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Modern Essays

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Christopher Morley


Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…

Futility: A Novel on Russian Themes

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William Alexander Gerhardi


From the preface written by Edith Wharton:Then I fell upon Futility. Some one said: “It's another new novel about Russia” –and every one of …

O. Henryana

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O. Henry


A book of poems and short stories. - Summary by Fritz

Psmith, Journalist

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P. G. Wodehouse


Psmith takes over editing a paper while the usual editor is away on vacation. He takes on a local slum lord, and divers alarums ensue. (desc…

The Late Mattia Pascal

Read by Peter Tucker


Luigi Pirandello


Mattia Pascal grew up in a small Italian town not dissimilar to that of the author's upbringing. Pascal leads a somewhat feckless boyhood, a…

Notes from the Vault

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Phil Rossi


A blizzard cripples an isolated stretch of US Highway where freezing to death would be a mercy. An antique broker holds the internet in the …

The Man with the Red Beard, A Story of Moscow and London

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David Whitelaw


A journalist just back from a year covering the simmering, not-yet-revolution in Russia, a dissident (or is he a spy?) with a stolen gem, a …

Pipefuls

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Christopher Morley


A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…

Forty-One Letters on Religious Subjects

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John Newton


Among the excellences which appear in all the published letters of Newton, we may mention:In the first place, the grand design — the high an…

The Power of Concentration

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William Walker Atkinson


A series of twenty lessons designed to help develop and improve the power of concentration. (Summary by Andrea Fiore)Written under the pseud…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 13: Baiting the Bears

Read by Keith Salis


Frank Tousey


Phil Thorne can really bounce back! The story starts with him unceremoniously losing his job (due to his own indiscretion), but immediately …

Notes on Life and Letters

Read by Peter Dann


Joseph Conrad


Conrad described the twenty-six essays collected here as a "one-man show" comprising "Conrad literary, Conrad political, Conr…

Vice Chancellor's Welcome

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Andrew Hamilton


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Metamorphosis (version 4)

Read by Phil Chenevert


Franz Kafka


This story, about a man who wakes up transformed into a bug and the repercussions it has on his life and the people around him, has intrigue…

New World Orders

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Edward G. Talbot


In the nineteen-sixties, a group of wealthy men concludes that it's already too late to stop global warming from destroying the planet. But …

The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont

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Robert Barr


Short stories by a colleague of Jerome K. Jerome, and friend of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Barr probably wrote the first parody of Sherlock Hol…

Certain Personal Matters

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H. G. Wells


Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pi…

Francis Bacon



Francis Bacon: CBC Radio - Ideas Part one:  00-11- 29 Tonight on Ideas...Francis Bacon - Renaissance Man. Statesman, philosopher, …

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051

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Various


Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…

Supreme Personality

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Delmer Eugene Croft


Life is self-realization. Every birth is divine. We are born anew every morning. My wish is that you may catch the gleam, be freed from limi…

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