Memoirs

Days on the Road

by Sarah Raymond Herndon Read by Sue Anderson 4.6
“We had spent almost all our money for toll, ferrying and other expenses on the road. It might be a serious matter to be in a strange place…

The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca Read by Sue Anderson 4.7
Few stories of shipwreck and survival can equal that of the 16th century Spaniard Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca who, cast ashore …

Recollections of the Civil War

by Charles Anderson Dana Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Recollections of the Civil War records the events that took place during the American Civil war. It forms one of the most remarkable volumes…

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass Read by Jeanette Ferguson 4.5
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass.…

The Mutiny of the Bounty

by William Bligh Read by John Greenman 4.6
In Bligh's own words, we hear about the lead-up to the famous mutiny and what happened afterwards with the mutineers and the castaways. This…

Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail

by Ezra Meeker Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail is a vivid memoir that transports listeners to the early 19th century, chronicling the experiences of Ezra …

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham Read by Tom Weiss 4.5
Of Human Bondage, published in 1915, is considered to be W. Somerset Maugham’s best work. Many believe the novel to be one of the world’s li…

The Practice of the Presence of God

by Brother Lawrence Read by Phil Chenevert 4.7
Brother Lawrence was born Nicholas Herman around 1610 in Herimenil, Lorraine, a Duchy of France. His birth records were destroyed in a fire …

South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition

by Ernest Shackleton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Shackleton's most famous expedition was planned to be an attempt to cross Antarctica from the Weddell Sea south of the Atlantic to the Ross …

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

by John Muir Read by Sue Anderson 4.7
"The only fire for the whole house was the kitchen stove, with a fire box about eighteen inches long and eight inches wide and deep,- s…

The Maine Woods

by Henry David Thoreau Read by Expatriate 4.6
On August 31, 1846, twenty-nine-year-old Henry David Thoreau left his cabin on Walden Pond to undertake a railroad and steamboat journey to …

Up from Slavery

by Booker T. Washington Read by Andrew Kennedy 4.8
Up from Slavery is the autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington, describing his personal path up from the position of a slave…

Mag and Margaret

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.7
Little Mag Jessup is an orphan girl who works hard as a servant in Mrs. Perkins' boarding house to earn her keep. She has no education, exce…

My Life in Christ

by Saint John Of Kronstadt Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 4.9
My Life in Christ is a profound exploration of faith and spirituality by Saint John of Kronstadt, offering listeners a glimpse into the tran…

C. H. Spurgeon's Prayers

by Charles H. Spurgeon Read by MaryAnn 5
The day on which a volume of C. H. Spurgeon's Pulpit Prayers appears is a day to be desired. Decidedly this selection of the great preacher'…

Out from the Heart

by James Allen Read by Audio Andrea 4.8
Out from the Heart by James Allen offers a profound exploration of personal transformation through the cultivation of virtue. In this insigh…

The Lure of the Labrador Wild

by Dillon Wallace Read by Tom Weiss 4.7
The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, an adventurer and journalist to canoe the system Naskaupi Ri…

Among the Tibetans

by Isabella L. Bird Read by Availle 4.6
Isabella L. Bird was an English traveller, writer and natural historian. She was travelling in the Far East alone at a time when such endeav…

According to Promise

by Charles H. Spurgeon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Charles Haddon (C.H.) Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher and is still known today as the &q…

Our Village

by Mary Russell Mitford Read by Anne Fletcher 4.9
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >