Memoirs

From the Darkness Cometh the Light

by Lucy Ann Delaney Read by James K. White 4.5
In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Delaney tells the story of how she was born into slavery of her mother--a fr…

Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark

by Mary Wollstonecraft Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Published in 1796, Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark is a personal travel narrative by the eighteenth-…

The Sword of Deborah

by F. Tennyson Jesse Read by MaryAnn 4.7
"The Sword of Deborah" contains the reflections of a woman journalist visiting women working behind the lines in France during Wor…

With Fire and Sword

by Samuel H. M. Byers Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Samuel H. M. Byers was an American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War. "In war some persons seek adventures; others have them…

The Passionate Friends

by H. G. Wells Read by Peter Eastman 3.7
H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love sto…

Das grüne Haus

by Paula Dehmel Read by Eva K. 4.6
Die Erzählerin wohnt in einem grünen Haus, zusammen mit ihren drei Kindern und dem Dackel Dido. In ihrem Garten steht ein besonder…

Habits that Handicap

by Charles B. Towns Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Habits that Handicap delves into the complex world of addiction, exploring the psychological and social factors that contribute to alcoholis…

Careers of Danger and Daring

by Cleveland Moffett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In this volume of adventure the author depicts the lives of certain humble modern heroes whose unconscious courage ordinarily goes unnoticed…

Five Months at Anzac

by Joseph Lievesley Beeston Read by Annise 4.2
A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force . From his leaving Australi…

Briefe aus dem Gefängnis

by Rosa Luxemburg Read by Hokuspokus 4.6
Rosa Luxemburg war eine bedeutende Vertreterin der europäischen Arbeiterbewegung und des proletarischen Internationalismus. Sie geh&oum…

The Lore of the Honey-Bee

by Tickner Edwardes Read by Steve C 3.8
The sun shines — you know it has always shone, changeless as Time itself. With such a faith — unfounded and therefore incontestable — I cam…

Kings, Queens and Pawns

by Mary Roberts Rinehart Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A personal account of the American author's visit to Europe in January 1915 while a war correspondent in Belgium for The Saturday Evening Po…

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…

Observations of an Orderly

by Ward Muir Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Ward Muir brings us into the heart of an English war hospital, describing scenes of cleanliness, triumph, order and sadness. Through the eye…

The Exiles of Florida

by Joshua Giddings Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
“The Author of the following work has endeavored to give a faithful record of … the Exiles of Florida. Torn from their native land, their fr…

My Mother and I

by Elizabeth Gertrude Stern Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
Elizabeth Stern was two and a half years old, when her family emigrated from Poland to Pittsburgh. My Mother and I is the story of Stern's A…

Christy

by Michael Thomas Cunningham Read by Michael Thomas Cunningham 4.5
A journey tale about love, loss, and what it truly means to come home. Christy, a woman hardened by the streets and clinging to a life of…

Thank God For Plan B, Because Plan A Didn't Work

by Michael Mahue Moore Read by Michael Mahue Moore 4.2
I believe that in everyone's life there is “PLAN A” and a “PLAN B”; however, not in the traditional sense as in having a backup plan, but ra…

Extreme Christianity

by Vic Zarley Read by Vic Zarley 3.5
G. K. Chesterton said, "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried." …

The New-York Gardener

by P. Agricola Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A series of twelve letters from a proud father to a son who has just bought his own farm. The author instructs "my dear son" not t…

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