Essays & Short Works
How to Tell a Story
Read by Claudia Salto
Mark Twain
In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, an…
Revolution and Counter-Revolution
Read by Cate Barratt
Friedrich Engels
Revolution and Counter-Revolution is an account of what happened in Prussia, Austria and other German states during 1848, describing the imp…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…
The Essays of Francis Bacon
Read by Carl Vonnoh, III
Francis Bacon
Voltaire was an atheist. Diderot was Enlightened. But trite titles seldom encompass completely the beliefs of any individual. And this one f…
The Seven Lamps of Architecture
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John Ruskin
The Seven Lamps of Architecture, published in May 1849, is an extended essay written by the English art critic and theorist John Ruskin. The…
Heretics
Read by David Grizzly Smith
G. K. Chesterton
"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First published in 1905. Chesterton had a sense of humor, had a sense …
The Moral Equivalent of War
Read by D.E. Wittkower
William James
The Moral Equivalent of War, the last public utterance of William James, is significant as expressing the opinions of a practical psychologi…
Mark Twain's Speeches
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Spanning the time between 1872 and the year before he died, this collection of after-dinner speeches, random thoughts to "the press&quo…
Short Story Collection
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Various
LibriVox's Short Story Collection 006: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox member…
The Gettysburg Address
Read by Mark F. Smith
Abraham Lincoln
The Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, in November, 1863, followed a few short months after the roiling, acrid clouds of gun…
Moral letters to Lucilius
Read by John Van Stan
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca the Younger’s letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introd…
Von der Kürze des Lebens
Read by redaer
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Veröffentlicht 1829."Es ist nicht wenig Zeit, was wir haben, sondern es ist viel, was wir nicht nützen."Über die Ko…
Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow
Read by Czechchris
Jerome K. Jerome
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second publi…
Dialogo delle lingue
Read by Riccardo Fasol
Sperone Speroni
Pubblicato nel 1542, questo dialogo espone le teorie sulla lingua italiana che, già dal secolo precedente, presero forma, cercando di…
Tremendous Trifles
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
“None of us think enough of these things on which the eye rests. But don't let us let the eye rest. Why should the eye be so lazy? Let us ex…
Mark Twain's Journal Writings
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Volume 1 contains these 12 essays: 1.) "Americans on a Visit to the Emperor of Russia." 2.) "The Austrian Edison keeping scho…
Eugenics and Other Evils
Read by David Grizzly Smith
G. K. Chesterton
I think G.K. Chesterton explains his book rather well in his introduction, but it might help to start with a sense of the time in question. …
The Negro Problem
Read by James K. White
Various
This is a collection of essays, edited by Booker T. Washington, representative of what historians have characterized as "racial uplift …
Little Wars
Read by Mark F. Smith
H. G. Wells
A Game for Boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books…
The Philippics
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivere…