Essays & Short Works

Essay on the Creative Imagination

by Théodule-Armand Ribot Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.9
"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attemp…

The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book

by William F. Bigelow Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
A collection of articles from Good Housekeeping magazine, The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book focuses on the subject of marriage. With instr…

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…

Not That It Matters

by A. A. Milne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
More of the witty, wry, and deliciously wicked essays and articles written by Milne. Most people know him as the creator of Winnie The Pooh,…

The Life of Reason

by George Santayana Read by Fredrik Karlsson 4
The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-bo…

Emily Dickinson on Death

by Emily Dickinson Read by Libby Gohn 4.5
Emily Dickinson is one of the most intriguing of American poets. Since she grew increasingly reclusive, very few of her poems were published…

My Path to Atheism

by Annie Besant Read by Kevin Green 3.9
My Path to Atheism is a remarkable document in many ways, not least that it was written by a woman in Victorian England, not the most open f…

Practical Talks by an Astronomer

by Harold Jacoby Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The present volume has not been designed as a systematic treatise on astronomy. There are many excellent books of that kind, suitable for se…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 3 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:The Rivers and Valleys of PennsylvaniaTopographic M…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independ…

Perpetual Peace, A Philosophic Essay

by Immanuel Kant Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.8
This essay, written in 1795, puts forth a plan for a lasting peace between nations and peoples. Kant puts forth necessary means to any peace…

Walden

by Henry David Thoreau Read by Nick Bulka 4.4
Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a refl…

Happy Days

by A. A. Milne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Although best known for his Winnie the Pooh stories, A.A. Milne spent years as an editor at the English humor magazine Punch. These sprightl…

Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot

by Soyen Shaku Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Look! it's the science of sitting, No! it's the science of meditating, No! it's Zen. If you wanted to know anything regarding Zen Buddhism a…

Institutio Oratoria

by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus Read by Leni 4.8
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was of Spanish origin, being born about 35 A.D. at Calagurris. At Rome he met with great success as a teacher and…

The Mason-Bees

by Jean-Henri Fabre Read by Bellona Times 4.1
This is more than a book about bees and their lives; the author talks about his cats, red ants, and insect psychology in general. Jean Hen…

The Humbugs of the World

by P. T. Barnum Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
P. T. Barnum exposes some of the chief humbugs of the world with his usual entertaining style. He looks at medicine and quacks, ghosts, witc…

Funeral Oration on Meletius

by St. Gregory of Nyssa Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 4.7
Saint Meletius was Patriarch of Antioch from 360 until his death in 381. One of his last acts was to preside over the First Council of Const…

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…

Psychotherapy

by Hugo Münsterberg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Talking about viewing the Ocean "If I take the attitude of appreciation, it would be absurd to say that this wave is composed of chemic…

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