History

1938 Radio News


WA4CZD



News from 1938. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1938 news file …

Knight of Molokai

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Eva K. Betz



Hurricane! Volcano eruptions and fire! Leprosy! Nothing deterred Father Damien from doing the work to which he had been called. Outstandingl…

Ιστορίαι (Histories) Βιβλίοv 5 (Book 5)

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Thucydides



Η Ιστορία του Θουκυδίδη εξιστορεί τα πρώτα 20 χρόνια του πολέμου μεταξύ της Αθήνας και της Σπάρτης, που κράτησε από το 431 μέχρι το 404 π.Χ.…

Old Chants

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Walt Whitman



LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Chants by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 15, 2011.Walter &…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 14 - The War With the United States: A Chronicle of…

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William Wood



"International disputes that end in war are not generally questions of absolute right and wrong. They may quite as well be questions of…

A Popular History of Ireland, Book 09

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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…

United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1

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Various



This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeche…

The Medici, Volume 1

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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…

Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 2

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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 Vol. 006

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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…

Life In Mexico

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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…

Woman in Science

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John Augustine Zahm



A history of woman's role in science through the ages and the many contributions she has made. (summary by Guero)

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…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 4

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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…

The Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time: A Popular View of the Historical E…

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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 …

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 6

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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot



François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. He played a significant role in French politics befor…

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 …

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