Essays & Short Works

Second Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow

by Jerome K. Jerome Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Second Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome, offering a witty and insightful look at the quirks…

Book of the Damned

by Charles Hoy Fort Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types o…

The Coming of the Fairies

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
After a number of deaths in his close family, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned to spiritualism in hope of finding proof of the afterlife. Being…

Irish Wit and Humor

by Various Read by James E. Carson 3.7
Excerpted anecdotes from the biographies of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell, relating humorous snippets of politics in 18th and 19th ce…

The Philosophy of Style

by Herbert Spencer Read by Gary Gilberd 4
“The Philosophy of Style,” explored a growing trend of formalist approaches to writing. Highly focused on the proper placement and ordering …

The Sunny Side

by A. A. Milne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The Sunny Side is a collection of short stories and essays by A. A. Milne. Though Milne is best known for his classic children's books, espe…

Lectures on Landscape

by John Ruskin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Lectures on Landscape presents a thought-provoking exploration of landscape painting through the eyes of John Ruskin, a prominent artist and…

An Introduction to Metaphysics

by Henri Bergson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
An Introduction to Metaphysics (Introduction a la Metaphysique) is a 1903 essay by Henri Bergson that explores the concept of reality. For B…

The Kingdom of God Is Within You

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Leo Tolstoy 3.5
When Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace was published in 1869, his genius was immediately recognized by people all over the world. In the later par…

Selected House of Commons Speeches

by Winston S. Churchill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 – 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during W…

Sophisms of the Protectionists

by Frédéric Bastiat Read by Katie Riley 4.9
"To rob the public, it is necessary to deceive them," Bastiat said and believed. He reasoned, employing repetition to various appl…

Sketches Of The Fair Sex

by William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Sketches of the fair sex, in all parts of the world. To which are added rules for determining the precise figure, the degree of beauty, the …

The Truth About Jesus

by M. M. Mangasarian Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Truth About Jesus presents a thought-provoking examination of the historicity of Jesus, based on a series of studies delivered in 1909 t…

Familiar Letters on Chemistry

by Justus Von Liebig Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In Familiar Letters on Chemistry, Justus von Liebig, a pioneering German chemist, shares his insights on the vital role of chemistry in soci…

From Dictatorship to Democracy

by Gene Sharp Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 3.8
From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dict…

Curious Myths of the Middle Ages

by Sabine Baring-Gould Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages invites listeners to explore the fascinating and often bizarre beliefs that shaped medieval thought. In thi…

Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot

by Soyen Shaku Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Look! it's the science of sitting, No! it's the science of meditating, No! it's Zen. If you wanted to know anything regarding Zen Buddhism a…

The Riddle of the Universe

by Ernst Haeckel Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.2
The Riddle of the Universe is the philosophical work of Ernst Haeckel, eminent biologist, in which he explores the meaning of life, the natu…

Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

by Edgar Thurston Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India explores the rich tapestry of beliefs and practices that shape the psychical life of the people in…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Africa, its Past and FutureReports on:Geography of …

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