Essays & Short Works
- Philosophical Travelogues
- Essays on Society and Culture
- Essays for Personal Growth
- Explorations in Science and Thought
- Explorations in Psychology
- Political Essays and Reflections
- Political Essays and Manifestos
- Philosophical Essays on Existence
Leo Tolstoy
Three men of letters give insightful essays on the work of Leo Tolstoy. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
The Art of Fiction
A lecture on the art of fiction, given by the English critic Walter Besant on April 25, 1884, and an answer to the lecture by American write…
1938 Radio News
Explore the news from 1938 in this fascinating audio collection. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that shaped t…
Nature
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…
Insomnia Collection
Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…
The Holiday Round
Alan Alexander Milne, popularly known as A. A. Milne, is best known – perhaps to most people only known – for his children’s book, Winnie th…
The National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…
Tolstoy on Shakespeare
In this thought-provoking essay, Leo Tolstoy presents a critical examination of William Shakespeare's works, exploring the playwright's them…
Southern Horrors
Thoroughly appalled and sickened by the rising numbers of white-on-black murders in the South since the beginning of Reconstruction, and by …
Once A Week
Once A Week is a collection of short stories and slightly longer vignettes which were written for Milne's solid British Audience, including …
The Human Drift
The Human Drift is a posthumous collection of famous author Jack London's miscellaneous writings, including multiple essays of one of his fa…
Why is the Negro Lynched?
We have felt that the most fitting tribute that we, of the Anti-Caste movement, can pay to the memory of this noble and faithful life is to …
All Sorts of People
'All Sorts of People - Ordered Complexity' is a collection of seven linked books:
Book One presents personality differences - we may describ…
Bird Stories from Burroughs
What a better way to learn about birds than to read this delightful collection of interesting bird stories! John Burroughs was a nature essa…
Neighbors
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…
History and Fiction
Why don't writers who fictionalize history just write fiction? Why did Shakespeare call his character Richard III or King John? Why not ca…
London Tradesmen
This book is a series of sketches written by Anthony Trollope near the end of his life, reprinted and collected. Each sketch is an essay on …
G.K. Chesterton
Four articles/essays written by G.K. Chesterton for "The British Review". These were published in 1913 and 1914. (Summary by Maria…
The Lincoln Story Book
Subtitle: A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Fo…
The Uncommercial Traveller
The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new …