Essays & Short Works

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
Explore a diverse array of thought-provoking essays and speeches in this engaging collection of short nonfiction works. Curated by dedicated…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Two U.S. Presidents are remembered in "A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madi…

Lessons From A Geek Fu Master

by Mur Lafferty Read by Mur Lafferty 4.6
Lessons from the Geek Fu Master is a collections of essays by Mur Lafferty, producer and host of the podcast, Geek Fu Action Grip. Her essay…

Dogs

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

Idle Hours In A Library

by William Henry Hudson Read by David Wales
“[these essays on Shakespeare, Pepys, Restoration novels, and bohemianism]—the results of many hours of quiet but rather aimless browsing am…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Irrigation in CaliforniaRound about AshevilleA Trip…

Your United States

by Arnold Bennett Read by David Wales 4.4
Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 – 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journal…

Fabian Essays in Socialism

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Fabian Society is a British institution, which, though radical, advocated social reform through legislative rather than revolutionary me…

The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy

by John Galsworthy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, a…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fifth and last volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poet…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.2
Explore a diverse array of thought-provoking essays in this collection of short nonfiction works. Curated by dedicated LibriVox volunteers, …

Historical Newspaper Articles

by Various Read by Lee Ann Howlett 4.3
This collection of 20 public domain newspaper articles comprises volume 2 of Historic Newspaper Articles in the LibriVox collection. Both U.…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Explore a diverse array of ideas and insights in this engaging collection of short nonfiction works. Curated by dedicated volunteers, this a…

Short Works Collection

by Various Read by Bellona Times 4.2
This is a collection of public domain works either published in 1912, or written in 1912 and published before 1923. The accent is on non-fic…

Feeling and Imagination in Art, Science, and Technology

by MIT OpenCourseWare 5
Instructor: Prof. Irving Singer This course is a seminar on creativity in art, science, and technology. We discuss how these pursuits are j…

Flowers of Freethought

by George William Foote Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Freethinker, founded in 1881 was one of the first secular humanist magazines, and also one of the oldest surviving one, moving online on…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…

Yet Again

by Max Beerbohm Read by Kirsten Wever 5
This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such famous men as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard …

Mythical Creatures

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
This is the 30th Coffee Break Collection, in which LibriVox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

Americans and Others

by Agnes Repplier Read by Mary Schneider 4.2
A collection of sometimes biting, always clever commentaries on some of life's foibles -- as apt today as when Ms. Repplier wrote them in 19…

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