Memoirs

Insurgent Mexico

by John Reed Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In the autumn of 1913 John Reed was sent to Mexico by the Metropolitan Magazine to report the Mexican Revolution. He shared the perils of Pa…

Autobiography of a Seaman

by Lord Thomas Cochrane Read by Timothy Ferguson 4.1
This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to…

History of the Inquisition of Spain

by Henry Charles Lea Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Volume 2 of Lea’s monumental work on the Spanish Inquisition. Volume 2 discusses the organizational structure of the Inquisition, methods us…

Biographia Literaria

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Read by Nicole Lee 3.6
Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark …

The Way of Holiness

by Samuel Logan Brengle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Samuel Logan Brengle was a commissioner in the Salvation Army. His books are known for the practicality, joyfulness and authenticity. His li…

His Big Opportunity

by Amy Le Feuvre Read by Adele de Pignerolles 4.6
His Big Opportunity follows the journey of Dudley and Rob, two young boys inspired by the teachings of their Sunday School. They are determi…

Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel

by Margaret Herschel Read by Kevin Green 5
For many people, the name Caroline Herschel will be unfamiliar, but she was one of the most significant women on the English scientific scen…

Kept for the Master's Use

by Frances Ridley Havergal Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Kept for the Master's Use offers a glimpse into the life of Frances Ridley Havergal, a dedicated missionary and celebrated hymn writer. Thro…

Notes of a War Correspondent

by Richard Harding Davis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Notes of a War Correspondent offers a vivid glimpse into the life of a journalist navigating the tumultuous landscapes of war. Richard Hardi…

The Minor Works of St Teresa of Avila

by St. Teresa of Avila Read by Ann Boulais 4.6
The prayer and Exclamations, or Meditations, of St Teresa of Avila, recorded in honor of the 500th anniversary of the Saint's birth (March 2…

Mounted police life in Canada

by Richard Burton Deane Read by Esther 4.3
Learn more about the famous and respected Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This book is the personal recollections of one ‘Mountie'; his life,…

The New-York Gardener

by P. Agricola Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A series of twelve letters from a proud father to a son who has just bought his own farm. The author instructs "my dear son" not t…

The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers

by Palladius Read by ancientchristian 4.9
The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St.…

American Notes for General Circulation

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. Wh…

The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth

by T. D. Bonner Read by Gary Olman 4.3
Buried amid the sublime passes of the Sierra Nevada are old men, who, when children, strayed away from our crowded settlements, and, gradual…

Christy

by Michael Thomas Cunningham Read by Michael Thomas Cunningham 4.4
A journey tale about love, loss, and what it truly means to come home. Christy, a woman hardened by the streets and clinging to a life of…

The San Francisco Calamity

by Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fi…

The Enormous Room

by E. E. Cummings Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost; and is found."He was lost by the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps.He was …

An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army

by Flora Sandes Read by MaryAnn 4.6
Flora Sandes was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in World War I. Initially a St. John Ambulance volunteer, she trave…

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