Essays & Short Works

Pathological Lying, Accusation, and Swindling

by William Healy Read by Mary Schneider 3.7
This work describes and analyzes several cases of pathological behavior. The interest comes not only from the cases themselves, but also fro…

A Tale of a Tub

by Jonathan Swift Read by Edmund Bloxam 3.6
A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697, that was eventually published in 1704. I…

Two Tactics of Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution

by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Read by Christian Pecaut 3.5
In the heat of the failed 1905 revolution in Russia, Lenin here contrasts the precision of the Bolshevik political program and tactics with …

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…

The Theory of Psychoanalysis

by Carl Gustav Jung Read by Jim Locke 3.7
Jung says the following in his introduction: "in these lectures I have attempted to reconcile my practical experiences in psychoanalysi…

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…

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…

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…

The Book of Lies

by Aleister Crowley Read by P. J. Taylor 3.8
The Book of Lies, or Liber 333, is a holy book in the Western occult tradition of Thelema, consisting of 91 short chapters of poems, aphoris…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Black Experience in America

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.9
This is not the copyrighted work by Norman Coombs currently on Project Gutenberg but a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, drama, an…

The Little Tea Book

by Arthur Gray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
After all, tea is the drink! Domestically and socially it is the beverage of the world. There may be those who will come forward with their …

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