History

Claimants to Royalty

by John Henry Ingram Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Claimants to Royalty delves into the fascinating world of those who have claimed royal lineage, exploring the lives and stories of various i…

Trial of Susan B. Anthony

by Anonymous Read by Maria Kasper 4
In 1872, after the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, the women’s suffrage movement in the United States adopted a n…

The Empresses of Constantinople

by Joseph Martin McCabe and Joseph Martin Mccabe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
In concluding an earlier volume on the mistresses of the western Roman Empire I observed that, as the gallery of fair and frail ladies close…

The French Revolution

by Thomas Carlyle Read by Gillian Hendrie 3
Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian, wrote this three-volume work, first published in 1837 (with a revised edi…

The History of MIT

by MIT OpenCourseWare 5
View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/STS-050S11 Instructors: Merrit Roe Smith, David Mindell This course examines the history of MI…

Radio News

4.4
Explore the news from 1949 in this collection. This compilation includes various news segments, talk shows, and specials from that year. Whi…

The Scrap Book Sampler

by Various Read by Bellona Times 5
18 works -- two non-fic articles & one short fiction or poetry each -- from issues March, April, May, June, July, & August 1906 of T…

Early explorations in New South Wales

by John Price Read by Phil Benson 3.5
In the early days of the penal colony at Sydney, rumour was rife among the convicts of another colony beyond the Blue Mountains and perhaps …

The History of England, from the Accession of James II

by Thomas Babington Macaulay Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The History of England, from the Accession of James II offers a detailed examination of a pivotal moment in British history, beginning with …

The History of England, from the Accession of James II

by Thomas Babington Macaulay Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
The History of England, from the Accession of James II offers a detailed examination of a pivotal period in British history, focusing on the…

The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets

by Jane Addams Read by Mary Schneider 4.4
Much of the material in the following pages has appeared in current publications. It is here presented in book form in the hope that it may …

Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contracto…

by United States Senate Committee on Armed Services Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported in September 2010, was precipitated b…

The Fathers of New England

by Charles Andrews, Charles Mclean Andrews and Charles Morris Read by Jim Locke 2.8
This sixth installment in the series, as one would expect, deals with events in the northern settlements that were taking place at the same …

The Gladstone Colony

by James Francis Hogan Read by Timothy Ferguson 4
The Gladstone Colony delves into the ambitious yet ultimately unsuccessful endeavor to establish a colony in North Australia, specifically a…

Sleeping Sickness

by Fleming Mant Sandwith Read by Pamela Nagami 3.2
In the twenty-first century sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis in humans) is still a life-threatening disease of adults and children…

True Stories from History and Biography

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Read by Susan Morin 2.7
In writing this ponderous tome, the author's desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals, in such…

Jesus Christ Had Negro Blood in His Veins

by W. L. Hunter Read by Jim Locke 3.6
This short work attempts to establish that Jesus had black ancestry dating back to Ham, the son of Noah, who had been made black-skinned as …

The Black Experience in America

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.9
This is not the copyrighted work by Norman Coombs currently on Project Gutenberg but a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, drama, an…

Columbus

by Joaquin Miller Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This week, to celebrate Columbus Day, LibriVox volunteers bring you six recordings of Columbus by Joaquin Miller. This was the weekly poetr…

Native Races and the War

by Josephine Butler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Josephine Elizabeth Butler was a Victorian era British feminist who was strongly committed to liberal reforms. As a result of her efforts, i…

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