History
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…
Sound of History #2: West Berlin
John Goerzen
Episode #2 of the Sound of History podcast. This episode focuses on West Berlin with two historic speeches from that city. The first speech …
Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland (dating from 1837). Recorded by his daughter.
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Constance Campbell Petrie and Thomas Petrie
Tom Petrie (1831-1910), explorer and grazier, arrived in the then convict settlement of Moreton Bay in 1837. His reminiscences of what was t…
Woman Suffrage and Politics
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Written after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and published in 1923, "This book's essential contribution must be sought in its …
The Negro
Read by Jim Locke
W. E. B. Du Bois
Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main known facts and their fair …
Faded Pictures
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William Vaughn Moody
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Faded Pictures by William Vaughn Moody. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 2, 2…
Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers
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Harry A. Franck
Harry A. Franck was an American travel writer. After publishing Vagabond Journey Around the World, he spent 3 months in the Canal Zone of Pa…
In the Wake of the Buccaneers
Read by Steven Seitel
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Ah, the Buccaneers... “We hear much of the bold, wild ways of these adventurers; Perchance it is the fact that we all appreciate bravery—and…
The Chronicles of America Volume 14 - Washington and His Colleagues
Read by Jim Locke
Henry Jones Ford
This next volume of the Chronicles of American series investigates Washington's development in the day to day world the various dimensions o…
Programme
Read by Prof. Tournesol
Conseil national de la résistance and Conseil National De La Résistance
Alors que l’Allemagne nazie dirige toujours la France avec le concours du régime de Vichy, le Conseil National de la Résistanc…
Индия, Китай, страны Юго-Восточной Азии
Read by Заборовский Юрий
Полина Кочеткова, Виктор Кудряшов, Т. Ревяко, Геннадий Рябцев, Николай Трус, О. … and Полина Кочеткова, Виктор Кудряшов, Т. Ревяко, Геннадий Рябцев, Николай Трус, О.…
История Древнего мира Древний Восток. Индия, Китай, страны Юго-Восточной Азии Книга посвящена истории великих цивилизаций Востока - …
Ржевская мясорубка. Выжить в аду
Read by Росляков Михаил
Горбачевский Борис
Ржевская мясорубка. Выжить в аду «Люди механически двигаются вперед, и многие гибнут — но мы уже не принадлежим себе, нас всех захват…
The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America
Read by Jim Locke
W. E. B. Du Bois
This essay is an attempt to set forth more clearly than has hitherto been done the effect which the Negro has had upon American life. Its th…
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…
Brave Men and Women: Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs
Read by KHand
Osgood E. Fuller
Brave Men and Women is a collection of stories about historical figures who, through success and failure, made an impact on their world. As…
Women of the French Revolution
Read by Celine Major
Winifred Stephens Whale
(Excerpt) One aspect of this subject of revolutionary women, their connection with the secret societies of the day I have purposely ignored.…
Porto Rico: The Land of the Rich Port
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Joseph B. Seabury
Puerto Rico was acquired by the United States in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. This volume was written in 1903 as Book XII in the…
The Desert
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Mathilde Blind
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Desert by Mathilde Blind. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 10th, 2010.
Women of America
Read by Linda Andrus
John Ruse Larus
The present volume completes the story of woman as told in the series of which it forms part. The history of nations is, in its ultimate ana…
