Memoirs

The Courage of the Commonplace

by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Read by Roger Melin 4.5
The Courage of the Commonplace tells the poignant story of a young man grappling with his sense of self-worth and identity. On a day marked …

Kept for the Master's Use

by Frances Ridley Havergal Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Kept for the Master's Use offers a glimpse into the life of Frances Ridley Havergal, a dedicated missionary and celebrated hymn writer. Thro…

American Notes for General Circulation

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. Wh…

Sherman’s Recollections of California

by William Tecumseh Sherman Read by David Wales 4.5
This LibriVox recording comprises three chapters from American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memoirs. The chapters deal with…

In Kent with Charles Dickens

by Thomas Frost Read by Ruth Golding 4.5
By his own admission, Thomas Frost found it hard to make a living from his writing, and no doubt he used the name of Dickens in the title of…

Spiritual Dialogue Between the Soul, the Body, Self-Love, the Spirit, Humanity,…

by Saint Catherine Of Genoa Read by Ann Boulais 4.8
Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admir…

A Year With the Saints

by William James McGlothlin Read by Maria Therese 4.6
Go through the year in the footsteps of the saints. This book emphasizes one virtue for each month with quotes and stories from the lives of…

South African Memories

by Lady Sarah Wilson Read by SallyMc 4.6
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson was the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill. In 1899 she became the first woman war correspondent when she …

Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

by Saint Jane Frances De Chantal Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 – 1641) is a Roman Catholic Saint, who founded The Congregation of the Visitation after the death of her…

War Letters From A Young Queenslander

by Robert Marshall Allen Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) 4.8
Letters from a Brisbane doctor posted to the Western Front from 1914 to December 1915. He tells anecdotes of World War I including stories o…

The Autobiography of George Dewey

by George Dewey Read by Delmar H Dolbier 4.7
Admiral George Dewey, United States Navy, is best remembered for his victory over the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay during the S…

Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush

by Susanna Moodie Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
As a middle class Englishwoman Moodie did not particularly enjoy "the bush", as she called it. She and her husband moved to Bellev…

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…

Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist

by Alexander Berkman Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In 1892, anarchist and Russian émigré Alexander Berkman was apprehended for the failed assassination of industrialist Henry Cl…

Random Reminiscences of Men and Events

by John D. Rockefeller Read by William Tomcho 4.3
Random Reminiscences of Men and Events offers a unique glimpse into the life and thoughts of John D. Rockefeller, one of the most influentia…

Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe

by Charles Edward Stowe Read by Michele Fry 4.6
Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896), of Cincinnati, was the most famous female American author of her age, and is said to h…

Martyred Armenia

by Fa'Iz El-Ghusein Read by Margaret Espaillat 4.8
This is a first hand account of the Armenian Genocide written by a Syrian who had been a Turkish official for three and a half years. His ac…

De Profundis

by Oscar Wilde Read by AdamH 4.5
This is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, in which he recounts how he came to be in prison and cha…

Insurgent Mexico

by John Reed Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In the autumn of 1913 John Reed was sent to Mexico by the Metropolitan Magazine to report the Mexican Revolution. He shared the perils of Pa…

Diary of an S and M Romance

by Dollie Llama Read by Dollie Llama 4
The first-ever adult title on Podiobooks.com. "Diary of an S and M Romance" is the true story of a young widow reclaiming her lif…

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