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Vice Chancellor's Welcome

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Andrew Hamilton


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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…

Reid's Critique of Hume

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Dan Robinson


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Pipefuls

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Christopher Morley


A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…

Hume's Central Principles

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Peter Millican


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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083

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Various


“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” Accordin…

Metaphor: Philosophical Issues

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James Grant


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Literary Taste: How to Form It

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Arnold Bennett


Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…

Modern Essays

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Christopher Morley


Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…

Unaddressed Letters

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Frank Athelstane Swettenham, Anonymousandfrank Athelstane Swettenham and William James Mcglothlin


“I had a friend who loved me;” but he has gone, and the “great gulf” is between us. After his death, I received a packet of manuscript with …

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 053

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include History--Jocelyn de Brakelond's 13th…

The Splendid Wayfaring

Read by Phil Schempf


John Neihardt


Quote:"In the following pages I have told the story of that body of adventurers who, from 1822 to 1829, opened the way for the expansio…

Out from the Heart

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James Allen


James Allen teaches us how to purify our hearts through the fundamental lessons of virtue: physical discipline, mental discipline, doing you…

Senator North

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Gertrude Atherton


"When, Mr. President, a man, however eminent in other pursuits and whatever claims he may have to public confidence, becomes a member o…

Memoir of Washington Irving

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Charles Adams


Arguably one of America's greatest writers, Washington Irving is the author of such classics as "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "B…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 088

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Various


"With opinions, possession is more than nine points of the law. It is next to impossible to dislodge them." Woodrow Wilson's Study…

Cuentos de la Alhambra

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Washington Irving


Colección de ensayos e historias del viaje que Washington Irving realizó en 1828 a Granada, acompañado por el guí…

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (version 3)

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Washington Irving


Everyone knows the story of the Headless Horseman but perhaps you, like me, did not remember what a marvelous story teller Washington Irving…

An Amiable Charlatan

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E. Phillips Oppenheim


An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…

Stories by English Authors: London

Read by Kirsten Wever


F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill


This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …

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