Essays & Short Works
Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy …
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The President'S Commission On The Assassination Of President Kennedy, President'S Commission On The Assassination Of Presiden and President'S Commission On The Assassination Of President Kennedy
The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963, was a cruel and shocking act of violence directed against a man, a family…
Pipefuls
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Christopher Morley
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
Essays and Dialogues
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Giacomo Leopardi
"We would no more choose to feed the minds of our countrymen and women with the despairing utterances of the pessimist poet, than we wo…
The Logic of Vegetarianism
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Henry Salt
With clear logic and entertaining dialogues, the author presents many reasons for a vegetarian rather than a “flesh-eating” diet, and his ar…
Insect Stories
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Vernon Kellogg
These 13 essays explore the fascinating world of insects all around us. Vernon Kellogg, an eminent entomologist and natural story teller, an…
Prejudices, First Series
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H. L. Mencken
Mencken sharpens his pen and in a collection of short essays delivers acerbic opinions on issues and persons of the time. Among his targets…
Cobb's Anatomy
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Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was born on June 23, 1876. At seventeen years of age, he began writing for the Paducah Daily News, his hometown paper…
On Nothing & Kindred Subjects
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Hilaire Belloc
“I knew a man once, Maurice, who was at Oxford for three years, and after that went down with no degree. At College, while his friends were …
Insomnia Collection Vol. 004
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Various
Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
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Isaac D'Israeli
This is a collection of short essays on literature. Various subjects are discussed, such as libraries, critics, the classics, and all sorts …
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays
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William Hazlitt
This famous Shakespearean exploration illuminates its plays through the frame of character, while also weighing theme, mood, structure and p…
Smoke Bellew
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Jack London
Smoke Bellew, or really Jack London, leaves his less than satisfying writing job in San Francisco for the opportunity to search for gold in …
De Vulgari Eloquentia
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Dante Alighieri
De vulgari eloquentia (On Eloquence in the vernacular) is a short essay written by Dante Alighieri in Latin. The work remains incomplete; on…
Coffee Break Collection 002 - Faith
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Various
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Th…
Further Foolishness
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Stephen Leacock
Seventeen goofy stories and essays by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the writte…
The Brilliant Proof (Burhäne Lämé) in reply to an attack upon the Bahai Revelat…
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Mírzá Abu’L-Fadl Gulpáygání
“In these days,” writes the renowned Bahá’í scholar, Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl, “which are the latter days of 1911, A. D.…
Anton Tchekhov: and other essays
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Lev Shestov
This book was called Nachala i Kontzy when first published in 1908 in Russian and has been titled Anton Tchekhov and other essays as well as…
Pagan Papers
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Kenneth Grahame
We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered m…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047
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Various and Plato
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought -- Plato, A…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 010
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Various
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collectio…