Biography & Autobiography

Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers

by J. Walker McSpadden Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…

Alexander the Great

by Jacob Abbott Read by Lizzie Driver 3.9
Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders in history, and was undefeated in battle. By the time of his death, h…

The Sins of Hollywood

by Ed Roberts and Edward Roberts Read by Chuck Williamson 4.2
Exacerbated by several high-profile Hollywood scandals, a wave of anti-Hollywood rhetoric tried to paint the movie capital as a veritable ho…

Four American Indians

by Edson L. Whitney Read by Laura Victoria 4.4
Four American Indians by Edson L. Whitney and Frances M. Perry, gives a short history of King Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags; Pontiac, an …

Auguste Comte and Positivism

by John Stuart Mill Read by Bill Boerst 4.8
Part 1 lays out the framework for Positivism as originated in France by Auguste Comte in his Cours de Philosophie Positive. Mill examines th…

The Legends of the Jews

by Louis Ginzberg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …

History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688

by David Hume Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days

by Annie L. Burton Read by Michele Fry 4.1
This is a short and simple, yet poignant autobiography of Annie Burton, who recounts her early carefree childhood as a slave on a southern p…

The Underground Railroad

by William Still Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
"This is one of the most remarkable volumes of the century. Its publication has only been made possible by a combination of circumstanc…

The Life of Anthony

by Athanasius of Alexandria Read by gadhbteo7 4.5
The Life Of St. Anthony the Great.

Twenty Years at Hull House

by Jane Addams Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Jane Addams was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a long, complex career, she was a pioneer settlement worker…

Ambassador Morgenthau's Story

by Henry Morgenthau Read by Margaret Espaillat 4.3
Ambassador Morgenthau’s memoirs of his years in the service of the United States in Constantinople, (today Istanbul), are an important prima…

The Autobiography of an Electron

by Charles R. Gibson Read by Laura Victoria 4.5
"While many scientific men now understand our place in the universe, we electrons are anxious that every person should know the very im…

Kepler

by Walter W. Bryant Read by Bill Boerst 4.6
Kepler offers a detailed exploration of the life and contributions of Johannes Kepler, a pivotal figure in the history of astronomy. This bi…

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

by Charles Darwin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
III. SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, AND CONCLUSION.Part 3 of 3 of a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, …

Great Men and Famous Women

by Charles F. Horne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Great Men and Famous Women is an expansive collection that delves into the lives of over 200 influential figures throughout history. Edited …

Travels in the Interior of Africa

by Mungo Park Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 3.7
Mungo Park, a Scottish surgeon and explorer, was sent out by the 'Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa' after M…

The Underground Railroad

by William Still Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
"The work is intensely interesting. Many of the narratives thrill the reader through and through. Some of them awaken an indignation, a…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects

by Giorgio Vasari Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellen…

An Explorer in the Air Service

by Hiram Bingham Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Explorer Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, as recounted in his book Inca Lands, now released on LibriVox at http://librivox.org…

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