Memoirs

A Japanese Boy

by Shigemi Shiukichi Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
The life of a Japanese boy in the late 1800's and early 1900's, told simply and beautifully. This isn't about civilizations and governments,…

A Small Boy and Others

by Henry James Read by mb 5
A Small Boy and Others offers a glimpse into the formative years of renowned author Henry James. In this autobiographical work, James reflec…

Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun

by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Read by James K. White 4.7
This memoirs chronicles Madame Vigée Lebrun's childhood and the early discovery of her talent, the fortuitous break that introduced h…

The Spring of Joy

by Mary Webb Read by NoelBadrian 5
Mary Webb was a novelist and poet and two of her novels "Gone to Earth" and "Precious Bane" have been successfully adapt…

Out of the Shadow

by Rose Gollup Cohen Read by Celine Major 4.5
In this interesting autobiography we get a very candid look into the life of Rose Cohen, a Russian Jewish girl who immigrates from Russia to…

Letters of Ulysses S. Grant

by Ulysses S. Grant Read by Jim Clevenger 4.1
Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man a…

The Spell of Egypt

by Robert Smythe Hichens Read by Sibella Denton 4.6
The Spell of Egypt invites listeners on a captivating journey through the landscapes and cultures of Egypt, as seen through the eyes of Brit…

Screen Acting

by Mae Marsh Read by Amanda Friday 4.7
Silent film star, Mae Marsh, recounts her life as an actress in this publication, what she deems as being the answer to thousands of letters…

You Know Me Al

by Ring Lardner Read by Utek 4.7
Big, fat, dumb, lazy, vain, headstrong and cheap, Jack Keefe is a journeyman pitcher with the Chicago White Sox in the rowdy days of the Dea…

The Colored Cadet at West Point

by Henry Ossian Flipper Read by James K. White 4.7
Henry Ossian Flipper--born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856--did not learn to read and write until just before the end…

The Underground Railroad

by William Still Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
"Never before has the working of the Underground Railroad been so thoroughly explained. Here we have in complete detail the various met…

Letters of John Keats

by John Keats Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
These are the letters of John Keats, as written to family, close friends and others during his brief, eventful years as an artist. (However,…

Around the World on a Bicycle

by Thomas Stevens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…

The Journal of a Disappointed Man

by W. N. P. Barbellion Read by Adam Whybray 4.7
The journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from his early childhood through to his early death from complications …

Letters to His Children

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The strong, vigorous, exalted character of a doting father who loved playing with his children and their pets, even while serving as the Pre…

The Diary of a Dead Officer

by Arthur Graeme West Read by Ruth Golding 3.7
Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most …

The New Life

by Dante Alighieri Read by Mary J 4.6
One of Dante's earliest works, La vita nuova or La vita nova (The New Life) is in a prosimetrum style, a combination of prose and verse, and…

Afloat on the Ohio

by Reuben Gold Thwaites Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo.There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife,…

Prelude

by Katherine Mansfield Read by iremonger 4.2
Prelude invites listeners into the evocative world of Katherine Mansfield's childhood in New Zealand, capturing the essence of youth and the…

The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers

by Abraham Tomlinson Read by FNH 4.6
"Perceiving that much of the intrinsic value of these Journals would consist in a proper understanding of the historical facts to which…

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