Francis Bacon

In 1623, Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideas in New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this was his creation of an ideal land where p…

Voltaire was an atheist. Diderot was Enlightened. But trite titles seldom encompass completely the beliefs of any individual. And this one f…

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon published in 1620. The title translates as "new instrument". This is a …

"Now I suppose most people will think I am but entertaining myself with a toy, and using much the same kind of licence in expounding th…

A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the…

Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, edited this volume of prefaces ... authored by a Who's Who of World Literature: Baco…

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include botany, dreams, farming, history, li…

The Librivox Coffee Break Collections are themed anthologies, selected and read by Librivox readers. Each short piece is fifteen minutes lon…

Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 59 contains an eclectic mix of readings, ra…

The Librivox Coffee Break Collections are themed anthologies, selected and read by Librivox readers. Each short piece is fifteen minutes lon…

This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2019.

This is a collection of poems for the month of September 2008