Cart | My Downloads | My Account | Help
Audiobooks, Podcasts and Video to Learn From

LearnOutLoud.com is your one-stop destination for audio and video learning.
Browse over 20,000 educational audio books, MP3 downloads, podcasts, and videos.

Home Free Audio & Video Biography
    Search
 
 

 
    Free Resource Email
Sign up for our "Free Resource of the Day Email" to be notified of free audio & video learning titles.
Your E-Mail:
We value your privacy.
 
Free Directory
Catalog
 
    Free Audio Book
  Download our free audio book of the month for November:
Introduction to Poetry.
 
BIOGRAPHY  Tell a Friend   Bookmark This
Biography Free Audio & Video

 See All Biography Titles
 
Andrew Jackson
 
Andrew Jackson
by H.W. Brands
Emerson: The Mind on Fire
 
Emerson: The Mind on Fire
by Robert D. Richardson


 
Artists (23 items)
Autobiography (21 items)
Business Leaders (7 items)
Entertainers (23 items)
Everyday People (28 items)
Military Figures (7 items)
Philosophers (4 items)
Political Figures (29 items)
Religious Figures (5 items)
Scientists (7 items)
  

Learn More about Filtering

Audio Download   Online Audio   Video Download   Online Video  


Sort by
Results per Page   Go

Titles ( 1 - 25 of 139 )
   Next  

 
1.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
by Frederick Douglass
Available on: Audio Download

First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography.
 
2.
The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
by Randy Pausch
Available on: Online Video

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium.
 
3.
C.S. Lewis Literature Overview
C.S. Lewis Literature Overview
by Timothy B. Shutt
Available on: Audio Download

In this lecture professor Timothy Shutt provides an overview of the life and literature of C.S. Lewis. He mentions various viewpoints that people have had about Lewis and says why he thinks Lewis is more popular now than he was in his time.
 
4.
George Washington
George Washington
by William Roscoe Thayer
Available on: Audio Download

One of the finer single volume biographies of Washington, Thayer makes ample use of Washington's letters and writings yielding a rich portrait of the man behind the legend.
 
5.
Walden
Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
Available on: Audio Download

Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond.
 
6.
Einstein & the Mind of God
Einstein & the Mind of God
by Paul Davies
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio

Part one of this series takes Einstein's science as a starting point for exploring the great physicist's perspective on ideas such as mystery, eternity, and the mind of God.
 
7.
Cold War Documentaries - "Atomic City: USA"
Cold War Documentaries - "Atomic City: USA"
by Various
Available on: Audio Download

Fears of a cold war turning hot were rampant from the late 1940’s to the 1980’s and no fear was greater than the fear of a nuclear war and whether or not we were prepared for one.
 
8.
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind
by Sylvia Nasar
Available on: Online Video

Dr. Sylvia Nasar, the author of "A Beautiful Mind" tells the extraordinary story of mathematician John Nash…
 
9.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
Available on: Audio Download

One of the most widely read autobiographies of all time, Franklin's unfinished work is much more than a retelling of a life. It is a recipe for a self-made man. Franklin's pluck and ceaseless ingenuity capture the spirit of revolutionary America.
 
10.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
by Henry Ketcham
Available on: Audio Download

Light and enjoyable biography of America's 16th president, Ketcham draws heavily on personal accounts to portray a more human and accesible Lincoln.
 
11.
Napoleon: Man of the World
Napoleon: Man of the World
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Available on: Audio Download

Part of a larger series of essays in which Emerson examined various historical figures, "Napoleon: Man of the World" is an invaluable study of one of history's great leaders.
 
12.
Emerson: The Mind on Fire
Emerson: The Mind on Fire
by Robert D. Richardson
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio

How do Emerson's ideas about freedom hold up in our age? Did this 19th century abolitionist and philosopher embrace the world around him or retreat into the world of ideas?
 
13.
Mahatma
Mahatma
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Online Video

This is the first complete audio-visual documentary biography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. All events and principles of Gandhi's life and thought are viewed as integrated parts of his truth-intoxicated life depicting permanent and universal values and not merely as stray events of history.
 
14.
Walking Out of History
Walking Out of History
by John Rabe
Available on: Online Audio

28 men lost in Antarctica for almost two years, fighting ice and the ocean. The world gave them up for dead; but every one of them survived.
 
15.
Kandinsky: The Spiritual in Modern Art
Kandinsky: The Spiritual in Modern Art
by Wassily Kandinsky
Available on: Audio Download

Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian-born artist, was one of the first creators of pure abstraction in modern painting.
 
16.
Billy Graham: Technology, Faith and Human Shortcomings
Billy Graham: Technology, Faith and Human Shortcomings
by Billy Graham
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video

Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world -- but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED's archives.
 
17.
Toni Morrison - 1993 Nobel Lecture
Toni Morrison - 1993 Nobel Lecture
by Toni Morrison
Available on: Online Audio

"She is worried about how the language she dreams in, given to her at birth, is handled, put into service..."
 
18.
Chris Gardner on The Pursuit of Happyness
Chris Gardner on The Pursuit of Happyness
by Chris Gardner
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video

Chris Gardner in conversation with 20/20 producer Lynn Redmond about his newly-published autobiography, 'The Pursuit of Happyness.'
 
19.
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
by Jacob Abbott
Available on: Audio Download

Julius Caesar was a Roman military and political leader. He played an important part in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
 
20.
The Osama bin Laden I Know
The Osama bin Laden I Know
by Peter L. Bergen
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video

Peter Bergen and Steve Coll offer a portrait of bin Laden's life and nature.
 
21.
The Last Civil War Widows
The Last Civil War Widows
by Joe Richman
Available on: Audio Download

My name is Alberta Martin and I was born in nineteen hundred and six, the first day of December. I'm the last Confederate widow living as far as anybody knows...
 
22.
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
by H.W. Brands
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video

Though a military hero, Andrew Jackson had a checkered reputation.
 
23.
Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time
Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time
by Khalil Jahshan
Available on: Online Video

Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time.
 
24.
Life in Space
Life in Space
by Helen Sharman
Available on: Online Video

Helen Sharman, the UK's first astronaut, gives a vibrant account of her personal experience of life in space using models and film…
 
25.
Charles Darwin: Evolution & Wonder
Charles Darwin: Evolution & Wonder
by James Moore
Available on: Audio Download

We'll take a fresh and thought-provoking look at Darwin's life and ideas.

Records 1 - 25 of 139 1  2   3   4   5   6     Next  

 
Sort by  
Results per Page    Go
 
Didn't find what you were looking for? Try an Advanced Search.
Home | Bookmark Us | About Us | Contact Us | FAQ | Help | Affiliates | Advertise | Gift Certificates | Newsletter
How to Order | Shipping Rates & Policies | Privacy Policy | Return Policy | Customer Service
Follow us on...  Follow us on twitterFollow us on facebook
Copyright © 2009, LearnOutLoud, Inc. All rights reserved.