LibriVox Audio Books Catalog (Page 2)

Sun Yat-Sen was the first president of the Republic of China after the brutal Qing government collapsed in 1911. Over a decade earlier, he h…

A History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines

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Dan Dequille

This is a brief account of the Comstock Lode silver mines, and description of the geographic features of the state of Nevada including the r…

Into The Valley Of Death: Crimea, Balaklava, The Light Brigade: Russell, Tennys…

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Various

The Charge Of The Light Brigade (1854) is a famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It is about, among other things, the valor of soldiers and…

History of the Johnstown Flood

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Willis Fletcher Johnson

An account of the Johnstown Flood, the most devastating loss of civilian life in the United States prior to the terrorist attacks of Septemb…

Notes on The Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk

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Harry Brittain

The Broads area of Norfolk and Suffolk is in the East Anglian region of England. It is the location of Britain's third largest inland waterw…

Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia

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Joseph P. Cullen

Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of The Confederacy during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. It was the focus of two military campaigns…

Twenty Years of the Republic 1885-1905

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Harry Thurston Peck

Excerpt: At the time when Mr. Cleveland was inaugurated there had been no Democratic President for a full quarter of a century. A whole gene…

Reminiscences et Portraits: Kamouraska

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François Magloire Derome

François Derome, auteur, avocat, fonctionnaire et journaliste canadien français, décrit en portraits brefs des paysages…

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…

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Various

These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

Imperialism and World Politics, Part 1 of 4

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Parker Thomas Moon

Moon’s Imperialism and World Politics is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interview…

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Various

These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

The Famous Missions of California

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William Henry Hudson

Naturalist William Henry Hudson was born in Argentina of immigrant parents from England, and later settled there. He published books on orn…

Loom and Spindle

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Harriet H. Robinson

Harriet Robinson was a frequent contributor to the famous monthly periodical, "The Lowell Offering", which featured poetry, essays…

Handbook of Home Rule: Being Articles on the Irish Question

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James Bryce

The issue of Irish home rule was the dominant political question of British and Irish politics in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Published i…

Tea and Tea Drinking

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Alfred Arthur Reade

Not a complete history of tea, but a pleasant diversion concerning tea, the pleasures found in its drinking, effects, benefits, cautions, et…

The Land of Midian (Revisited)

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Richard Francis Burton

The plain unvarnished tale of the travel in Midian, undertaken by the second Expedition, which, like the first, owes all to the liberality a…

A Short History of Pittsburgh

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Samuel Harden Church

Samuel H. Church presents a brief history of the city of Pittsburgh, split into three domains: historical, industrial, and intellectual. His…

Gertrude Bell

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Ronald Bodley and Lorna Hearst

A highly engaging biography about a fascinating English woman who was most unusual for her time. An adventurous traveler who fell completely…

Modern (19th C)

Sun Yat-sen and Sun Yat-Sen

Ronald Bodley and Lorna Hearst