Essays & Short Works
Lost Leaders
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Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…
More Birds
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Various
This is the 37th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
The Powder of Sympathy
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Christopher Morley
Another collection of mostly short “soliloquys” from Christopher Morley, an American literary luminary, who introduces them thus: “… these p…
Leyendas Puertorriqueñas
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Cayetano Coll Y Toste
Las Leyendas Puertorriqueñas del Dr. Cayetano Coll y Toste, se publicaron en 1924 y se basan en hechos históricos registrados …
Multilingual Short Works
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Ricardo Fernández Montalvo
This is our 38th collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard Engli…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. - Summary by schrm
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
"One does not care to walk over a rug or carpet that displays a scene in perspective, neither does one wish to gaze into a landscape wr…
Follies in Fiction
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Stephen Leacock
A pamphlet from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, containing selections from Further Foolishness and Frenzie…
Curiosities of the Hymnal
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Carl F. Price
Carl F. Price, a pioneering hymnologist, historian, and author, says, "Every real hymn has its story, if only we could discover it.&quo…
An Essay Upon Wind
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Charles James Fox
Purported to be written by noted British Parliamentarian Charles James Fox as a result of a wager, this important and engaging essay is a me…
Páginas sevillanas
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Manuel Chaves Rey
Testimonio de glorias, compendio histórico y padrón de grandezas sevillanas…un precioso ramillete de recuerdos sevillanos anti…
Shadows on the Wall
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Frank W. Boreham
Frank W. Boreham was a Baptist preacher from England who spent many years in New Zealand and Australia, but also traveled extensively in the…
Of Education
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John Milton
A well educated population is the cornerstone of a strong society. On the personal level, education contributes to virtue and self-knowledge…
El porvenir de España
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Miguel De Unamuno
Intercambio de cartas entre dos pensadores españoles en plena época de crisis de identidad nacional, precursores de la Generac…
Nonsenseorship
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George Palmer Putnam
An entertaining collection of humorous essays and poems on the topic of “nonsenseorship” (censorship) in American life circa 1920 by sixteen…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol XII, February 1901.It includes the following articles:An Around-The-World Amer…
LibriVox Collection
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Various
This year is the 15th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" wh…
Selected Lead Articles
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Louisa Lawson
Louisa Lawson, the mother of Australian writer Henry Lawson, was the founder, publisher and editor of an early feminist journal in Sydney na…