The A.E.F.: With General Pershing and the American Forces – Audiobook
THE A.E.F.: WITH GENERAL PERSHING AND THE AMERICAN FORCES – AUDIOBOOK By Heywood Broun (1888 – 1939) In 1917, the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) arrived in Europe to fight alongside the French and British allied forces. American journalist Heywood Broun followed the AEF and reported on their experiences. He published these sketches in book form in […]
First World War Centenary Prose Collection Vol. III – Audiobook
FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY PROSE COLLECTION VOL. III – AUDIOBOOK By Various. This collection of non-fiction and fiction pieces is the third volume commemorating the First World War. The majority of the items, all chosen by the readers, are in English, but the collection also includes pieces in Dutch, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. Please […]
First World War Centenary Prose Collection Vol. II – Audiobook
FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY PROSE COLLECTION VOL. II – AUDIOBOOK By Various. This collection of non-fiction and fiction pieces is the second volume commemorating the First World War. The majority of the items, all chosen by the readers, are in English, but the collection also includes pieces in French and German. Please note that some […]
First World War Centenary Prose Collection Vol. I – Audiobook
FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY PROSE COLLECTION VOL. I – AUDIOBOOK By Various This collection of non-fiction and fiction, with its companion poetry collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. The majority of the items, all chosen by the readers, are in English, but the collection also includes pieces in Dutch, […]
A Short History of Russia – audiobook
A SHORT HISTORY OF RUSSIA – AUDIOBOOK By Lucy Cazalet (1870 – 1956) A Short History of Russia by Lucy Cazalet is a helpful introduction to the people, places, and events that shaped Russia, the largest country in the world. While covering the bullet points of Russian history, the author expands to greater detail when talking […]
The Empresses of Rome – Audiobook
THE EMPRESSES OF ROME – AUDIOBOOK By Joseph Martin McCabe (1867 – 1955) The story of Imperial Rome has been told frequently and impressively in our literature, and few chapters in the long chronicle of man’s deeds and failures have a more dramatic quality. The fresh aspect of this familiar story which I propose to consider […]
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom – Audiobook
RUNNING A THOUSAND MILES FOR FREEDOM – AUDIOBOOK By Ellen Craft (1826 – 1891) and William Craft (1824 – 1900) Ellen and William Craft were a married couple who escaped from slavery in 1848 when Ellen disguised herself as a white, literate man and William pretended to be an accompanying slave. This is their story of their escape to […]
The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, Volume 1 – Audiobook
THE SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VOLUME 1 – AUDIOBOOK By W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 – 1963) The question of the suppression of the slave-trade is so intimately connected with the questions as to its rise, the system of American slavery, and the whole colonial policy of […]
The Epidemics of the Middle Ages – Audiobook
THE EPIDEMICS OF THE MIDDLE AGES – AUDIOBOOK By Justus Hecker (1795 – 1850) and John Caius (1510 – 1573) Tanslated by Benjamin G. Babington (1794 – 1866) Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker (1795-1850) was a German physician and medical writer, whose research focused on the history of epidemics, in a broad sense of the term that included pandemics like the […]
The Crusades – Audiobook
THE CRUSADES – AUDIOBOOK By George William Cox (1827 – 1902) The Crusades were a series of religious wars fought between 1096 and 1272 to recover the Holy Land from Islamic rule. According to the Latin Church, Crusaders were penitent pilgrims whose sins were forgiven. British historian, George Cox, writes of the churchmen, great and small, […]
Social Life in England 1750-1850 – Audiobook
SOCIAL LIFE IN ENGLAND 1750-1850 – AUDIOBOOK By F. J. Foakes-Jackson (1855 – 1941) In 1916, the Cambridge historian, F.J. Foakes-Jackson braved the wartime Atlantic to deliver the Lowell Lectures in Boston. In these wide-ranging and engaging talks, the author describes British life between 1750-1850. There are John Wesley’s horseback peregrinations over thousands of miles of […]
Vietnam: The Advisory Years to 1965 – Audiobook
VIETNAM: THE ADVISORY YEARS TO 1965 – AUDIOBOOK By Robert Futrell (1917 – 1999) This book explains the policy of the United States and France toward Vietnam beginning after World War II until the beginning of America’s entry into the Vietnam War in 1965.
The Influence of Monarchs – audiobook
THE INFLUENCE OF MONARCHS – AUDIOBOOK By Frederick Adams Woods (1873 – 1939) Frederick Adams Woods presents compelling evidence to support the great man theory of history and his own category scientific inquiry known as historiometry, or the study of history. In this work, the summarised history of fourteen European nations that have achieved renown at […]
Great Epochs in American History, Volume I – AUdiobook
GREAT EPOCHS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLUME I – AUDIOBOOK By Francis Whiting Halsey (1851 – 1919) This is the first volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described […]
Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains – Audiobook
ASTORIA; OR, ANECDOTES OF AN ENTERPRISE BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS – AUDIOBOOK By Washington Irving (1783 – 1859) “Astoria” describes the many perilous adventures, discoveries, and disasters experienced by the brave Americans who joined the 1810-1813 Astor Expedition to Oregon. The wealthy New York fur magnate John Jacob Astor masterminded an extensive enterprise with the hope […]
The Pilgrims’ Way from Winchester to Canterbury – Audiobook
THE PILGRIMS’ WAY FROM WINCHESTER TO CANTERBURY – AUDIOBOOK By Julia Mary Cartwright (1851 – 1924) This account of the Way trodden by the pilgrims of the Middle Ages through the South of England to the shrine of St. Thomas of Canterbury originally appeared in the Art Journal for 1892, with illustrations by Mr. A. Quinton. […]
Great Epochs in American History, Volume III – AUDIOBOOK
GREAT EPOCHS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLUME III – AUDIOBOOK By Francis Whiting Halsey (1851 – 1919) This is the third volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described […]
Great Epochs in American History, Volume II – Audiobook
GREAT EPOCHS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLUME II – AUDIOBOOK By Francis Whiting Halsey (1851 – 1919) This is the second volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described […]
Henry the Seventh – Audiobook
HENRY THE SEVENTH – AUDIOBOOK By James Gairdner (1828 – 1912) Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor dynasty, less known than his son, Henry VIII, or granddaughter Elizabeth I, is often overlooked. This King toppled the ruling House that had held England’s throne for over four hundred years, the Plantagenets, and took a divided, war […]
The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth – Audiobook
THE IDEA OF PROGRESS: AN INQUIRY INTO ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH – AUDIOBOOK By John Bagnell Bury (1861 – 1927) John Bagnell Bury was Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University in the early twentieth century. In The Idea of Progress, he assesses the concepts of history found in the classical period and then traces […]
The Life of Clara Barton – Volume 1 – Audiobook
THE LIFE OF CLARA BARTON – VOLUME 1 – AUDIOBOOK By William E. Barton (1861 – 1930) Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing […]
The Life of Clara Barton – Volume 2 – Audiobook
THE LIFE OF CLARA BARTON – VOLUME 2 – AUDIOBOOK By William E. Barton (1861 – 1930) Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing […]
Women of America – AudioBook
WOMEN OF AMERICA – AUDIOBOOK By John Ruse Larus (1858 – 1920) The present volume completes the story of woman as told in the series of which it forms part. The history of nations is, in its ultimate analysis, largely that of woman. Therefore this series in its wide inclusiveness forms a more than ordinarily interesting […]
History of New England, 1630-1649 – Audiobook
HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND, 1630-1649 – AUDIOBOOK By John Winthrop (1587 – 1649) John Winthrop served as governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony for several years. His History of New England, 1630-1649 details life in the colony and narrates several controversies that arose within the plantation. Examples include the excommunication of Anne Hutchinson and a civil […]