War & Military
The Capture of Fort William and Mary
Read by Robert Morel
Charles Lathrop Parsons
The Capture of Fort William and Mary took place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on December 14, 1774, when local Patriots led by John Langdon …
The Battle of Allatoona, October 5th, 1864
Read by Jeffery
William Ludlow
This is an account of the Union army's strategies and activities in protecting a Union garrison at Allatoona in Bartow Country, Georgia duri…
Up The Slot: Marines in the Central Solomons
Read by Aaron Bennett
Charles D. Melson
In December that year (1942), patrol flights taking off from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and from the decks of U.S. fleet carriers in the…
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
Read by Ted Lienhart
Hugh Gibson
The author was an American diplomat, the Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, at the beginning of World War I in 1914. This book …
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume V
Read by Pamela Nagami
Mandell Creighton
In this volume of Creighton's history, the popes conduct themselves as Italian princes. Pope Alexander VI's daughter, Lucretia Borgia, becom…
With the New Army on the Somme: My Second Year of the War
Read by Ted Lienhart
Frederick Palmer
Frederick Palmer was already an experienced war correspondent when World War I began in 1914, as he had previously covered six wars, beginni…
The British Soldier: His Courage And Humour
Read by David Wales
Edward John Hardy
The Reverend Edward John Hardy, ordained in the Church Of Ireland, was a chaplain in the British army for thirty one years. His 1915 collec…
Yanks - A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Verse from WWI
Read by John Greenman
Various
Introduced by Stars and Stripes editor, John T. Winterich (1891-1970) this is a compilation of poetry by members of the American Expeditiona…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume IV
Read by Pamela Nagami
Mandell Creighton
Volume Four of Creighton's "History of the Papacy" opens with the election of Pope Paul II, whom the author describes as "a m…
Top of the Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons
Read by Aaron Bennett
John C. Chapin
The objectives assigned on Bougainville were to seize a substantial beachhead and build airstrips. Then American planes could assure final n…
Reminiscences of an Army Nurse During the Civil War
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Adelaide W. Smith
Adelaide Smith was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War and here recounts some of her observations and memories. - Summary by Lyn…