Memoirs

My Brilliant Career

by Miles Franklin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Sybella: "There is no plot in this story, because there has been none in my life or in any other life which has come under my notice. I…

Exotics and Retrospectives

by Lafcadio Hearn Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings a…

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…

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…

Letters of Ulysses S. Grant

by Ulysses S. Grant Read by Jim Clevenger 4.1
Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man a…

Fourteen Months in American Bastiles

by Francis Key Howard Read by Katie Riley 5
Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…

The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers

by Abraham Tomlinson Read by FNH 4.6
"Perceiving that much of the intrinsic value of these Journals would consist in a proper understanding of the historical facts to which…

Struggles and Triumphs

by P. T. Barnum Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the "Greatest Show on Earth," P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It d…

A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukaw…

by Ukawsaw Gronniosaw Read by TriciaG 4
Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 - 1775) was a freed slave and autobiographer. His autobiography is considered…

Eighty Years and More

by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…

A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis

by Noah Davis Read by Bryan Ness 4.3
The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is toRAISE SUFFICIENT MEANS TO FREE HIS LAST TWO CHILDREN FROM SLAVERY.Havin…

On the Trail of The Immigrant

by Edward A. Steiner Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
How did the immigrants come to America? Who were they? What Where did they come from? In this book, Edward Steiner tells of the experiences…

Notes of a War Correspondent

by Richard Harding Davis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Notes of a War Correspondent offers a vivid glimpse into the life of a journalist navigating the tumultuous landscapes of war. Richard Hardi…

The Harbor

by Ernest Poole Read by Tom Weiss 4.1
The Harbor was written in 1915 by Ernest Poole. The novel is considered by many to be one of Poole’s best efforts even though his book, The …

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova

by Giacomo Casanova Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Giacomo Casanova (April 2, 1725 in Venice – June 4, 1798, in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, wr…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Explore a diverse array of short nonfiction pieces in this engaging collection, featuring works that span various topics and genres. Curated…

The Life of Samuel Johnson

by James Boswell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Boswell's famous work on the life of his admired friend Johnson, the formidable poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, edito…

My First Book

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…

In Our Convent Days

by Agnes Repplier Read by Mary Schneider 3.9
With her usual wit and charm, Ms. Repplier recalls her days at Eden Hall, the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Torresdale, north of Philadelph…

Specimen Days

by Walt Whitman Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his e…

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