Biography & Autobiography

The Life of Charlemagne

by Einhard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Einhard was employed by Charlemagne as a court historian. At the request of Charlemagne's son and successor Louis the Pious, he wrote a biog…

For Greater Things

by William T. Kane Read by Maria Kasper 4.7
Saint Stanislaus Kostka was a 16th century Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. Polish nobleman John Kostka was not pleased with the spir…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

by Herbert Francis Peyser Read by David Wales 4.7
Mozart’s earthly career was so poignantly short yet so filled with incalculable achievement that the author of this booklet finds himself co…

The Lincoln Story Book

by Henry L. Williams Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Subtitle: A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Fo…

Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart

by Maria W. Stewart Read by James K. White 5
Maria W. Stewart was America's first black woman political writer. Between 1831 and 1833, she gave four speeches on the topics of slavery a…

Neighbors

by Jacob A. Riis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…

Soren Kierkegaard

by Various Read by Craig Campbell 4
The writings listed here represent books about Soren Kierkegaard. A fragment of his work, On the Dedication to "That Single Individual&…

Ruth

by King James Version Read by TriciaG 4.6
Ruth is a poignant narrative from the Old Testament that explores themes of loyalty, love, and redemption. Set in the time of the judges, it…

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin Read by Gary Gilberd 4.2
Franklin wrote his autobiography in the form of an extended letter to his son. While recording the events of his life, he adds instructions …

A Bunch of Everlastings

by Frank W. Boreham Read by Tim Bower 4.2
A collection of brief biographies and the text from scripture that was significant in the life of each. It is biography and devotional Bible…

De Profundis

by Oscar Wilde Read by Aaron Elliott 4.3
This short work of Wilde's was written during his two year incarceration for "gross indecency". This work is a letter which sorts …

Unmasked, or the Science of Immorality

by Mary Edwards Walker Read by Pamela Nagami 4.1
Mary Edwards Walker was a physician and surgeon who served in the Civil War. An abolitionist, prohibitionist, and cross-dressing leader of t…

St. Francis of Assisi

by G. K. Chesterton 4.8
In this brief but lively biography, G.K. Chesterton brings all his typical wit and insight into discussing Francis of Assisi. Francis is arg…

All Sorts of People

by Lane Friesen Read by Lane Friesen 5
'All Sorts of People - Ordered Complexity' is a collection of seven linked books: Book One presents personality differences - we may describ…

Hidden Treasures

by Harry A. Lewis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Hidden Treasures offers a collection of inspiring mini-biographies that illuminate the journeys of notable figures who rose from humble begi…

Memoir of Jane Austen

by James Edward Austen-Leigh Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
"The Memoir of my Aunt, Jane Austen, has been received with more favour than I had ventured to expect. The notices taken of it in the …

Boyhood

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Bill Boerst 4.4
Boyhood offers a poignant glimpse into the formative years of one of literature's greatest minds, Leo Tolstoy. This autobiographical novel c…

A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies

by Bartolomé De Las Casas Read by Arnie Horton 4.5
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Spanish: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) is an ac…

The Autobiography of Goethe

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
This Autobiography of Goethe has a lengthy introduction and short biography of Goethe's life by Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) and was translate…

Behind the Scenes

by Elizabeth Keckley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
This is the autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who bought her freedom with the money she earned as a seamstress. She eventua…

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