Biography & Autobiography

The Meaning of the Glorious Koran

by Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Koran (Qur'an) is regarded by Muslims as the word of God (Allah) as revealed to the prophet Muhammad. It is divided into 114 chapters (…

The Story of Old France

by H. A. Guerber Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The aim of this volume is to give a complete graphic account of the main features of the history of France to 1715 A.D., with as much additi…

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…

Random Reminiscences of Men and Events

by John D. Rockefeller Read by William Tomcho 4.2
Random Reminiscences of Men and Events offers a unique glimpse into the life and thoughts of John D. Rockefeller, one of the most influentia…

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…

A Year Amongst the Persians

by Edward Granville Browne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Edward Granville Browne, born in Stouts Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire, England, was a British orientalist who published numerous articles and …

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…

Beautiful Joe

by Marshall Saunders Read by Allyson Hester 4.4
Beautiful Joe is a real dog, and "Beautiful Joe" is his real name. He belonged during the first part of his life to a cruel master…

Great Artists

by Jennie Ellis Keysor Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Great Artists by Jennie Ellis Keysor offers an insightful exploration into the lives and works of some of history's most renowned painters, …

Bismarck

by Georges Lacour-Gayet Read by Pamela Nagami 4.3
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) famously said, "The great questions of the day will not be settled by speeches or the decisions of the ma…

Art and Morality

by Stuart Mason Read by Martin Geeson 4.9
“Who can help laughing when an ordinary journalist seriously proposes to limit the subject-matter at the disposal of the artist?”“We are dom…

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…

Richard I

by Jacob Abbott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Richard I by Jacob Abbott offers a concise yet insightful exploration of one of history's most renowned figures. Known as Richard the Lionhe…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects

by Giorgio Vasari Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…

Dogs and All About Them

by Robert Leighton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
This comprehensive guide on dog-rearing looks at dogs as more than just pets - as people's best friends. The author describes each breed of …

Ten Days that Shook the World

by John Reed Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Ten Days that Shook the World (1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917…

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…

Autobiography

by John Stuart Mill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), British philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influe…

Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven

by Ludwig Van Beethoven Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Explore the intimate thoughts and reflections of one of history's greatest composers in Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven. This colle…

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