Essays & Short Works

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 057

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Various



Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Natural cataclysm is the subject of several readin…

The Book of This and That

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Robert Lynd



From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as s…

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity

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Nicholas Vachel Lindsay



"Being sundry explorations, made while afoot and penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pe…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 030

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm



Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Die Blumen der kleinen Ida" übersetzt von Paul A…

An Essay on Criticism (version 2)

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Alexander Pope



The title, An Essay on Criticism hardly indicates all that is included in the poem. It would have been impossible to give a full and exact i…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 033

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm



Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.!Ein Wettlauf" übersetzt von Margarete Jacobi"Die…

The Pleasures of Ignorance

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Robert Lynd



From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as c…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 030

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Various



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

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 019

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Various



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

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 035

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Various



Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include how to swim, Navajo silversmithing…

Coffee Break Collection 020 - Old Age

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Various



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

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 02 No. 1-2

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National Geographic Society



National Geographic Magazine Volume 2 Number 1 April 1890.: * On the Telegraphic Determinations of Longitude by the Bureau of Navigation* Re…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013

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Various



A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 028

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Various



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

Some Articles About Mark Twain

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Sarah Knowles Bolton, Charles Hopkins Clark, William M. Clemens and Edmund Yates



"Samuel Langhorne Clemens", "Mark Twain At Home", "Youth of Mark Twain" & "Mark Twain Gossip"Pub…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 03

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National Geographic Society



National Geographic Magazine Volume 3, articles published in 1891 and 1892. South America: Annual Address by the President, Gardiner G. Hubb…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 021

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Various



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

1903 Collection

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Various



This is what people were reading in 1903, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction articles. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Satires and Profanities

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George William Foote



"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought,…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 036

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Various



Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the discovery of X-rays, earthquak…

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