Modern (19th C)
Stories of the Royal Humane Society
Read by Steve C
Frank Mundell
Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning,…
John Bull's Vineyard
Read by Phil Benson
Hubert de Castella and Hubert De Castella
An account of the origins of the wine industry in Victoria, Australia. Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Hubert de Castella was one of a numbe…
Imperialism and World Politics
Read by Alister
Parker Thomas Moon
Moon’s Iᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ Wᴏʀʟᴅ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…
A True Picture of Emigration
Read by Ted Lienhart
Rebecca Burlend
Complete title: "A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; being a full and impartial account o…
Battle of New Orleans
Read by Jeffery
Reau Folk
Rather than being a synopsis of the Battle of New Orleans as a military victory, the book also touches upon the greater significance of the …
Postage stamps of war
Read by KevinS
Douglas B. Armstrong
A very brief introduction to postal stamps used and issued during times of war. The principal focus might be said to be placed upon the Grea…
The King's Son
Read by Alan Chant
Frederick William Bourne
Billy Bray, was an unconventional Cornish preacher. He was born in 1794 in the village of Twelveheads, Cornwall, England. After leaving sch…
Sketch of the Great Fires in Wisconsin
Read by Verla Viera
Frank Tilton
The Peshtigo fire in Northeastern Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, claiming somewhere between 1200 and 2500 lives. E…
Imperialism and World Politics
Read by Alister
Parker Thomas Moon
Moon’s Iᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ Wᴏʀʟᴅ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…
The 'Patriotes' of '37: A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion
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Alfred D. DeCelles and Alfred D. Decelles
The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower Canada (now Quebec and Labrador) and Upper Canada (now Ontario…
History of the Early Settlement of Bowmanville and Vicinity
Read by TriciaG
John T. Coleman
"Early settlers of Bowmanville, Darlington, Clarke, and surrounding country, with sketches of the habits and customs of the aborigines,…
The Western Boundary
Read by Alister
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf Von Moltke
Moltke’s The Western Boundary was originally published in the journal Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift in 1841. The essay came in the wake of ca…
A Daughter of the Seine
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Jeanette Eaton
This biography of Madame Roland was written for young adults but can be equally enjoyed by adult readers. Madame Roland was a key figure in …
A Footnote to History
Read by Alister
Robert Louis Stevenson
CONTENT WARNING: THIS WORK INCORPORATES QUOTATIONS CONTAINING RACIST SLURS. IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A BOWDLERIZED COPY, SEE BETWEEN ABOUT 07.…
How We Elected Lincoln
Read by David Wales
Abram J. Dittenhoefer
Dittenhoefer as a young man campaigned for Lincoln in 1860 and was an elector for Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. Born in Cha…
The Birth of Yugoslavia
Read by EastCentralMinnesota
Henry Baerlein
Henry Baerlein expands on his articles first published in the Fortnightly Review to explain the historical context and challenges facing Yug…
What America Owes to Women
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Lydia Hoyt Farmer
As American women have been imperfectly represented in the world, it is our aim in this volume to give a pen protrait of the American Woman …
A Great Sea Mystery: The True Story of the "Mary Celeste"
Read by Mark Harrington
John Gilbert Lockhart
On December 4, 1872, The American merchant brigantine ship "Mary Celeste" was found adrift and deserted, under partial sail, with …
Hokitika, New Zealand
Read by Beeswaxcandle
Various
A pamphlet version of four papers on the beginnings of the town and borough of Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand…
James B. Eads
Read by Barry Eads
Louis How
Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 p…