Essays & Short Works

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…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 030

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Die Blumen der kleinen Ida" übersetzt von Paul A…

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence

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Alice Dunbar Nelson


It seems eminently fitting and proper in this year, the fiftieth anniversary of the Proclamation of Emancipation that the Negro should give …

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 030

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include botany, dreams, farming, history, li…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 019

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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…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 035

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Various


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include how to swim, Navajo silversmithing…

Woman and War

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Olive Schreiner


Olive Schreiner was a South African writer born in 1855 to missionary parents in the Eastern Cape. She is credited with being the first Inte…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 03

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National Geographic Society


National Geographic Magazine Volume 3, articles published in 1891 and 1892. South America: Annual Address by the President, Gardiner G. Hubb…

Some Articles About Mark Twain

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Sarah Knowles Bolton, Charles Hopkins Clark, William M. Clemens and Edmund Yates


"Samuel Langhorne Clemens", "Mark Twain At Home", "Youth of Mark Twain" & "Mark Twain Gossip"Pub…

Coffee Break Collection 020 - Old Age

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Various


The Librivox Coffee Break Collections are themed anthologies, selected and read by Librivox readers. Each short piece is fifteen minutes lon…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013

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Various


A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…

Satires and Profanities

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George William Foote


"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought,…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 036

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Various


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the discovery of X-rays, earthquak…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 02 No. 1-2

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National Geographic Society


National Geographic Magazine Volume 2 Number 1 April 1890.: * On the Telegraphic Determinations of Longitude by the Bureau of Navigation* Re…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 04

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine Volume 4, articles published in 1892 and 1893.The Evolution of Commerce: Annual Address by the President, G…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 021

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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…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 028

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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…

Three Essays by James Freeman Clarke

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James Freeman Clarke


Three diverse essays on souls in animals, a comparison of Buddhism and Christianity, and individualism in religion. Born in Hanover, New Ham…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034

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Various


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the English countryside; William R…

1903 Collection

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Various


This is what people were reading in 1903, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction articles. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

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