Essays & Short Works
Lancashire Characters and Places
Read by Phil Benson
Thomas Newbigging
An eclectic collection of essays on late 19th-century Lancashire culture and life, including essays on the poets John Critchley Prince and E…
Flowers of Freethought
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George William Foote
The Freethinker, founded in 1881 was one of the first secular humanist magazines, and also one of the oldest surviving one, moving online on…
Dogs
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
Read by Hannah F
Jane Collier
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting was a conduct book written by Jane Collier and published in 1753. The Essay was Collier's firs…
Five Lectures on Blindness
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Kate M. Foley
The [five] lectures were written primarily to be delivered at the summer sessions of the University of California, at Berkeley and at Los An…
Monologues
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Richard Middleton
This is a collection of 32 highly diverting essays of English author Richard Middleton. Although Middleton is now best remembered for his gh…
An Irregular Miscellany
Read by A.F. Harrold
A.F. Harrold
Throughout the 1920s the Common University provided a free and ready source of education to the working classes of England through various l…
Multilingual Short Works
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Various
This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). Al…
Untimely Papers
Read by Ben Adams
Randolph Silliman Bourne
This is a posthumous collection of essays by Randolph Bourne. Many originally appeared in the journal "The Seven Arts," before the…
Sésame et les lys
Read by Christiane Jehanne
John Ruskin
La préface est écrite en 1906, par Marcel Proust, il s'agit de ce texte très célèbre et passionnant : &qu…
The Meaning of Life
Read by Judith Ignacio
Alban Goodier, S.J.
Even with the best intentions, we can often get caught up in the affairs of this world and forget about God. To stay on the path to Heaven w…
G.K. Chesterton in Vanity Fair Magazine
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G. K. Chesterton
A collection of 12 articles/essays that G.K. Chesterton wrote for Vanity Fair magazine in 1920-1921, under the general title “The Next/New R…
Happiness
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Carl Hilty
A series of essays based on Christian doctrines on how to attain true happiness. - Summary by Lynne T
Hetzjagd durch die Zeit
Read by Claus Misfeldt
Egon Erwin Kisch
Kisch veröffentlichte diese Sammlung von Reportagen als Fortsetzung seines erfolgreichen Buches "Der rasende Reporter" aus de…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the April Number. It includes the following articles:* Serilan, by W J McGee and W…
Verzamelde korte Nederlandstalige Werken
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Various
Dit is een verzameling van kort Nederlandstalig proza van allerlei aard - fictie en non-fictie. Uitgekozen en gelezen door vrijwilligers van…
Homogenic Love and Its Place in a Free Society
Read by Jake Malizia
Edward Carpenter
This pamphlet by LGBT pioneer and philosopher Edward Carpenter was originally intended to form part of his work "Love's Coming of Age&q…
Local Color Collection
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Various
In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)