Essays & Short Works

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern

by H. G. Wells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
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 Moral Equivalent of War

by William James Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.4
The Moral Equivalent of War, the last public utterance of William James, is significant as expressing the opinions of a practical psychologi…

The Einstein Theory of Relativity

by Hendrik A. Lorentz Read by Availle 4.4
When Albert Einstein published his first paper on relativity theory, it caused a stir in the physicists' community. When more and more evide…

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

by David Hume Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
David Hume, an eminent Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist, explores the nature and foundation of Morals in this book, which was w…

The I.W.W.

by Vincent St. John Read by P. J. Taylor 4.7
“We must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, ‘Abolition of the wage system’”The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), membe…

Biographies in Sound

4.7
Biographies in Sound was an hour-long documentary radio program that was produced and broadcast in the 1950s. It's one of the best examples …

Christmas Short Works Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Celebrate the spirit of the season with the Christmas Short Works Collection, a delightful anthology of public domain stories, essays, poems…

How We Think

by John Dewey Read by Linda Andrus 4.3
A book written by an American education philosopher in which he proposed “This scientific attitude of mind might, conceivably, be quite irr…

The Essays of Francis Bacon

by Francis Bacon Read by Carl Vonnoh, III 4.4
Voltaire was an atheist. Diderot was Enlightened. But trite titles seldom encompass completely the beliefs of any individual. And this one f…

As a Man Thinketh

by James Allen Read by Algy Pug 4.7
The burgeoning conflict between science and organized religion in the Nineteenth Century had many cultural offshoots, one of the most signif…

Essays

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In his profound collection of essays, Ralph Waldo Emerson explores the intricate relationship between the individual and the universe. Throu…

The Letters of a Post-Impressionist

by Vincent Van Gogh Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
“Being the Familiar Correspondence of Vincent Van Gogh ... [Van Gogh's] art was appreciated during his life only by a very few and it is but…

A Miscellany of Men

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Ray Clare 4.6
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was among the world's most prolific writers who incorporated relentless logic, wonderful humor, and a clear view of…

The Appetite of Tyranny

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In The Appetite of Tyranny, G. K. Chesterton explores the complex interplay between individual actions and the broader societal consequences…

The Relations of Saint Teresa of Avila

by St. Teresa of Avila Read by Ann Boulais 4.7
The Relations of Saint Teresa of Avila offers a profound glimpse into the spiritual journey of one of Christianity's most revered mystics. I…

Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic

by Benedetto Croce Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
One of the earliest works of this Italian philosopher and literary critic, Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic marks t…

Creative Chemistry

by Edwin E. Slosson Read by Adam Marcetich 4.5
Slosson reviews the transformation of alchemistry from an obscure and imprecise practice to the science of chemistry. Along the way, he expl…

Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex

by Sigmund Freud Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In this little book Freud discusses three areas of human sexuality: 1. Sexual perversions or aberrations. In this essay, Freud concludes th…

African-American Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Celebrate the rich tapestry of African American literature with this diverse anthology, curated to honor Black History Month. This collectio…

A Traveller in War-Time

by Winston Churchill Read by Bellona Times 4.5
This is a collection of a series of journalistic articles written during his travels throughout WWI era Europe that Churchill -- the America…

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