Political Science

The Political History of France

by Muriel O. Davis Read by Pamela Nagami 4.7
This little book opens on the eve of the French Revolution. The government is crippled by financial mismanagement, ruled by a King who, in t…

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

by George Washington Plunkitt Read by John W. Michaels 4.9
In this insightful memoir, George Washington Plunkitt, a prominent figure in New York City's Tammany Hall, offers a firsthand account of the…

Eleven Theses on Feuerbach

by Karl Marx Read by Carl Manchester 4.5
The “Theses on Feuerbach” are eleven short philosophical notes written by Karl Marx in 1845. They outline a critique of the ideas of Marx’s …

Preliminary Report on Neo-Fascist and Hate Groups

by House Un-American Activities Committee Read by KevinS 4.9
A preliminary report to the U. S. Congress on a portion of the subversive activities conducted by two specific Neo-Fascist organizations tha…

The African Problem and the Peace Settlement

by Edmund Dene Morel Read by KevinS 4.8
In this essay, the author directs our attention on the African continent and describes how the exploitation and colonization of Africa by Eu…

The Story of a Patriot

by Upton Sinclair Read by Lee Smalley 4.1
"100%: The Story of a Patriot" dramatically recounts the adventures of a poor uneducated young man who lives by his wits and guile…

Bill of Rights

by United States Government and Unit Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, and were ratified on December 15, 1791.

Vices are not Crimes

by Lysander Spooner Read by Annise 4.5
In Vices are not Crimes, Lysander Spooner presents a thought-provoking examination of the relationship between individual liberty and govern…

What Prohibition Has Done to America

by Fabian Franklin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In What Prohibition Has Done to America, Fabian Franklin presents a concise but forceful argument against the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.…

The Influence of Monarchs

by Frederick Adams Woods Read by Leon Harvey 4.5
Frederick Adams Woods presents compelling evidence to support the great man theory of history and his own category scientific inquiry known …

John Hancock

by Lorenzo Sears Read by Robert Morel 4
This book sheds light on one of the greatest men in the American history, an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Pa…

A Vital Question

by Nikolai Chernyshevsky Read by Expatriate 3.9
Despised by Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, What Is To Be Done? is a fascinating, sympathetic story of idealistic revolutionaries in mid-nineteenth…

Anticipations of a World Peace

by H. G. Wells Read by John Schuurman 5
In the Fourth Year is a collection H.G. Wells assembled in the spring of 1918 from essays he had recently published discussing the problem o…

The World's Best Orations

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.2
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…

The Causes Of The American Civil War

by John Lothrop Motley Read by David Wales 4.3
John Lothrop Motley (1814 – 1877) was an American author and popular diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of th…

The First Two Stuarts and the Puritan Revolution

by Samuel Rawson Gardiner Read by Pamela Nagami 4.6
Samuel Rawson Gardiner was an eminent British historian of the Victorian era whose works on the 17th century remain a respected source. This…

Washington and the Riddle of Peace

by H. G. Wells Read by Lee Smalley 4.5
As an observer at the WASHINGTON CONFERENCE FOR THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS held in 1921 and attended by the victorious nations of The Great…

United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
This collection comprises recordings of seven historic speeches given to the UK House of Lords between 1641 and 1945. Readings are of speech…

The World’s Famous Orations

by William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey, Various,William Jennings Bryan and Various, William Jennings Bryan Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations…

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau Read by Phil Chenevert 4.8
"That government is best which governs least" is the famous opening line of this essay. The slavery crisis inflamed New England i…

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