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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042
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Various
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…
Ingersoll on HUMBOLDT, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lecture…
Read by Brian Levine
Robert G. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius…
Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University
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Owen Wister
Owen Wister's wry humor enlivens this comedic story of three sophomores during exam week at Harvard. (Summary by David Wales)
The Negro
Read by Jim Locke
W. E. B. Du Bois
Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main known facts and their fair …
The History of Britain
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
John Milton
A reader of this history, encountering the frequent references to “my author,” meaning the current source, will be reminded of DON QUIXOTE a…
Poems
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George Santayana
George Santayana was born in Spain, educated in Boston and taught at Harvard before returning to Europe to spend the last forty years of his…
Ideen zu einem Versuch, die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen
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Wilhelm Von Humboldt
Ein klassicher Text des deutschen Liberalismus (Summary by redaer)
The Journal of a Disappointed Man
Read by Adam Whybray
W. N. P. Barbellion
The journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from his early childhood through to his early death from complications …
Listening
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John Frederick Freeman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Listening by John Frederick Freeman.This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 20, 2022. …
Writing Wrongly
Read by Thomas Corfield
Thomas Corfield
When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to a…
Pagan Papers
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Kenneth Grahame
We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered m…
Ligeia und Andere Novellen
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Edgar Allan Poe
Dies ist eine Sammlung von sieben Geschichten des Meisters der Spukgeschichten Edgar Allan Poe. Enthalten sind unter Anderem die drei ber&uu…
The Chapter Ends
Read by Phil Chenevert
Poul William Anderson
Far, far in the future the Earth is still spinning around the Sun, on the edge of the galaxy, dozing in obscurity, forgotten by it's trillio…
The Journal of Henry David Thoreau Volume 1: 1837 - 1846
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Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist,h…
Biografías breves
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Washington Irving
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
Escritor estadounidense. Nació el 3 de abril de 1783 en Nueva York. Cursó estudios de …
Sleep-Book
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Leolyn Louise Everett
This is a compilation and publication of sleep-related poetry, exalting the delight of sleep, as well as bemoaning the lack of it. (written …
Favourite Chapters Collection 003
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Various
A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderf…
Four Hundred Years of Freethought, Part 1
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Samuel Porter Putnam
This is Samuel Putnam's tour of European literature which began to appear once the globe was circumnavigated and the printing press made boo…
We
Read by Jim Locke
Charles Lindbergh
"We" is comprised of two parts. The first ten chapters (sections) where he traces his steady and remarkable genius for flying are …