Essays & Short Works

The 9/11 Commission Report

by 9/11 Commission Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.3
The 9/11 Commission Report, formally known as the Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, provi…

The Gettysburg Address

by Abraham Lincoln Read by Mark F. Smith 4.6
The Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, in November, 1863, followed a few short months after the roiling, acrid clouds of gun…

Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule

by Mahatma Gandhi Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian i…

Estudio sobre el arte de hablar en público

by Louis Bautain Read by Tux 4.5
El autor de este tratado de oratoria, uno de los individuos mas respetados y que figura entre los tres ó cuatro oradores y pensadores…

Invention And Discovery

by Unknown Read by David Wales 3.8
"In this little volume are brought together a number of sketches and memoranda, illustrating the history of discovery, and the lives an…

The Interpretation of Dreams

by Sigmund Freud Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
A neat book on dream analysis by the founding father of psychoanalysis. This book is about the inner theater and the workings of the mind in…

On the Popular Judgment

by Immanuel Kant Read by D.E. Wittkower 4
This tripartite essay – published variously as “On the Popular Judgment” (J. Richardson trans.), “On the Old Saw” (E.B. Ashton trans.), or “…

Las pasiones y sus signos exteriores

by René Descartes Read by Alba 4.6
La risa La risa consiste en la sangre que procede del ventrículo derecho del corazón, por medio de la arteria, e hincha d…

The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment

by Élisabeth Celnart Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment by Élisabeth Celnart is a comprehensive guide to the social g…

Essays on Political Economy

by Frédéric Bastiat Read by Katie Riley 3.8
Bastiat asserted that the only purpose of government is to defend the right of an individual to life, liberty, and property. From this defin…

The Elements of Style

by William Strunk, Jr. Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater 3.8
“The Elements of Style (1918) by William Strunk, Jr. is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the best-known and most influe…

An Essay on Crimes and Punishments

by Voltaire Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 3.6
Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and th…

Golden mean to 5000 digits

by Jerry Bonnell, Jerry Bonnellandrobert Nemiroff and Robert Nemiroff Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Explore the fascinating world of the golden ratio, a mathematical constant that has captivated artists, architects, and mathematicians for c…

Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei

by Friedrich Engels Read by Rainer 4.6
Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels schrieben ihr Manifest im Dezember 1847, als Leitfaden fuer die grundsaetzlichen Prinzipien und Praktiken des…

Moral Letters

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca Read by Suprada Urval 3.9
This is the second volume of the Letters, Epistles LXVI-XCII. Among the personalities of the early Roman Empire there are few who offer to t…

Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
The Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, that is, the philosopher-scientists who lived before or contemporaneously to Socrates, were the first m…

Obsesiones y fobias

by Sigmund Freud Read by Alba 4.2
Comenzaremos por negar dos aserciones muy frecuentemente repetidas con relación a los síntomas objeto de este estudio, o sea a…

The Three Great Virtues

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Robert Scott 3.3
In this thought-provoking essay, Ralph Waldo Emerson explores the foundational principles of human character through the lens of the three g…

Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

by Grenville Kleiser Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases by Grenville Kleiser is an extensive reference guide designed to enhance your vocabulary and improve your ex…

LibriVox Language Learning Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This collection is part of an initiative to create a language learning resource at LibriVox. The LibriVox Language Learning Collections cont…

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