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	Secret Memoirs Of The Courts Of Europe Vol.I - Illustrated Keywords: Secret Memoirs Downloads: 185
	The Memoirs of the Count de Rochefort - Courtilz de Sandras The Memoirs of The Count de Rochefort? now translated into English Keywords: Rochefort; Memoirs Downloads: 113
	Memoirs Of Rachel - Madame De B Keywords: Memoirs Of Rachel
	waiting to live 051809 autobiogrqphical notes Keywords: memoirsautobiographicalcryonics Downloads: 2
	Gene Henderson Storied Gifts Interviews part one Excerpts from Storied Gifts Interviews with Gene Henderson for his memoir book titled "Looking Forward." Keywords: personal history; elders; memoirs Downloads: 166
	The Golden Age - Kenneth Grahame The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and originally published in book form in 1895, in London by The Bodley Head, and in Chicago by Stone & Kimball. (The Prologue and six of the stories had previously appeared in the National Observer, the journal then edited by William Ernest Henley.) Widely praised upon its first appearance—Algernon Charles Swinburne, writing in the Daily Chronicle, called it "one of the few books which are well-nigh too pr... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; audiobook; children; memoirs Downloads: 159,360 Average rating: (0 review)
	Memoirs_Of_Bert_E_Fredrickson - Bert E. Fredrickson This is the memoirs of an attorney, judge, inventor, and hunter named Bert Fredrickson The document format is DjVu. Here are browser plug-ins and viewer software to open the file with: http://www.lizardtech.com/download/dl_options.php?page=plugins http://www.caminova.net/en/downloads/download.aspx?id=1 http://djvu.org/links/ Keywords: Bert Fredrickson; memoirs; autobiography Downloads: 3
	Stepping Heavenward - E. Prentiss Stepping Heavenward is the journal of a girl named Katherine Mortimer. Katy meets a young man who she loves & wants to marry but her mother is very much against their plans. But Katy’s life goes on through her marriage & motherhood and many tragedies. Her life is a constant struggle to step heavenward. Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: diary; memoirs; prentiss; librivox Downloads: 10,601 Average rating: (0 review)
	Waiting to Live 090609 - John J. Kansevich Memoirs of John J. Kansevich Keywords: memoirs; cryonics; gay male Downloads: 4
	Memoirs Of The Empress Eugenie (Vol2) - Comte Fleury Keywords: Memoirs Of The Empress Eugenie Downloads: 134
	Secret Memoirs Of The Court Of Berlin - Honore Gabriel Riqueti Keywords: Secret Memoirs Of The Court Downloads: 1,007
	Memoirs Of The Empress Eugenie(Vol 1) - Comte Fleury Keywords: Memoirs Of The Empress Eugenie Downloads: 134
	Confessions of Two Brothers - John Cowper Powys and Llewelyn Powys LibriVox recording of Confessions of Two Brothers by John Cowper Powys and Llewelyn Powys, read by Keri Ford and Grant Peterson A short self portrait of Powys’ beliefs, temperament and peculiarities which prefigures his later, greater Autobiography. (Summary by Keri Ford) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: LibriVox; Audio Books; Memoirs; Powys Downloads: 754 Average rating: (0 review)
	De Profundis - Oscar Wilde Librivox recording of De Profundis by Oscar Wilde. Read by Aaron Elliott. This short work of Wilde's was written during his two year incarceration for "gross indecency". This work is a letter which sorts out his life, and his love toward Lord Alfred Douglas. Wilde wrote this as a farewell letter to Douglas. (summary by Aaron Elliott) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org. Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; wilde; letters; memoirs Downloads: 6,881 Average rating: (0 review)
	Hauptlinien Der Elemente Bei Normalem Druck - F.Exner. E.Haschek Keywords: Secret Memoirs Of The Court Downloads: 84
	Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel - Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel Keywords: Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel Downloads: 1,079
	Memoirs Of My Dead Life - George Moore Keywords: Memoirs Of My Dead Life Downloads: 118 Average rating: (1 review)
	Over the Top - Arthur Empey LibriVox recording of Over the Top, by Arthur Empey. Read by Mark F. Smith. Arthur Guy Empey was an American who responded to the sinking of the Lusitania by enlisting with the British Army to fight in France. His experiences in the trenches, including his ultimate wounding and convalescence, became this book. When published in 1917, it was a major hit and helped the recruiting effort when America entered the Great War... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: WWI; war; memoirs; Librivox; audiobook Downloads: 1,614 Average rating: (1 review)
	Secret Memoirs Of The Courts Of Europe Vol Ii - Count Mirabeau Keywords: Secret Memoirs Of The Courts Downloads: 63
	The Story of a Soul - Saint Therese of Lisieux LibriVox recording of The Story of a Soul, by Saint Therese of Lisieux. Read by Ann Boulais. Marie Francoise Therese Martin, affectionately known as 'The Little Flower', was born on January 2, 1873, in Alencon, France to Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin. She was the youngest and one of five surviving sisters of the nine Martin children. When Therese was 3, her mother died. Louis Martin moved his family to Lisieux to be closer to his late wife's brother and his family... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; audiobook; religion; memoirs; autobiography Downloads: 537
	The Humbugs of the World - P. T. Barnum LibriVox recording of The Humbugs of the World, by P. T. Barnum. Read by various readers. P. T. Barnum exposes some of the chief humbugs of the world with his usual entertaining style. He looks at medicine and quacks, ghosts, witchcraft, religious humbugs, money manias, adventurers, personal reminiscences, and much more. (Summary by Barry Eads) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; memoirs; scams; quacks
	My 'Lil Valuable - Phillip Michael Sawatzky File under, Alcoholism, Grievng, Memoirs. A narrative non-fictional account of the last year(s) of Mary Louise Santiago, the love of my life, who died in 2004. As part of my healing process, I wrote this text in 9-05, juxtaposed it with original poems and photos, and may use it as part of historical fiction work. 70 pages, double-spaced. Keywords: Santiago Mary Louise; Alcoholism; Grief; Memoirs Average rating: (0 review)
	Personal Memoirs Of U.S. Grant (Vol Ii) - Ulysses S. Grant Keywords: Personal Memoirs Of U.S. Grant Downloads: 123
	Father and Son - Edmund Gosse LibriVox recording of Father and Son by Edmund Gosse. Father and Son (1907) is a memoir by poet and critic Edmund Gosse, which he subtitled "a study of two temperaments." The book describes Edmund's early years in an exceptionally devout Plymouth Brethren home. His mother, who dies early and painfully of breast cancer, is a writer of Christian tracts. His father, Philip Henry Gosse, is an influential, though largely self-taught, invertebrate zoologist and student of marine biology who, after his... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: non fiction; gosse; memoirs; religion; audiobook; librivox Downloads: 706 Average rating: (0 review)
	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass LibriVox recording of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Read by Jeanette Ferguson. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel t... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobooks; douglass; slavery; memoirs; abolition Downloads: 28,309 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova, Volume 1 - Giacomo Casanova LibriVox recording of The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova, Volume 1, by Giacomo Casanova (transl. by Arthur Machen). This is the first of five volumes. - Giacomo Casanova (1725 in Venice – 1798 in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, writer, and womanizer. He used charm, guile, threats, intimidation, and aggression, when necessary, to conquer women, sometimes leaving behind children or debt... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; audiobook; audio book; memoirs; casanova; venice Downloads: 3,966 Average rating: (0 review)
	Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria - William Westgarth Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at Leith and Edinburgh, and at Dr Bruce's school at Newcastle-on-Tyne. He then entered the office of G. Young and Company of Leith, who were engaged in the Australian trade, and realizing the possibilities of the new land, decided to emigrate to Australia. He arrived in Melbourne, then a town of three or four thousand inhabitants, in December 1840... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: history; librivox; melbourne; victoria; westgarth; memoirs Downloads: 2,462 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Story of My Misfortunes - Peter Abelard LibriVox recording of The Story of My Misfortunes or Historia Calamitatum, by Peter Abelard. Read by Martin Geeson. Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating. Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, as of course does the very concept of Self.Peter Abelard, the medieval philosopher and composer, here gives a concise but vivid survey of his notoriously calamitous life... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: Abelard; memoirs; epistle; biography; audiobook; librivox Downloads: 433
	The Wave Theory Of Light - Henry Crew, Ph.D. Keywords: Memoirs On The Wave Theory Of Light Downloads: 1,288 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	waiting to live 051809 autobiogrqphic, memoirs of a future cryonaut. Keywords: cryonics; existential; memoirs; futurist; cryonics; immortalist; aetheist Downloads: 4
	Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail - Ezra Meeker and Howard Driggs LibriVox recording of Ox-Team Days on the Oregon TrailDays, by Ezra Meeker and Howard Driggs. Ezra Meeker...was an early pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by ox cart as a young man. Beginning in his 70s, he worked tirelessly to memorialize the trail, repeatedly retracing the trip of his youth. This book is a memoir of those days.(Summary by Wikipedia) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; memoirs; Oregon Trail; pioneers Downloads: 1
	Four Weeks in the Trenches - Fritz Kreisler LibriVox recording of Four Weeks in the Trenches, by Fritz Kreisler. Read by FNH A brief record of the fighting on the Eastern front in the great war by a participant in that great and terrible conflict (Summary by FNH) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: LibriVox; Audiobooks; musician; memoirs; war; trenches; eastern front Downloads: 589
	A Gold Hunter's Experience - Chalkley J. Hambleton LibriVox recording of A Gold Hunter's Experience, by Chalkley J. Hambleton. Read by Sue Anderson. "Early in the summer of 1860, I had an attack of gold fever. In Chicago, the conditions for such a malady were all favorable. Since the panic of 1857 there had been three years of general depression, money was scarce, there was little activity in business, the outlook was discouraging, and I, like hundreds of others, felt blue." Thus Chalkley J... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; gold rush; biography; memoirs; western Downloads: 345
	Italian Memoirs of Peninsular War 1808-1813 - Virgilio Ilari An historical overview on the Italian military memoirs of the Peninsular War (also called "guerra de la independencia nacional" and "guerra di Spagna") Keywords: Peninsular War Napoleonic Wars Napoleonic military memoirs Napoleonic Italian military Downloads: 16
	Le Petit Nord - Anne MacLanahan Grenfell and Katie Spalding LibriVox recording of Le Petit Nord, or Annals of a Labrador Harbour, by Anne (MacLanahan) Grenfell and Katie Spalding. Read by Sean Michael Hogan. A collection of letters from Anne (MacLanahan) Grenfell, future wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, regarding her year of missionary service at the orphanage in St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Summary by Sean Michael Hogan) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; audiobook; grenfell; spalding; memoirs; biography; Canada; Newfoundland; missionary; orphans Downloads: 114
	Specimen Days - Walt Whitman LibriVox recording of Specimen Days by, Walt Whitman Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his experience serving as a nurse during the Civil War and travelling around America. It is a book called Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: specimen; days: documents; whitman; non fiction; memoirs; librivox; audio books Downloads: 1,163 Average rating: (0 review)
	Confessions, volumes 1 and 2 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau LibriVox recording of Confessions, volumes 1 and 2, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Read by Martin Geeson. “Thus I have acted; these were my thoughts; such was I.” Rousseau’s lengthy and sometimes anguished dossier on the Self is one of the most remarkable and courageous works of introspection ever undertaken. Some readers may be repelled by his tendency to revel in embarrassing accounts of humiliation and fiasco, as if he were striving too hard to achieve an ultimate nakedness, a nakedness of t... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: LIbrivox; audiobook; non-fiction; memoirs; psychology; Rousseau
	Bibliography of Italy in the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815 - Virgilio Ilari A study on the Italian military memoirs and bibliography about the Napoleonic Wars in Italy as well as on the Italian troops in the Peninsular War and in the Russian and German campaigns Keywords: * Military history * Napoleonic Wars * Napoleonic Italy * Bibliography * Memoirs * Italian napoleonic veterans Downloads: 1
	Dere Mable - Edward Streeter LibriVox recording of Dere Mable, by Edward Streeter. Read by Rob Kunkel. Bill is in training camp, preparing to go off to World War I. This book is a collection of love letters written to his sweetheart, Mable. The letters are humorous, mis-spelled, and have many stories of life in an army camp - all from Bill's unique perspective. (summary by Rob Kunkel) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; audio book; letters; love letters; edward streeter; humor; romance; war stories; memoirs Downloads: 647 Average rating: (1 review)
	A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains - Isabella L. Bird Librivox recording of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird. Read by Laura Caldwell. Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single woman in her early forties when she made her treck through the Rocky Mountains. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains details this fascinating account of her travels through a series of letters written to her sister, Henrietta... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; travel; nonfiction; memoirs; letters; Rocky Mountain; Estes Park; Colorado; mountain men; pioneers Downloads: 2,801 Average rating: (0 review)
	Movie Reviews 2006 - DJsaan My first attempt at creating a podcast where I review six movies. Keywords: Syraiana; Worlds Fastest Indian; Memoirs of a Geisha; Capote; The Aviator; Good Night and Good Luck; Brokeback Mountain; Crash Downloads: 120 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby - John S. Mosby LibriVox recording of The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby, by John S. Mosby. Read by Mark Smith. This is not a work of fiction! These are the actual memoirs of a legendary leader of partisans who bedeviled the Union army for years, almost within sight of the capitol. With only a few local men under command, John Singleton Mosby's ability to strike fast and then melt away before an effective pursuit could be organized kept the Yankee forces awake and often snarled in knots... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; audio book; memoirs; biography; autobiography; john mosby; war; civil war; american civil war; confederacy; history Downloads: 2,343 Average rating: (0 review)
	Parallel passages from two tales elucidating the origin of the plot of Guy Mannering - French, Gilbert J. (Gilbert James), 1804-1866 Keywords: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832; Memoirs of an unfortunate young nobleman returned from a thirteen years slavery in America Downloads: 43
	Reminiscences of Captain Gronow - Rees Howell Gronow LibriVox recording of Reminiscences of Captain Gronow, by Captain Rees Howell Gronow. Read by Ruth Golding. A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century Paris, by a sometime Grenadier Guards officer, unsuccessful parliamentarian, and dandy. Gronow displays some social attitudes of the day which would now be regarded as unacceptable, but is a clever raconteur who brings to life both the horrors of war an... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; memoirs; war; military history; peninsular war; battle of waterloo; regency; london; paris; Second French Empire Downloads: 1,213 Average rating: (1 review)
	Of Rice and Zen - Episode 2 - A Oh good god A arrives in Japan to teach for an English conversation school and dribbles bollocks into a microphone. Feast your ears on my larynx and decide if the baka gaijin life is for you. Keywords: aeon; ALT; baka gaijin; chain school; eigo no sensei; English teacher; engrish; gaijin; gaijin memoirs; gambatte; geos; Hokkaido; Ice bar; izakaya; Japan; Japanese; JET; Kansai; Kyoto; memoirs of a gaijin; meta; Moiwa yama; monterey hotel; Mount moiwa; Nova; otaru; photos; pikki; podcast; sapporo; sapporo beer; sapporo brewery; snow festival; sumo; teach english; teach in japan; teacher; teaching English; tokyo; Yamashina; yongfook Downloads: 470 Average rating: (0 review)
	Of Rice and Zen - Episode 4 - A This 'week' we discuss your training and your first three days at work. The show is short to reflect how little time you will have outside of work. It includes references to the world famous Cock-Film Game and name-checks podcasting legends such as Terrance Young of the Kobe Beef show and Yongfook of Yongfook.com for some added nerd-chic. Keywords: Technorati Tags: aeon; ALT; baka gaijin; chain school; eigo no sensei; English teacher; engrish; gaijin; gaijin memoirs; ganbatte; geos; gion; izakaya; Japan; Japanese; JET; Kansai; Kyoto; memoirs of a gaijin; nihon; Nova; photos; pikki; podcast; teach english; teach in japan; teacher; teaching English; zen Downloads: 258 Average rating: (0 review)
	Of Rice and Zen - Episode 24 - A No time for love Mr Monkeybridge, we got company! It's 2,000 homeless Nova teachers Nova and they want your ass on toast. A fights off a mean cold to give you details of how the world famous eikaiwa is bordering closely on a declaration of bankruptcy. Mere days away from unemployment and a trip to Guam A podcasts from the last creaky floorboards surrounded by the burning embers of the house of Nova. Keywords: nova president missing; nova set to close; aeon; ALT; baka gaijin; chain school; eigo no sensei; English teacher; engrish; gaijin; gaijin memoirs; ganbatte; geos; izakaya; Japan; Japanese; JET; job; kanji; Kansai; Kyoto; memoirs of a gaijin; meta; nihon; Nova; photos; pikki; podcast; shiga; teach english; teach in japan; teacher; teaching English; Yamashina; zen Downloads: 862 Average rating: (0 review)
	Of Rice and Zen - Episode 5 - A This 'week' I discuss toilets and how to avoid dying on them, hand teleportation devices, working at a chain school and what to do on your days off. I tried to stay sober this time but it seems that didn't help with the windypops. Keywords: Technorati Tags: aeon; ALT; baka gaijin; chain school; eigo no sensei; English teacher; engrish; gaijin; gaijin memoirs; ganbatte; geos; gion; izakaya; Japan; Japanese; JET; Kansai; Kyoto; memoirs of a gaijin; nihon; Nova; photos; pikki; podcast; teach english; teach in japan; teacher; teaching English; zen Downloads: 283 Average rating: (0 review)
	Of Rice and Zen - Episode 2 - A The lost second episode featuring pre-game nerves, drunkeness and some really bad taste Keywords: aeon; ALT; baka gaijin; chain school; eigo no sensei; English teacher; engrish; gaijin; gaijin memoirs; ganbatte; geos; izakaya; Japan; Japanese; JET; job; kanji; Kansai; Kyoto; memoirs of a gaijin; meta; nihon; Nova; photos; pikki; podcast; shiga; teach english; teach in japan; teacher; teaching English; Yamashina; zen Downloads: 326 Average rating: (0 review)
	Of Rice and Zen - Episode 22 - A A's back to tell you about living with a Japanese family, the unluckiest girl in the world, prepubescent genitals, sunburn on one eye, the soaring divorce rate, conversation free conversation schools and the Japanese difficulty with doors. Keywords: aeon; ALT; baka gaijin; chain school; eigo no sensei; English teacher; engrish; gaijin; gaijin memoirs; ganbatte; geos; izakaya; Japan; Japanese; JET; job; kanji; Kansai; Kyoto; memoirs of a gaijin; meta; nihon; Nova; photos; pikki; podcast; shiga; teach english; teach in japan; teacher; teaching English; Yamashina; zen Downloads: 1,302 Average rating: (0 review)