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
Letters of Oscar Wilde
This fourth collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes the letters Wilde wrote while living in Berneval, in the months after h…
The History of the Art of Tablesetting
The art of table setting is one of the lost arts in the modern household. Do we just not bother anymore or did we collectively forget how to…
It Might Have Happened to You
This is a frank eyewitness description of the suffering, starvation in particular, that was widely experienced in Central and Eastern Europe…
Confessions of a Book-Lover
"I am of the company of book men who read simply for the love of it," confesses E. Walter Walters, in this gently written tome. Wa…
Life in the Sick-room
Thinking she would be ill for the rest of her life, Harriet Martineau wrote these partly autobiographical essays about life in the sickroom.…
If I May
A. A. Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for…
The Inner Chapters
The Inner Chapters journal my own quest to improve in the craft of programming. Each chapter reflects on a specific practice or principle t…
Essays and Literary Studies
Essays and Literary Studies presents a collection of insightful and humorous reflections from Stephen Leacock, a prominent Canadian humorist…
Further Foolishness
Further Foolishness is a delightful collection of seventeen humorous stories and essays by the renowned Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock. W…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the April Number. It includes the following articles:* Serilan, by W J McGee and W…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include botany, dreams, farming, history, li…
Essays in Idleness
Agnes Repplier was a popular and highly regarded essayist of the late 19th and early 20th century, who was also well known on the lecture ci…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include bedside books, South African cooke…
The World’s Famous Orations
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations…
The National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine Volume 3, articles published in 1891 and 1892. South America: Annual Address by the President, Gardiner G. Hubb…
American Philosophy Collection
This recording is the second in an ongoing series of collections highlighting foundational articles in early 20th Century American philosoph…
Selected Interviews with Robert G. Ingersoll
A controversial lecturer and famous orator of the mid 1800's, Ingersoll railed against the absurdities of the Bible and cruelties of orthodo…
A Different Point of View
Recently re-mastered with all around better quality sound and production!! Originally aired as a segment for Michael and Evo's Wingin' It! p…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Explore a diverse array of ideas and insights in this collection of short nonfiction works, curated from the public domain. Each piece, sele…
The World’s Famous Orations
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations…