History
Life In Mexico
Read by Nathalie J.
Frances Calderón De La Barca
FRANCES CALDERON DE LA BARCA, born in Edinburgh, 1804, the daughter of William Inglis. After her father's death she settled in America, wher…
The Medici
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G. F. Young
This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zeni…
The Great Events by Famous Historians
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Charles F. Horne
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…
Historical Newspaper Articles
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Various
This collection of 20 public domain newspaper articles comprises volume 2 of Historic Newspaper Articles in the LibriVox collection. Both U.…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…
Historical Newspaper Articles
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Various
Public Domain newspaper articles in the US span a period of nearly two and a half centuries. Subjects, styles, period, publisher, and length…
Woman in Science
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John Augustine Zahm
Woman in Science explores the significant yet often overlooked contributions of women to the field of science throughout history. John Augus…
With the Turks in Palestine
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Alexander Aaronsohn
While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a litt…
Longings for Home
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Walt Whitman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Longings for Home by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 26, 2012.Bor…
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times
Read by Cate Barratt
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
In "A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times," François Pierre Guillaume Guizot presents a sweeping narrative th…
The Frontier in American History
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Frederick Jackson Turner
Frederick Jackson Turner was an extremely influential U.S. historian, who is best known for his "frontier thesis", which proposed …
A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
After the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which many claim sparked off the Civil War that put an end to legalized slavery in America, ther…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Irrigation in CaliforniaRound about AshevilleA Trip…
Vagabond Adventures
Read by John Greenman
Ralph Keeler
Ralph Keeler failed as a novelist, but this autobiography reflects a life well-lived with humor and adventure. Keeler was in the same litera…
The Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time
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Thomas Cooper
Written by the former skeptic, poet, and scholar, Thomas Cooper, The Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time admirably sets forth a winsome …
The Night Side of New York
Read by Grant Hurlock
Various
This nonfiction collection of sketches, by "members of the New York press," takes the reader on a tour of 1866 New York City after…
A Popular History of Ireland
Read by Sibella Denton
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…