Biography & Autobiography

The Montessori Method

by Maria Montessori Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In the early 1900's Dr. Maria Montessori began to reform educational methods with her work the 'Case dei Bambini' in Rome, Italy. Montessori…

Life in a Tank

by Richard Haigh Read by William A Crenshaw 4.1
Richard Haigh was an Infantry lieutenant in the 2nd Royal Berkshire Infantry Regiment serving in the Somme area in 1916. Shortly after Tanks…

Scott's Last Expedition

by Robert Falcon Scott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time.…

The Frozen North

by Edith Horton Read by Laura Victoria 4.7
The Frozen North invites young listeners on an adventurous journey through the icy realms of the polar regions. This engaging audiobook pres…

The Right Way to Do Wrong

by Harry Houdini Read by Lee Ann Howlett 4.6
In The Right Way to Do Wrong, legendary illusionist Harry Houdini takes listeners on a fascinating journey into the world of crime and decep…

Famous Assassinations Of History

by Francis Johnson Read by David Wales 4.5
It has been the object of the writer to make each of these “famous assassinations” the central scene of a picture in which the political, re…

Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages

by George Hodges Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Though these stories of the lives of twenty saints and heroes of the faith, we have an introduction to the history of the church from 3rd ce…

Miscellaneous Pieces

by John Bunyan Read by David Barnes 4.6
John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 – August 31, 1688), a Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford), …

The Travels of Ibn Batuta

by Ibn Battuta Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Ibn Battuta (1304 – ca. 1369), was a Moroccan explorer. Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the known Islamic world a…

Pioneers of Science

by Oliver Lodge Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for Sir Oliver Lodge in the year 1887. …

Confessions

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by Martin Geeson 4.6
"She was more to me than a sister, a mother, a friend, or even than a mistress, and for this very reason she was not a mistress; in a w…

Autobiography of Anthony Trollope

by Anthony Trollope Read by Jessica Louise 4.3
Anthony Trollope's autobiography will delight you whether or not you've read (or listened to) any of his many works. His honest if self-depr…

Three Girls in a Flat

by Enid Yandell Read by Lee Ann Howlett 4.5
Enid Yandell (October 6, 1870 - June 13, 1934) was an American sculptor who studied with Auguste Rodin and Frederick William MacMonnies. She…

Cyropaedia

by Xenophon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC by the Athenian gentle…

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…

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova

by Giacomo Casanova Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is the first of five volumes. - Giacomo Casanova (1725 in Venice – 1798 in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Vene…

Daniel Boone

by Reuben Gold Thwaites Read by William Tomcho 4.5
Daniel Boone was a great hunter, explorer, surveyor, and excellent rifleman; he knew Indians and fought them skillfully. His life was filled…

Steep Trails

by John Muir Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A collection of Muir's previously unpublished essays, released shortly after his death. "This volume will meet, in every way, the high …

The Massacres of the South

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.3
The Massacres of the South is a stark exploration of violence and crime in the tumultuous history of the southern regions of France. In this…

Eminent Victorians

by Giles Lytton Strachey Read by Margaret Espaillat 4.7
On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also help…

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