Essays & Short Works

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…

The World's Story

by Eva March Tappan Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This is the first volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…

Prejudices

by H. L. Mencken Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Mencken sharpens his pen and in a collection of short essays delivers acerbic opinions on issues and persons of the time. Among his targets…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, articles, speeches and reports included in this collection…

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,…

Insomnia Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…

Letter from China

by Peter James Froning Read by Peter James Froning 4.9
This is a poignant and irreverent diary of the author's yearlong (2001-2) experience of teaching English to college students in Beijing, Peo…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various and Plato Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…

1943 Radio News

5
Experience the news from 1943 with this collection of radio broadcasts. This compilation includes various news segments and V-Discs from tha…

Strange Roads & With the Gods in Spring

by Arthur Machen and Vincent Starrett Read by Ben Tucker 4.8
The centerpieces of this collection are two essays by Arthur Machen, Strange Roads and With the Gods in Spring. Both use images of journeys …

A Square Deal

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States when president William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. As the …

Hodge Podge

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Hodge Podge is a delightful anthology that brings together a diverse array of short works, perfect for those brief moments of respite in a b…

G.K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In this engaging collection, G.K. Chesterton presents a series of newspaper columns originally published in "The New Witness" unde…

Anton Tchekhov

by Lev Shestov Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
This book was called Nachala i Kontzy when first published in 1908 in Russian and has been titled Anton Tchekhov and other essays as well as…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Africa, its Past and FutureReports on:Geography of …

In Woods of God Realization

by Rajanikant Chandwadkar 5
This is an audio recording of the Vol 1 of Complete Works of Swami Rama Tirtha that has been compiled in 7 Volumes. Next 2 Volumes are here …

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan

by Lafcadio Hearn Read by mlcui 4.6
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a collection of essays by Lafcadio Hearn detailing his first impressions of the country he found so fascinat…

Fancies Versus Fads

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
A Collection of 31 essays from G.K. Chesterton. “I have strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves…

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 …

Christian Science

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.3
Christian Science is a 1907 collection of essays Mark Twain wrote about Christian Science, beginning with an article that was published in C…

< 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 >