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 World’s Story

by Eva March Tappan Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This is the first volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…

The American Crisis

by Thomas Paine Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
A 13 pamphlet series by 18th century Enlightenment philosopher/author Thomas Paine, published between 1776 to 1783 during and immediately fo…

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…

Music Notation and Terminology

by Karl Wilson Gehrkens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Until relatively recently, music students at all levels of study—from the conservatories to public schools—had few resources available for t…

The Outline of Science

by J. Arthur Thomson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Outline of Science, Volume 1 was written specifically with theman-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Coveringscientific subje…

American Psychology

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This is the second of what is intended to be three projects featuring journal articles which chart the development of psychology as an acade…

What Prohibition Has Done to America

by Fabian Franklin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In What Prohibition Has Done to America, Fabian Franklin presents a concise but forceful argument against the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.…

Mental Efficiency

by Arnold Bennett Read by Ruth Golding 4.1
In this light-hearted yet thought-provoking collection of articles, Bennett offers his thoughts on exercising the mind, organising your life…

The Madman

by Kahlil Gibran Read by David Wales 4.5
Two short books by the Lebanese-American writer, poet, and mystic. Reflections on existence and life, purpose and meaning. His most famous w…

Varied Types

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Ray Clare 4.3
Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of our day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Here he …

On the Future of our Educational Institutions

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by Aaron Rivera 4.2
Nietzsche gives a series of lectures in Bale, Germany on the subject of German educational institutions, and what the best way forward. Sum…

Three Essays on Religion

by John Stuart Mill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
In Three Essays on Religion, John Stuart Mill explores the intricate relationship between faith, reason, and the human experience. Composed …

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…

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

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
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 Communist Manifesto

by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx Read by Mark F. Smith 4.2
The Communist Manifesto was conceived as an outline of the basic beliefs of the Communist movement. The authors believed that the European P…

Conceptions of Divine Love

by St. Teresa of Avila Read by Ann Boulais 4.2
Conceptions of Divine Love offers a profound exploration of the nature of divine affection as articulated by St. Teresa of Avila. Written in…

Little Wars

by H. G. Wells Read by Mark F. Smith 4.2
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…

Floor Games

by H. G. Wells Read by Mark F. Smith 4.5
H.G. Wells had so much fun playing with his children on the floor of their playroom, he decided to write a jovial little book to inspire oth…

The Outline of Science

by J. Arthur Thomson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

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