Essays & Short Works

First and Last

by Hilaire Belloc Read by Ray Clare 4.5
“When a man weighs anchor in a little ship or a large one he does a jolly thing! He cuts himself off and he starts for freedom and for the c…

G.K. Chesterton in America

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
A collection of 15 articles/essays written by G.K. Chesterton in "America: A Catholic Review of the Week". The publication dates r…

In Woods of God Realization

by Rajanikant Chandwadkar 5
This is an audio recording of the Vol 1 of Complete Works of Swami Rama Tirtha that has been compiled in 7 Volumes. Next 2 Volumes are here …

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers
National Geographic Magazine Volume 6, articles published from January, 1894, to May, 1895.* Geographic Progress of Civilization - Annual Ad…

The Creed of a Credulous Person

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A series of five essays by G.K. Chesterton, published in "Black and White" magazine in 1903, under the heading "The Creed of …

Der rasende Reporter

by Egon Erwin Kisch Read by Claus Misfeldt 4.9
Kisch veröffentlichte diese Sammlung von Reportagen nach den ersten etwa 10 Jahren seiner Tätigkeit als Autor für verschieden…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection we…

American Notes

by Rudyard Kipling Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019) 4.2
In American Notes, Rudyard Kipling, the Nobel Prize-winning author of the Jungle Book, visits the USA. As the travel-diary of an Anglo-India…

Miscellaneous Essays

by Thomas De Quincey Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas De Quincey offers a captivating glimpse into the mind of one of the 19th century's most intriguing literary f…

A Dish of Orts

by George MacDonald Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Readers of George MacDonald are used to his engaging story-telling, winsome characters, and simple theology of trust in God as Father. But t…

Butterflies Are Free To Fly

by Stephen Davis Read by Stephen Davis 4.1
When Nicolaus Copernicus discovered the Earth wasn’t the center of the Universe, everything changed. When Isaac Newton figured out the law o…

Not That It Matters

by A. A. Milne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
More of the witty, wry, and deliciously wicked essays and articles written by Milne. Most people know him as the creator of Winnie The Pooh,…

Insomnia Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
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…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, articles, speeches and reports included in this collection…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various and Plato Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…

Hodge Podge

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Hodge Podge is a delightful anthology that brings together a diverse array of short works, perfect for those brief moments of respite in a b…

Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

by William Hazlitt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
This famous Shakespearean exploration illuminates its plays through the frame of character, while also weighing theme, mood, structure and p…

G.K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In this engaging collection, G.K. Chesterton presents a series of newspaper columns originally published in "The New Witness" unde…

The World’s Famous Orations

by William Jennings Bryan and Francis Whiting Halsey Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey compiled a series of the most famous orations …

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Africa, its Past and FutureReports on:Geography of …

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