Essays & Short Works

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…

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…

Sacred Meditations

by Johann Gerhard Read by Jonathan Lange 4.8
Meditationes Sacrae, was first published in Latin in 1606 when Gerhard was only twenty-two years old. It consists of 51 brief meditations on…

Tales of Old Japan

by Lord Redesdale Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1803 - 1868). It contains…

The Letters of a Post-Impressionist

by Vincent Van Gogh Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
“Being the Familiar Correspondence of Vincent Van Gogh ... [Van Gogh's] art was appreciated during his life only by a very few and it is but…

The Devil's Dictionary

by Ambrose Bierce Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce is a sharp and witty exploration of language and human nature, presented in the form of a satirical…

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…

In the Line of Battle

by Walter Wood Read by Lee Smalley 4.5
“A COLLECTION OF absolutely authentic accounts by privates and non-commissioned officers.... We see a great simplicity and directness of obs…

Èmile

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Emile, or On Education or Émile, or Treatise on Education (French: Émile, ou De l’éducation) was published in 1762 in F…

Presidential Farewell and Last Addresses

by Various Read by John Greenman 4.7
This collection will put in one place, all the Farewell (or last) Addresses made by each of the 43 ex-US presidents.The first, George Washin…

Other People's Money

by Louis D. Brandeis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It is a collection of essays written by Louis Brandeis published as a book in 1914. The book at…

The Appetite of Tyranny

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In The Appetite of Tyranny, G. K. Chesterton explores the complex interplay between individual actions and the broader societal consequences…

Labor and Freedom

by Eugene V. Debs Read by P. J. Taylor 4.4
"While there is a lower class I am in it; While there is a criminal class I am of it; While there is a soul in prison I am not free.&qu…

How to Succeed

by Orison Swett Marden Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
How to Succeed by Orison Swett Marden offers a practical guide to achieving personal and professional success. Written in 1896, this influen…

The Morals

by Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The Moralia (or The morals or Matters relating to customs and mores) is a work by the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea. It is…

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…

From Sunrise Land

by Amy Wilson Carmichael Read by Expatriate 4.6
One of the most renowned of all Protestant Christian missionaries, Amy Carmichael is remembered most for the fifty-five years she spent doin…

Areopagitica

by John Milton Read by Moira Fogarty 4.7
A prose tract or polemic by John Milton, published November 23, 1644, at the height of the English Civil War... Milton, though a supporter o…

Essays in Radical Empiricism

by William James Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Essays in Radical Empiricism presents a thought-provoking exploration of the nature of experience and reality through the lens of William Ja…

Common Sense

by Thomas Paine Read by Gary Gilberd 4.6
Common Sense, Paine's pro-independence monograph published anonymously on 10 January 1776, spread quickly among literate colonists. Within t…

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