Essays & Short Works

Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.5
Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion captures the whimsical spirit of Mark Twain as he recounts a journey to Bermuda with friends. This …

Mark Twain's Speeches

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.9
This collection of the 195 known, publicly-printed speeches of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Paul Fatout and publish…

Reflections on the Revolution in France

by Edmund Burke Read by Michael Reuss 4.3
Reflections on the Revolution in France is a seminal work by Edmund Burke, published in 1790, that offers a profound critique of the French …

Self and Self-management

by Arnold Bennett Read by Ruth Golding 4.4
Bennett's essays always provide food for thought and bring a wry smile to the lips. Human nature, it appears, changes little over the ages, …

Apology of Socrates

by Plato Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully defended himself in 399 BC against the charg…

Survivors' Tales of Famous Crimes

by Walter Wood Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In this anthology of true crime tales, editor Walter Wood interviews those who were touched by the crimes recounted, sometimes as an acquain…

The Soul of Man

by Oscar Wilde Read by Martin Geeson 4.5
“(T)he past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.”Published originally …

The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli Read by Bob Neufeld 4.8
The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavel…

Treatises On Friendship And Old Age

by Marcus Tullius Cicero Read by David Wales 4.4
Friendship. Old Age. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer, and philosopher. He is considered one …

Rights Of Man

by Thomas Paine Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
A book in 2 Parts, published in 1791 and 1792. Part First denounces Edmund Burke’s defense of monarchy and his attacks against the French Re…

Sermons on Several Occasions

by John Wesley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
John Wesley, along with his brother Charles, are credited with founding the Methodist denomination. "The following Sermons contain the …

The Necessity of Atheism

by David Marshall Brooks Read by Wesseling 4.5
The Necessity of Atheism by David Marshall Brooks presents a bold examination of religious beliefs and their impact on human progress. In th…

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…

1941 Radio News

by P. G. Wodehouse 5
Explore the news from 1941 in this fascinating audio collection. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that shaped t…

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…

The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis

by Sigmund Freud Read by Peter Tucker 4.8
A series of lectures given in the USA by Freud in German, later translated into English - Summary by Peter Tucker

Mysticism and Logic

by Bertrand Russell Read by Landon D. C. Elkind 4.5
This anthology collects a number of fascinating strands of Bertrand Russell's thought. "Mathematics and the Metaphysicians" detail…

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…

Anarchy

by Errico Malatesta Read by Anna Simon 4.6
Anarchy is a thought-provoking exploration of the principles and philosophy of anarchism, penned by the influential thinker Errico Malatesta…

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.…

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