Essays & Short Works

Lincoln at Cooper Union

by Abraham Lincoln Read by Scott Henkel 4.6
In this pivotal address delivered on February 27, 1860, at Cooper Union in New York City, Abraham Lincoln articulates his views on slavery a…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the third volume of this collection, which aimed to catalogue as many as possible o…

Optimism

by Helen Keller Read by Michele Fry 4.8
Though blind, deaf, and left-handed too, it seemed nothing could hold Helen Keller back. For her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1903, …

This, That, and the Other

by Hilaire Belloc Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
“When Fame comes upon a man well before death then must he most particularly beware of it, for is it then most dangerous. Neither must he, h…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
National Geographic Magazine Volume 2 Number 1 April 1890.: * On the Telegraphic Determinations of Longitude by the Bureau of Navigation* Re…

Obesity and Diabetes

by Various 4.6
Obesity and diabetes are increasingly a burden in modern populations, and whilst the contributions of our lifestyles are well-known, other a…

Sketches Of The Fair Sex

by Anonymous Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Sketches of the fair sex, in all parts of the world. To which are added rules for determining the precise figure, the degree of beauty, the …

Radio News

4.7
Explore the news from 1946 in this collection. This compilation includes various news files, V-Discs, and specials from that year. While som…

It's a Good Old World

by Bruce Barton Read by Stephen Escalera 4.8
In this collection of essays, Bruce Barton, considered to be among the most influential advertising men of the 20th century, uses history, r…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 3 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:The Rivers and Valleys of PennsylvaniaTopographic M…

Three Essays on Religion

by John Stuart Mill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
In Three Essays on Religion, John Stuart Mill explores the intricate relationship between faith, reason, and the human experience. Composed …

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by Jim Locke 4.5
Volume 3 of the complete works contains several short critical introductory essays, five lectures under the heading "On the Future of o…

Duelo y melancolía

by Sigmund Freud Read by Alba 4.7
Después de habernos servido del sueño como modelo normal de las perturbaciones mentales narcisistas, vamos a intentar esclarec…

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…

A God-Entranced Vision of All Things

by Various Speakers 5
"No one in the last 300 years has seen more of heaven, more of hell, more of happiness, and more of holiness than the New England pasto…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…

Fancies Versus Fads

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
A Collection of 31 essays from G.K. Chesterton. “I have strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake,…

Nature

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Th…

In Woods of God Realization

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

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