Essays & Short Works
Coffee Break Collection 016 - Crime
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Various
This is the sixteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between about 3 and 15 minut…
Word Portraits of Famous Writers
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Mabel E. Wotton
Mabel Elizabeth Wotton, an author herself, moved in the literary circles of the late nineteenth century establishing many close friendships,…
Essays on Paul Bourget
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Mark Twain
Collection of short essays concerning French novelist and critic Paul Bourget. Included: "What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us" and &quo…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 041
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Various
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a woman in Alaska, Cuban folklore,…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 017
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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. 018
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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 rea…
1912: Short Works Collection
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Various
This is a collection of public domain works either published in 1912, or written in 1912 and published before 1923. The accent is on non-fic…
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
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Sir Walter Scott
A series of letters written by Scott on the history of witchcraft and other supernatural events in England and other locations. He documents…
On the Elementary Electrical Charge
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Robert Andrews Millikan
The experiments herewith reported were undertaken with the view of introducing certain improvements into the oil-drop method of determining …
Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose
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Various
A collection of prose and poetry written principally in the 18th Century. These works of world literature are written in the English languag…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 039
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Various
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include literary figures--Alice Mangold Di…
My Discovery of England
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Stephen Leacock
"In the course of time a very considerable public feeling was aroused in the United States and Canada over this state of affairs. The l…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 051
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. "Im Gerichtssaal" übersetzt von Marie Franzos (1…
The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing
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Mary Webb
Mary Webb was a novelist and poet and two of her novels "Gone to Earth" and "Precious Bane" have been successfully adapt…
Coffee Break Collection 021 - Fairy Tales, Tall Stories and Scams
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Various
This is the twenty-first Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes …
Why is the Negro Lynched?
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Frederick Douglass
We have felt that the most fitting tribute that we, of the Anti-Caste movement, can pay to the memory of this noble and faithful life is to …
The Spirit of American Literature
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John Albert Macy
THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN LITERATURE is a collection of essays reviewing contemporary authors on the literary scene at the turn of the century …
Kleinere Schriften
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Friedrich Schiller
1. Vorrede zu der Geschichte des Maltheserordens nach Vertot von M. N. bearbeitet. (1792)2. Herzog von Alba bei einem Frühstück au…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042
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Various
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…