Memoirs

A Confederate Girl's Diary

by Sarah Morgan Dawson Read by Jacquerie 4.6
Sarah Morgan Dawson was a young woman of 20 living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when she began this diary. The American Civil War was raging. …

Ester Ried's Namesake

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.7
In Ester Ried's Namesake, Esther Ried Randall grapples with the weight of her name and the expectations that come with it. As she navigates …

The Escaping Club

by A. J. Evans Read by Tom Weiss 4.6
Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly &…

The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan Read by MaryAnn 4.9
The Pilgrim's Progress is a profound Christian allegory that follows the journey of Christian, an everyman character, as he embarks on a que…

High Adventure

by James Norman Hall Read by John W. Michaels 4.6
High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unp…

Meister Eckhart's Sermons

by Meister Eckhart Read by Eric Metzler 4.8
In Meister Eckhart's Sermons, the profound insights of a medieval philosopher-theologian come to life through a collection of seven thought-…

Ten Days in a Madhouse

by Nellie Bly Read by Alys AtteWater 4.5
In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an …

Roast Beef, Medium

by Edna Ferber Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
This book follows the adventures of Emma McChesney, a smart and savvy divorced mother who travels the Midwest as a sales representative for …

California Coast Trails

by Joseph Smeaton Chase Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.8
In 1911, decades before California's coast Highway 1 was built, an Englishman rode 2000 miles on horseback the length of California, from Me…

The Atrocities of the Pirates

by Aaron Smith Read by James K. White 4.3
In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England.…

A Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound

by John R. Jewitt Read by Sue Anderson 4.6
John Jewitt (1783-1821), a blacksmith by trade, spent the years 1803-1806 as a slave among the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound, off t…

Of the Love of God

by Saint Francis de Sales Read by dave7 4.9
Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Bishop of Geneva from 1602, was a renowned spiritual director who produced two classic guidebooks for earthly …

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…

Their Yesterdays

by Harold Bell Wright Read by Megan Kunkel 4.7
Their Yesterdays by Harold Bell Wright invites listeners into a reflective journey through the essence of human experience. This novel follo…

Twelve Years a Slave

by Solomon Northup Read by Rob Marland 4.7
Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. After being held for…

Sergeant York and His People

by Sam K. Cowan Read by Brett W. Downey 4.7
From a cabin back in the mountains of Tennessee, forty-eight miles from the railroad, a young man went to the World War. He was untutored in…

Travels in Alaska

by John Muir Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
In 1879 John Muir went to Alaska for the first time. Its stupendous living glaciers aroused his unbounded interest, for they enabled him to …

The Divine Companion

by James Allen Read by Audio Andrea 4.8
It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at any particular time or in any one year, for he was engaged in it over many years…

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.7
Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha…

Two Years Before the Mast

by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
While there are many books upon the subject of sea life, there are few that can compare with Two Years Before the Mast. It is the story of a…

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