Essays & Short Works

Not That It Matters

by A. A. Milne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
More of the witty, wry, and deliciously wicked essays and articles written by Milne. Most people know him as the creator of Winnie The Pooh,…

Dream Psychology

by Sigmund Freud Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Not a few serious-minded students, [...], have been discouraged from attempting a study of Freud's dream psychology. The book in which he or…

Lectures on Landscape

by John Ruskin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Lectures on Landscape presents a thought-provoking exploration of landscape painting through the eyes of John Ruskin, a prominent artist and…

Selected House of Commons Speeches

by Winston S. Churchill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 – 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during W…

Essay on the Creative Imagination

by Théodule-Armand Ribot Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.9
"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attemp…

American Psychology

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This is the second of what is intended to be three projects featuring journal articles which chart the development of psychology as an acade…

Introduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature

by Peter Millican 5
Dr Peter Millican gives a series of lectures looking at Scottish 18th Century Philosopher David Hume and the first book of his Treatise of H…

Obesity and Diabetes

by Various 4.5
Obesity and diabetes are increasingly a burden in modern populations, and whilst the contributions of our lifestyles are well-known, other a…

On the Future of our Educational Institutions

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by Aaron Rivera 4.2
Nietzsche gives a series of lectures in Bale, Germany on the subject of German educational institutions, and what the best way forward. Sum…

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…

What the White Race May Learn from the Indian

by George Wharton James Read by Roger Melin 4.6
People learn from other people, and races have forever learned from other races. Herein we are treated to an in-depth understanding of categ…

Familiar Letters on Chemistry

by Justus Von Liebig Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In Familiar Letters on Chemistry, Justus von Liebig, a pioneering German chemist, shares his insights on the vital role of chemistry in soci…

The Kingdom of God Is Within You

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Leo Tolstoy 3.6
When Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace was published in 1869, his genius was immediately recognized by people all over the world. In the later par…

Mental Efficiency

by Arnold Bennett Read by Ruth Golding 4.1
In this light-hearted yet thought-provoking collection of articles, Bennett offers his thoughts on exercising the mind, organising your life…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

The Moral Equivalent of War

by William James Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.4
The Moral Equivalent of War, the last public utterance of William James, is significant as expressing the opinions of a practical psychologi…

Doctor Jack's Soapbox Seminars

by John C. Adler, Ph.D. Read by John C. Adler, Ph.D. 4.8
What if the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole? ... Well, like a…

African-American Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Celebrate the rich tapestry of African American literature with this diverse anthology, curated to honor Black History Month. This collectio…

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 …

My Path to Atheism

by Annie Besant Read by Kevin Green 3.9
My Path to Atheism is a remarkable document in many ways, not least that it was written by a woman in Victorian England, not the most open f…

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