War & Military
Running the Blockade
Read by Delmar H Dolbier
Thomas E. Taylor
The first-person experiences and adventures of blockade runner during the American civil war. - Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier
War Stories for My Grandchildren
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John Watson Foster
After years of telling these stories to his grandchildren, Foster was prevailed on to write them down for future generations. Rather than re…
The A.E.F.
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Heywood Broun
In 1917, the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) arrived in Europe to fight alongside the French and British allied forces. American journa…
The Wars of the Roses
Read by Pamela Nagami
Robert Balmain Mowat
The Wars of the Roses, 1377-1471, were a series of English civil wars fought for the control of the throne of England between two rival cade…
Cardinal de Richelieu
Read by Pamela Nagami
Eleanor C. Price
Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642), the dreaded red eminence, mentor and manager of Louis XIII, skilled in logistics,…
Stories of the Ships
Read by David Wales
Lewis R. Freeman
While most associate the "Great War" with trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, and poison gas, ships played roles in the military …
Theodore Winthrop
Read by David Wales
Theodore Winthrop
Theodore Winthrop (1828 – 1861) was a charismatic writer, lawyer, and world traveler. In the New York Seventh Regiment, he was one of the fi…
A Study Of Army Camp Life During American Revolution
Read by David Wales
Mary Hazel Snuff
Housing, Food, Clothing, Health, Sanitation, Recreation, Religion, Duties, Discipline. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the req…
Canada's Hundred Days
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John Frederick Bligh Livesay
This is the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribution to the Great War…
Celebrated Crimes
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Martin Guerre was a French peasant that, during a long absence, was famously impersonated in the 16th century. Although the real Martin Guer…
Mary Stuart
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of …
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes Of The Civil War
Read by David Wales
Various
Seven narratives published in the late nineteenth century and assembled in this 1913 collection. - Summary by david wales
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers
Read by Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
Abraham Tomlinson
"Perceiving that much of the intrinsic value of these Journals would consist in a proper understanding of the historical facts to which…
History of the Thirty Years War
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Friedrich Schiller
Volume Four covers the battle of Lutzen (November, 1633) to the death of Wallenstein (February, 1634) focusing on the reaction of the Protes…
Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre
Read by Pamela Nagami
Agnes Mary Frances Robinson
Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre (Marguerite de Navarre), (1492-1549), was the sister of Francis I, King of France. She was hig…
The Geneva Conventions
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International Commitee of the Red Cross, Marius De Zayas and International Committee Of The Red Cross
"This Convention represents the fourth updated version of the Geneva Convention on the wounded and sick following those adopted in 1864…
Cardinal Wolsey
Read by Pamela Nagami
Mandell Creighton
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (1473-1530) will always be remembered as the Lord Chancellor who fell from power when he failed to obtain the annulme…