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The Human Machine
Read by Ruth Golding
Arnold Bennett
Bennett asks us to consider our brains as the most wonderful machine, a machine which is the only thing in this world that we can control. A…
Oxford Book of American Essays
Read by James E. Carson
Various
Collection of 32 essays by American authors ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Emerson to Whitman to Henry James to Theodore Roosevelt. On su…
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book IV
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John Locke
This is the fourth book of John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding. His book deals with knowledge and probability. He asks how far…
Walden oder Leben in den Wäldern
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Henry David Thoreau
In Walden beschreibt Thoreau sein Leben in einer Blockhütte, die er sich 1845 in den Wäldern von Concord (Massachusetts) am See Wa…
Modern Essays
Read by David Wales
Christopher Morley
Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…
The Power of Concentration
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William Walker Atkinson
A series of twenty lessons designed to help develop and improve the power of concentration. (Summary by Andrea Fiore)Written under the pseud…
Principia Ethica
Read by Fredrik Karlsson
George Edward Moore
George Edward Moore, usually known as G. E. Moore, (1873 – 1958) was a distinguished and influential English philosopher. He was, with Bertr…
Forty-One Letters on Religious Subjects
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John Newton
Among the excellences which appear in all the published letters of Newton, we may mention:In the first place, the grand design — the high an…
Henry D. Thoreau
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Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
A biography of the famous and popular poet-naturalist, author, philosopher, historian, written by a family friend who spent time with Thorea…
English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the Englis…
Read by Tony Oliva
William J. Long
This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has thr…
Dramatic Reading Scene and Story Collection, Volume 003
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Various
Librivox readers present a collection of their favorite chapters and short stories, with the original author’s words all brought to life wit…
An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense
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Thomas Reid
"That excellent book by Thomas Reid, the Inquiry into the Human Mind (first edition, 1764; 6th edition, 1810), as a negative proof of t…
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Version 2)
Read by Peter Tucker
George Berkeley
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (commonly called Treatise when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 work, in Eng…
Pipefuls
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Christopher Morley
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
Reading: An Essay
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Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
Favourite Chapters Collection 001
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Friedrich Nietzsche
A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderf…