Essays & Short Works

Revolution and Counter-Revolution

by Friedrich Engels Read by Cate Barratt 4.4
Revolution and Counter-Revolution is an account of what happened in Prussia, Austria and other German states during 1848, describing the imp…

Pioneers of Science

by Oliver Lodge Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for Sir Oliver Lodge in the year 1887. …

The Relations of Saint Teresa of Avila

by St. Teresa of Avila Read by Ann Boulais 4.7
The Relations of Saint Teresa of Avila offers a profound glimpse into the spiritual journey of one of Christianity's most revered mystics. I…

The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Prince is a foundational political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli, exploring the complexities of power and governance. Written i…

A Letter Concerning Toleration

by John Locke Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.6
Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke was originally published in 1689. Its initial publication was in Latin, though it was immediately…

Biographies in Sound

4.7
Biographies in Sound was an hour-long documentary radio program that was produced and broadcast in the 1950s. It's one of the best examples …

The Soul

by Emanuel Swedenborg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772, was born in Stockholm, Sweden and died in London, England. He was a voluminous writer of scientific treatise…

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…

Mark Twain's Journal Writings

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.8
This third volume of Mark Twain's journal writings continues on eclectic and varied path established by the first two volumes. Included in t…

From October to Brest-Litovsk

by Leon Trotsky Read by Rebecca Dittman 4.7
This account by Trotsky is of the events in Russia from the October Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd, to his signing of the Brest-Litovsk tre…

The I.W.W.

by Vincent St. John Read by P. J. Taylor 4.7
“We must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, ‘Abolition of the wage system’”The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), membe…

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…

A Traveller in War-Time

by Winston Churchill Read by Bellona Times 4.5
This is a collection of a series of journalistic articles written during his travels throughout WWI era Europe that Churchill -- the America…

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…

Varied Types

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Ray Clare 4.3
Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of our day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Here he …

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…

A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

by George Berkeley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Commonly called "Treatise" when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 …

A Miscellany of Men

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Ray Clare 4.6
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was among the world's most prolific writers who incorporated relentless logic, wonderful humor, and a clear view of…

The Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
The prophet Al Mustafa, before leaving the city where he has been living twelve years, stops to address the people. They call out for his wo…

Kokoro

by Lafcadio Hearn Read by Expatriate 4.4
In an introductory paragraph, Lafcadio Hearn declares his intention: "The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than …

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