Politics
Short Nonfiction Collection
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A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independ…
The Masquerader
Read by Tom Weiss
Katherine Cecil Thurston
The Masquerader is one of two Katherine Cecil Thurston’s books that appeared on the Publisher’s Weekly best-seekers list in 1905 (The other,…
Omega
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Camille Flammarion
Omega: The Last Days of the World transports listeners to a thought-provoking vision of the 25th century, where humanity faces an impending …
The Mysterious Forces of Civilization
Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater
Abdu’L-Bahá ‘Abbás
The Mysterious Forces of Civilization (Persian: Risálih-i-Madaníyyih) is a work written before 1875 by ‘Abbás Effend&ia…
Signs of Change
Read by Deborah Brabyn
William Morris
In the 1880s William Morris, the artist and poet famously associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, left the Liberal Party and threw him…
Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War
Read by Allyson Hester
United States Arms Control And Disarmament Agency
Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War offers a critical examination of the potential consequences of nuclear conflict on a global scale. This ins…
Neighbors
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Jacob A. Riis
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…
Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty
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Imbert De Saint-Amand
"Paris in 1792 is no longer what it was in 1789. In 1789, the old French society was still brilliant. The past endured beside the prese…
The Octopus
Read by Delmar H Dolbier
Frank Norris
Frank Norris based his 1901 novel The Octopus (A Story of California) on the Mussel Slough Tragedy of 1880, a bloody conflict between ranche…
Unto this Last
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John Ruskin
Unto This Last is a seminal work by John Ruskin that challenges the foundations of political economy and critiques the prevailing capitalist…
John Quincy Adams
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John T. Morse
John Quincy Adams by John T. Morse offers a detailed exploration of the life of one of America's most significant political figures. This bi…
Sabotage
Read by Enko
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Sabotage by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn explores the concept of sabotage as a strategic tool for workers seeking to assert their rights and chall…
Ideen zu einem Versuch, die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen
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Wilhelm Von Humboldt
Ein klassicher Text des deutschen Liberalismus (Summary by redaer)
Democracy
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry Brooks Adams
Not until after his death in 1918 was it revealed that Henry Adams was the anonymous author of Democracy, which had been published to great …
Major Barbara
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George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara focuses on the family of aristocratic Lady Britomart Undershaft and her estranged husband Andrew, a mill…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the…
The Home and the World
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Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo religionist, visual artist, playwright, nov…
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Henry Morgenthau
Ambassador Morgenthau’s memoirs of his years in the service of the United States in Constantinople, (today Istanbul), are an important prima…
Twenty Years at Hull House
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Jane Addams
Jane Addams was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a long, complex career, she was a pioneer settlement worker…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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A collection of ten short essays or other short nonfiction works in the public domain read by LibriVox volunteers.