Essays & Short Works

The Philippics

by Marcus Tullius Cicero Read by ontheroad 4.4
A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivere…

The Science of Being Great

by Wallace D. Wattles Read by Diana Majlinger 4.7
The Science of Being Great by Wallace D. Wattles explores the profound connection between thought and personal greatness. In this insightful…

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 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…

Essays

by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

The Defendant

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Ray Clare 4.5
A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subjects, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good hu…

On Liberty

by John Stuart Mill Read by John Stuart Mill 4.9
"On Liberty," a seminal work by philosopher John Stuart Mill. Mill felt there were no definite standards for defining what societ…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection comprises short works previously unrecorded for LibriVox - fiction, essays, poetry, letters…

Totem and Taboo

by Sigmund Freud Read by Mary Schneider 4.6
Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics is a book by Sigmund Freud published in German in 1913 under…

Magna Carta

by Unknown Read by Jim Mowatt 4.7
The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version…

The Everlasting Righteousness

by Horatius Bonar Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
... or How Shall Man Be Just with God?How does salvation work? How does a righteous God declare an unrighteous person to be righteous in His…

The Problems of Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell Read by Landon D. C. Elkind 4.6
This 1912 book remains among the most widely-used and well-written introductions to philosophy in English. It was aimed to be an accessible …

The Faith of Our Fathers

by James Gibbons Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
The Faith of Our Fathers: A Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ is a book published in 1876 by a…

Anarchism and Other Essays

by Emma Goldman Read by Expatriate 4.8
Emma Goldman, the most famous anarchist in American history, shows the whole range of her iconoclastic thought in this collection of essays.…

Concerning the Spiritual in Art

by Wassily Kandinsky Read by Expatriate 4.5
Published in 1911, Kandinsky's book compares the spiritual life of humanity to a pyramid -- the artist has a mission to lead others to the p…

Anticipations

by H. G. Wells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Wells considered this book one of his most important, a natural follow-up to such works as his Man of the Year Million and The Time Machine.…

Eugenics and Other Evils

by G. K. Chesterton Read by David Grizzly Smith 4.6
I think G.K. Chesterton explains his book rather well in his introduction, but it might help to start with a sense of the time in question. …

1945 Radio News

4.7
Experience the news from 1945 with this collection of radio broadcasts. This compilation includes various news segments and V-Discs from tha…

Institutes of the Christian Religion

by John Calvin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's seminal work on Protestant systematic theology. Highly influential in the Western worl…

Essays

by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

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