Essays & Short Works

The Brilliant Proof

Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater


Mírzá Abu’L-Fadl Gulpáygání



“In these days,” writes the renowned Bahá’í scholar, Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl, “which are the latter days of 1911, A. D.…

Pagan Papers

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Kenneth Grahame



We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered m…

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Various



A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collectio…

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Various and Plato



Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought -- Plato, A…

The Last Essays of Elia

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Charles Lamb



Discursive ramblings of a generous mind, no-one would know from Lamb's conversational button-holing of you and telling you whatever is on hi…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa

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Various



Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte…

Ghosts, Ghouls and Spooky Things

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Various



This is the twenty-fourth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes…

Health and Fitness

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Various



This is the seventeenth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes o…

Devotions upon Emergent Occasions

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John Donne



Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English writer John Donne. It is a series of reflections that were written as …

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa

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Various



Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Various



Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include bedside books, South African cooke…

At the Crossroads

Read by Omri Lernau


אחד העם Ahad Ha'Am



Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg (1856 - 1927), primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name Ahad Ha'am (literally "one of the people"…

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Various



A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Selected Interviews with Robert G. Ingersoll

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Robert G. Ingersoll



A controversial lecturer and famous orator of the mid 1800's, Ingersoll railed against the absurdities of the Bible and cruelties of orthodo…

American Philosophy Collection

Read by P. J. Taylor


Various



This recording is the second in an ongoing series of collections highlighting foundational articles in early 20th Century American philosoph…

On Something

Read by Ray Clare


Hilaire Belloc



“Now that story is a symbol, and tells the truth. We see some one thing in this world, and suddenly it becomes particular and sacramental; a…

If I May

Read by SK


A. A. Milne



A. A. Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for…

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…

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Various



These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

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