Essays & Short Works
On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery
Read by Martin Clifton
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister was born near London in 1827. He studied medicine at the University of London and pursued a career as a surgeon in Scotland. H…
The Night Side of New York
Read by Grant Hurlock
Various
This nonfiction collection of sketches, by "members of the New York press," takes the reader on a tour of 1866 New York City after…
Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 1
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Various
Public Domain newspaper articles in the US span a period of nearly two and a half centuries. Subjects, styles, period, publisher, and length…
Gleanings in Buddha Fields
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Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn was one of the first Westerners to live in Japan during the early Meiji era, and a prolific writer. Although chiefly known fo…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012
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Various
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…
Exotics and Retrospectives
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Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings a…
First Fifty Digits of Pi
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Scott Hemphill
56 flavors of Pi proudly produced by LibriVox volunteers to celebrate Pi Day, 2008. (3/14) Don't worry, you don't have to listen to an infin…
First and Last
Read by Ray Clare
Hilaire Belloc
“When a man weighs anchor in a little ship or a large one he does a jolly thing! He cuts himself off and he starts for freedom and for the c…
Reviews
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Oscar Wilde
Wilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would hav…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 021
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Die Schrecken der deutschen Sprache" übersetzt v…
The Will and the Way Stories
Read by Roger Melin
Jessie Benton Frémont
Simply put, this is a book of 9 short vignettes each of which describes a different scenario which demonstrates the age old adage: 'where th…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 045
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.
Certain Personal Matters
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H. G. Wells
Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pi…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005
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Various
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection we…
Bird Stories from Burroughs
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John Burroughs
What a better way to learn about birds than to read this delightful collection of interesting bird stories! John Burroughs was a nature essa…
On Anything
Read by Ray Clare
Hilaire Belloc
Long before I knew that the speech of men was misused by them and that they lied in the hearing of the gods perpetually, in those early days…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 037
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 14 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Warum das Meerwaßer salzig ist" und "Osten…
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3
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Charles Dickens
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…
Lettre à un magistrat sur le commerce de la librairie... et Lettre sur les aveu…
Read by Christiane Jehanne
Denis Diderot
Deux Lettres écrites avec tout le talent de Denis Diderot.1/ Sur les lois régissant le commerce de librairie, les droits, les …
Is Mars Habitable?
Read by Caliban
Alfred Russel Wallace
In 1907 Wallace wrote the short book Is Mars Habitable? to criticize the claims made by Percival Lowell that there were Martian canals built…