Memoirs

I, Mary MacLane

Read by Lynne T


Mary Maclane


Described as "the first blogger", Mary MacLane lived a tortured life, ahead of her time. Her beloved father died when she was a yo…

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit and Sketches Of Slave Life

Read by David Wales


Peter Randolph


Peter Randolph was born a slave in 1825 (?), was freed before the American Civil War, and became a clergyman in the Baptist tradition, dying…

Fünfzig Jahre Museumsarbeit

Read by Dirk Weber


Wilhelm Von Bode


Wilhelm von Bode war ein bedeutender deutscher Kunsthistoriker und Museumsfachmann und gilt als der Mitbegründer des modernen Museumswe…

Arthur Conan Doyle’s Memories and Adventures

Read by Adrian Wilson


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Arthur Conan Doyle first published his memories of his many various adventures around the world and his relationships with such famous figur…

Kinderen uit m'n Klas

Read by Bianca Kramer


Paulina Jacoba Cohen-De Vries


Serie portretjes van kinderen op een volksschool begin jaren '20, eerder verschenen in de NRC.Voorwoord bij de 1e druk: "Niet zonder sc…

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

Read by John W. Michaels


George Washington Plunkitt


"I seen my opportunities and I took 'em.", George Washington Plunkitt of Tamminy Hall. There's good graft and bad graft according …

My Reminiscences

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Rabindranath Tagore


These Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America…

On an Irish Jaunting-Car through Donegal and Connemara

Read by Frank Lennon


Samuel Gamble Bayne


This book gives a brief glimpse into the social history of Ireland in the early part of the 20th Century. During his 1902 tour through the n…

Our Village, Volume 1

Read by Anne Fletcher


Mary Russell Mitford


This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…

Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel

Read by Kevin Green


Margaret Herschel


For many people, the name Caroline Herschel will be unfamiliar, but she was one of the most significant women on the English scientific scen…

Prisoner for Blasphemy

Read by Rob Marland


George William Foote


George William Foote, a British secularist, was convicted and imprisoned on the charge of blasphemy after founding "The Freethinker&quo…

Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


William Westgarth


Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at…

The History of the Suez Canal

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Ferdinand de Lesseps


A lively picture of the origin and completion of the Suez Canal (built between 1859 and 1869) and his architect, Vicomte de Lesseps. This is…

Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, writte…

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P. T. Barnum


The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the "Greatest Show on Earth," P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It d…

Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun

Read by James K. White


Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun


This memoirs chronicles Madame Vigée Lebrun's childhood and the early discovery of her talent, the fortuitous break that introduced h…

The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775

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Abraham Tomlinson


"Perceiving that much of the intrinsic value of these Journals would consist in a proper understanding of the historical facts to which…

Dallam's Travels with an Organ to the Grand Signieur, 1599-1600

Read by Sue Anderson


Thomas Dallam


Queen Elizabeth the First of England, the Grand Turk at Constantinople, and an organ builder named Thomas Dallam—quite a trio. In 1599, E…

Leben auf dem Mississippi / Nach dem fernen Westen

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Mark Twain


Leben auf dem Mississippi (Life on the Mississippi) ist eine 1883 erschienene Erzählung des US-amerikanischen Schriftstellers Mark Twai…

The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Volume II

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Horatio Nelson


Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was an English flag officer famous …

Screen Acting

Read by Amanda Friday


Mae Marsh


Silent film star, Mae Marsh, recounts her life as an actress in this publication, what she deems as being the answer to thousands of letters…

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