


A race of tiny magical beings lives on Earth today. They are kirins. Because of an ancient dispute, however, humans are unaware of their hi…

The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line

Read by James K. White


Charles Waddell Chesnutt


Published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a collection of narratives that addresses the impact of Jim …

The Colored Cadet at West Point

Read by James K. White


Henry Ossian Flipper


Henry Ossian Flipper--born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856--did not learn to read and write until just before the end…

The House Behind the Cedars

Read by James K. White


Charles Waddell Chesnutt


In this, Chesnutt's first novel, he tells the tragic story of love set against a backdrop of racism, miscegenation and “passing” during the …

The Pastor's Wife

Read by James E. Carson


Elizabeth Von Arnim


Written by an author born in Australia, grew up in England, married in Germany, and then flew to the United States. A tale about a young wom…

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

Read by James K. White


James Weldon Johnson


Johnson's only novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, was originally published anonymously in 1912. It is a fictional novel written …

The Man-Wolf

Read by James K. White


Émile Erckmann


"The Man-Wolf" is a 38,000 word novella that appears in the English language collection of short stories entitled, The Man-Wolf an…

Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation, Volume 2

Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater


William W. Mann


This is Volume 2 of William Mann’s “Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation”. It is part of a series of Self-Taught books written …

The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles

Read by James K. White


Herman Melville


The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it consists…

Father Sergius

Read by James E. Carson


Leo Tolstoy


Prince Stepan Kasatsky experiences a disappointment with his fiancé and decides to become a monk! There is a story line, but beneath …

The Mysterious Forces of Civilization

Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater


Abdu’L-Bahá ‘Abbás


The Mysterious Forces of Civilization (Persian: Risálih-i-Madaníyyih) is a work written before 1875 by ‘Abbás Effend&ia…

The Arabic Hidden Words

Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater


Bahá'U'Lláh


Kalimát-i-Maknúnih or The Hidden Words is a book written in Baghdad around 1857 by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of t…

From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom

Read by James K. White


Lucy Ann Delaney


In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Delaney tells the story of how she was born into slavery of her mother--a fr…

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