Essays & Short Works

From Sunrise Land

by Amy Wilson Carmichael Read by Expatriate 4.6
One of the most renowned of all Protestant Christian missionaries, Amy Carmichael is remembered most for the fifty-five years she spent doin…

The War That Will End War

by H. G. Wells Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022) 4.4
.About the First World War, and the author's conclusions. Whether or not you agree with these articles/essays, H G Wells does make many vali…

The Mountains of California

by John Muir Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The Mountains of California invites listeners to explore the breathtaking landscapes and natural wonders of California through the eyes of r…

Areopagitica

by John Milton Read by Moira Fogarty 4.7
A prose tract or polemic by John Milton, published November 23, 1644, at the height of the English Civil War... Milton, though a supporter o…

Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll

by Robert G. Ingersoll Read by Ted Delorme 4.8
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll presents a compelling collection of thought-provoking lectures from one of the most influential orators of t…

Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Martin Geeson 4.5
“Extreme busyness…is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal …

Èmile

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Emile, or On Education or Émile, or Treatise on Education (French: Émile, ou De l’éducation) was published in 1762 in F…

Mark Twain's Journal Writings

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.5
In this engaging collection, Mark Twain offers a series of essays that reflect his sharp wit and keen observations of society. Volume 1 feat…

Public Opinion

by Walter Lippmann Read by progressingamerica 4.7
Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann offers a profound exploration of the dynamics that shape public perception and its impact on democracy. Wr…

Essays in Radical Empiricism

by William James Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Essays in Radical Empiricism presents a thought-provoking exploration of the nature of experience and reality through the lens of William Ja…

Woman in the Nineteenth Century

by Margaret Fuller Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Margaret Fuller was an American feminist, writer, and intellectual associated with the Transcendentalist movement. Her book Woman in the Nin…

Catholic and Anti-Catholic History

by Various Read by Janet Baker 4.5
Catholic and Anti-Catholic History presents a thought-provoking exploration of how historical narratives can be shaped into tools of propaga…

Tales of Old Japan

by Lord Redesdale Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1803 - 1868). It contains…

Letters of Travel

by Rudyard Kipling Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019) 4.2
Three books of travel writing (between them covering the USA, Canada, Japan and Egypt) by the Nobel Prize winning author of the Just So Stor…

Love Conquers All

by Robert C. Benchley Read by Ted Delorme 4.7
Robert Benchley, 1889-1945, was a writer, humorist and actor of note during the 1920s through the early 1940s. Born in Massachusetts, he spe…

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Oscar Wilde Read by John Gonzalez 4.7
Wilde’s meditation on capital punishment, the Ballad of Reading Gaol comes after he was convicted and imprisoned under charges of gross inde…

Through the Magic Door

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, nor how lowly the room which it adorns. Close the door of that room behind you, shut off with i…

Capital and Interest

by Frédéric Bastiat Read by Michele Fry 4.5
Frédéric Bastiat was an early 19th century French economist/statesman whose common sense essays tried to battle the rise of so…

Other People's Money

by Louis D. Brandeis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It is a collection of essays written by Louis Brandeis published as a book in 1914. The book at…

Faces and Places

by Sir Henry W. Lucy Read by Ruth Golding 4.5
Faces and Places is a collection of articles on nineteenth century travel, events and personalities by the British journalist Henry Lucy, wh…

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