Essays & Short Works

The Ukrainians and the European War

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Various


The WWI (European war) for Ukrainians was the hope of its nation unity and freedom from Austria-Hungary but mostly from Russian Empire. Gali…

Wonderful London

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Anonymous


"Wonderful London, its lights and shadows of humour and sadness". (That's the full title of the book.) A collection of short essay…

Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed

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William Alexander MacKay


By Zorra, in the following sketches, is meant a little district in Oxford county, Ontario, some ten miles square, composed of part of East a…

Homage to John Dryden: Three Essays on Poetry of the Seventeenth Century

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T. S. Eliot


Best known as a poet and playwright, Nobel Laureate T.S. Eliot also wrote many works of literary criticism. In this volume he gives us thr…

Happiness: Essays on the Meaning of Life

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Carl Hilty


A series of essays based on Christian doctrines on how to attain true happiness. - Summary by Lynne T

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 076

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Our constitution is color-blind... the law regards man as man and takes no accoun…

Milton

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


John Milton (1608-1674) was an English poet, classicist, and fearless advocate for civil liberty, who served the Commonwealth of England und…

Live, From Milwaukee, It's Tuesday Night

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Billie Pagliolo-Olmon


"Live, From Milwaukee, It's Tuesday Night," is an eclectic collection of essays and short stories, some of them humorous, some of…

Coffee Break Collection 028 - Hobbies

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Various


This is the 28th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

LibriVox 9th Anniversary Collection

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Various


This year is the 9th anniversary of our illustrious community, and readers have found and recorded 99 items with a connection with the numbe…

It Might Have Happened to You

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Coningsby Dawson


This is a frank eyewitness description of the suffering, starvation in particular, that was widely experienced in Central and Eastern Europe…

If I May (Version 2)

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A. A. Milne


A. A. Milne, best known as the creator of Winnie the Pooh, was a prolific author of books, plays, essays and articles. He also spent a numbe…

Librivox Multilingual Short Works Collection 005

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Various


This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages. All chosen and recorded by L…

The Mob Violence and the American Negro: My Experience in the Sunny South

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Velley Lester


According to the author of the Preface, "Mr. Lester is also zealous to bring about a better relation and a better understanding between…

Theological Essays

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Charles Bradlaugh


Charles Bradlaugh was an English political activist and atheist who founded the National Secular Society in 1866. In the 23 "Theologica…

Fabian Essays in Socialism

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George Bernard Shaw


The Fabian Society is a British institution, which, though radical, advocated social reform through legislative rather than revolutionary me…

From the Easy Chair Vol. 1

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George William Curtis


George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican p…

Journeys to Bagdad

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Charles S. Brooks


In these 10 short and witty essays, author Charles S. Brooks (1878-1934) muses on various topics, as wide-ranging as Shakespeare, travelling…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 068

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain. "The Regulation of Time" and "Uniform Standard Time" are two of seve…

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