Political Science

The Fable of the Bees

by Bernard Mandeville Read by Matthew Muñoz 5
Bernard Mandeville's didactic poem praising the virtues that personal vices bestow on society as a whole, along with several treatises and d…

Jailed For Freedom

by Doris Stevens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A first-hand account of the 1913-1919 campaign of American suffragettes, detailing their treatment at the hands of the courts, and the true …

Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II

by Lionel Allshorn Read by Pamela Nagami 4.5
Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries …

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 …

The World’s Famous Orations

by William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey, Various,William Jennings Bryan and Various, William Jennings Bryan Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations…

Life of Sir Walter Ralegh

by Louise Creighton Read by Pamela Nagami 4.9
Sir Walter Ralegh (c. 1552-1618), English soldier, explorer, courtier, writer, and poet was one of the most notable figures of the Elizabeth…

Locke

by Thomas Fowler Read by Pamela Nagami 4.5
John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician who, after Sir Francis Bacon, was one of the first of the British empiricist…

Washington and the Riddle of Peace

by H. G. Wells Read by Lee Smalley 4.5
As an observer at the WASHINGTON CONFERENCE FOR THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS held in 1921 and attended by the victorious nations of The Great…

The Early Tudors

by Charles Edward Moberly Read by Pamela Nagami 4.5
Following the chaos of the Wars of the Roses, the reigns of Henry VII and VIII were autocratic and centralized to an unprecedented degree. T…

How a British Subject Became President of the United States

by Arthur P. Hinman Read by Kevin W. Davidson 3.5
In 1880, the New York Times reported a curious story from St. Albans, Vermont, about a mysterious figure, an attorney and Democratic operati…

Norway and the Union with Sweden

by Fridtjof Nansen Read by Ærik Bjørnsson 5
A History of the politics surrounding The Union of Norway with Sweden, from 1814-1905, from the Norwegian perspective - Summary by Æri…

Vindication Of The Rights Of Men

by Mary Wollstonecraft Read by David Wales 3.8
Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) attacks aristocracy and advocates republicanism. It was published in response to …

United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is the second LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings …

State of the Union Addresses

by Andrew Jackson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Life of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough

by Louise Creighton Read by Pamela Nagami 4.8
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), was the oldest surviving son of Sir Winston Churchill, an impoverished country gentlema…

State of the Union Addresses

by Thomas Jefferson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

A Square Deal

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States when president William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. As the …

The Causes Of The American Civil War

by John Lothrop Motley Read by David Wales 4.3
John Lothrop Motley (1814 – 1877) was an American author and popular diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of th…

Beacon Lights of History

by John Lord Read by KHand 4.8
Volume 8 of the Beacon Lights of History focuses on the great rulers of the ages. In this work, Lord discusses Alfred the Great, Queen Eliza…

The Shield

by Varioustranslated Byavrahm Yarmolinsky and Varioustranslated By Avrahm Yarmolinsky Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This is not merely a book about the Russian Jews. It is a marvellous revelation of the Russian soul. It shows not only that the overwhelming…

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