Essays & Short Works

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…

Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (The Warren Report)

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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…

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…

Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus



The Ars Poetica, by Horace, also known as Epistula ad Pisones, is a treatise on poetry written in the form of a letter, and published around…

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…

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…

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 …

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 032

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm



Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.

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 …

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 035

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm



Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.Der selbstsüchtige Riese übersetzt von Wilhelm Cremer …

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…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 027

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm



Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Vom Schweigen" übersetzt von Gustav Landauer (18…

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 …

Der rasende Reporter

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Egon Erwin Kisch



Kisch veröffentlichte diese Sammlung von Reportagen nach den ersten etwa 10 Jahren seiner Tätigkeit als Autor für verschieden…

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…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 031

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm



Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Ein Drama in den Lüften" übersetzt von Mart…

硝子戸の中 (Garasudono uchi)

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Sōseki Natsume



『硝子戸の中』(がらすどのうち)は、『こゝろ』と『道草』の間に書かれた夏目漱石最後の随筆である。'Garasudono uchi' is Natsume Sōseki's last essay, which was written between 'Kokoro' & '…

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…

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