Philosophy
Poems and Prose for the Departed Vol. 01
Read by Ruth Golding
Various
This is a collection of short poems and readings, both religious and secular, on death and bereavement. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
Modern Magic
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Maximilian Schele De Vere
M. (Maxamilian) Schele de Vere was born in Sweden in 1820 and studied language in Germany before eventually becoming a professor of modern l…
Chorus of Women
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Aristophanes
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Chorus of Women by Aristophanes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 21, 2012.Aris…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 015
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Various
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently…
Old Ireland
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Walt Whitman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Ireland by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 1st, 2010.
American Philosophy Collection Vol. 1
Read by P. J. Taylor
Various
This collection of articles in early 20th Century American philosophy focuses on the topics of realism, experience, and ideas, with particul…
Best Way to Read a Book
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Edgar A. Guest
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Best Way to Read a Book by Edgar A. Guest. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Septem…
The Higher Pantheism
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Higher Pantheism by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Septemb…
Exotics and Retrospectives
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Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings a…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005
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Various
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection we…
The Journey of Life
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William Cullen Bryant
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Journey of Life by William Cullen Bryant. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December…
Marius the Epicurean, Volume 1
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Walter Pater
Marius the Epicurean is a philosophical novel written by Walter Pater, published in 1885. In it Pater displays, with fullness and elaboratio…
A General View of Positivism
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Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte was from France and published this book in French in 1844. He made a very great impact on the sciences and claims to have “dis…
The Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation
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James Barr Walker
The book is a series of independent demonstrations, the results of which accumulate to the final conclusion, that the Christian religion is …
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 08
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the eighth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 author…
Life's Enthusiasms
Read by Bill Boerst
David Starr Jordan
The words in this essay on positive thought sing like those in Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." The author praises joyous living and r…
Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls
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Helen Ekin Starrett
Helen Ekin Starrett, journalist, mother of two daughters, grandmother of seven granddaughters and teacher to many young girls at the Starret…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023
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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 rea…
Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur
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Omar Khayyám
In 1906, Eben Francis Thompson,scholar and poet, published a limited edition of his translation of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. This editi…
Mother Nature (Dickinson)
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Emily Dickinson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Mother Nature by Emily Dickinson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 3, 2013Whil…