Essays & Short Works

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…

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…

The Brilliant Proof (Burhäne Lämé) in reply to an attack upon the Bahai Revelat…

Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater


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…

The Last Essays of Elia

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Charles Lamb



Discursive ramblings of a generous mind, no-one would know from Lamb's conversational button-holing of you and telling you whatever is on hi…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 044

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Various



Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte…

Coffee Break Collection 024 - Ghosts, Ghouls and Spooky Things

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Various



This is the twenty-fourth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes…

Devotions upon Emergent Occasions

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John Donne



Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English writer John Donne. It is a series of reflections that were written as …

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 020

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Various



Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038

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Various



Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include bedside books, South African cooke…

Coffee Break Collection 017 - Health and Fitness

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Various



This is the seventeenth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes o…

על פרשת דרכים At the Crossroads (Selected Essays)

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אחד העם Ahad Ha'Am



Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg (1856 - 1927), primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name Ahad Ha'am (literally "one of the people"…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 026

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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…

American Philosophy Collection Vol. 2

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Various



This recording is the second in an ongoing series of collections highlighting foundational articles in early 20th Century American philosoph…

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