Memoirs

A Year With the Saints

by William James McGlothlin Read by Maria Therese 4.6
Go through the year in the footsteps of the saints. This book emphasizes one virtue for each month with quotes and stories from the lives of…

A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay

by Watkin Tench Read by tabithat 4.6
A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay offers a firsthand account of the early days of European settlement in Australia, as seen throug…

Around the World on a Bicycle

by Thomas Stevens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…

My Brilliant Career

by Miles Franklin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Sybella: "There is no plot in this story, because there has been none in my life or in any other life which has come under my notice. I…

A Journal from Japan

by Marie Stopes Read by Expatriate 4.4
Marie Stopes was a highly controversial scientist and activist in her era, campaigning for radical new views of love-based marriage, birth c…

Idle Days in Patagonia

by William Henry Hudson Read by Kevin W. Davidson 4.9
Hudson traveled to Patagonia to study the birds, but shortly upon arrival accidentally shot himself in the knee, requiring a lengthy period …

On A Donkey's Hurricane Deck

by Robert Pitcher Woodward and R. Pitcher Woodward Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
"A Tempestous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours - starting…

East by West

by Sir Henry W. Lucy Read by Ruth Golding 4
East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East in 1883…

My Trip Abroad

by Charlie Chaplin Read by Chuck Williamson 4.6
"A steak and kidney pie, influenza and a cablegram. There is the triple alliance that is responsible for the whole thing."So begin…

Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph

by Frances Sheridan Read by Rachel Lintern 4.6
Sidney and Cecilia are best childhood friends who are forced to part for 5 years. In that interval, Sidney Bidulph - an undoubtedly good and…

The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers

by Abraham Tomlinson Read by FNH 4.6
"Perceiving that much of the intrinsic value of these Journals would consist in a proper understanding of the historical facts to which…

An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army

by Flora Sandes Read by MaryAnn 4.6
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…

The Minor Works of St Teresa of Avila

by St. Teresa of Avila Read by Ann Boulais 4.6
The prayer and Exclamations, or Meditations, of St Teresa of Avila, recorded in honor of the 500th anniversary of the Saint's birth (March 2…

Letters of Ulysses S. Grant

by Ulysses S. Grant Read by Jim Clevenger 4.1
Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man a…

The Mother and the Child

by Maria Montessori Read by Edith van der Have-Raats 4.4
In this insightful lecture from 1915, renowned educational reformer Maria Montessori explores the profound relationship between mothers and …

The Autobiography of a Clown

by Isaac Marcosson Read by Lee Smalley 4.8
This "as told to" autobiography of Jules Turnour is based on a popular article that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1909.…

Letters of John Keats

by John Keats Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
These are the letters of John Keats, as written to family, close friends and others during his brief, eventful years as an artist. (However,…

Eighteen Months' Imprisonment

by Donald Shaw Read by Lee Smalley 3.9
This is an absorbing memoir of an inmate's experiences and impressions while in a London prison. He describes himself as "a man of educ…

The Smoke Eaters

by Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins Read by Lee Smalley 4.7
This book vividly brings to life the unimaginable risks of fire-fighting and the bravery and personal interactions of Captain Meaghan and th…

A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis

by Noah Davis Read by Bryan Ness 4.3
The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is toRAISE SUFFICIENT MEANS TO FREE HIS LAST TWO CHILDREN FROM SLAVERY.Havin…

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