Essays & Short Works

The Enchiridion of Augustine

by Saint Augustine of Hippo Read by Darren L. Slider 4.8
The Enchiridion, Manual, or Handbook of Augustine of Hippo is alternatively titled, "Faith, Hope, and Love". The Enchiridion is a …

Old Times on the Mississippi

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.5
Old Times on the Mississippi offers a vivid glimpse into the life and culture along the Mississippi River as seen through the eyes of Mark T…

What is Man?

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.6
"What Is Man?", published by Mark Twain in 1906, is a dialogue between a young man and an older man jaded to the world. It involve…

Meditations on First Philosophy

by René Descartes Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.6
After several years working on a treatise putting forth his mechanistic philosophy and physics, Descartes shelved the project when his conte…

The Kingdom of God is within you

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The title of the book comes from Luke 17:21. It is a non-fiction work of the famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy. He wrote it after many years…

The Sovereignty of God

by Arthur Pink Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Sovereignty of God by Arthur Pink delves into one of the most profound and debated concepts in Christian theology: the sovereignty of Go…

The Alhambra

by Washington Irving Read by David Wales 4.7
This is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving. Irving lived at the Alhambra Palace while writing some of…

The History of Standard Oil

by Ida M. Tarbell Read by Tom Weiss 4.7
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Com…

The Federalist Papers

by James Madison Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The Federalist Papers (correctly known as The Federalist) are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Const…

Nature

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Jesse Zuba 4.8
First published anonymously in 1836, Nature marks the beginning both of Emerson’s literary career and the Transcendentalist movement. Asking…

Sadhana, The Realisation of Life

by Rabindranath Tagore Read by Peter Yearsley 4.7
A collection of essays on the Hindu/Buddhist view of humankind's place in the universe. As the author says in his introduction: "in the…

Thinking as a Science

by Henry Hazlitt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Written in a conversational style that will appeal to the younger person as well as seasoned professional, "Thinking as a Science"…

The Ghosts of Piccadilly

by G. S. Street Read by Peter Yearsley 4.7
Nothing spooky or supernatural, but a very personal gathering of gossip, letters, and fragments of biography of famous people who have lived…

The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles

by Varioustranslated Byarchbishop William Wake and Varioustranslated By William Wake Read by CJ Plogue 4.4
This is a compilation of ancient books attributed to the writings of the apostles of Jesus Christ and their disciples. These books were onc…

Secret Chambers and Hiding Places

by Allan Fea Read by Peter Yearsley 4.5
“Secret Chambers and Hiding Places” is a collection of concealments and their uses, almost all within England, although a very few passages …

The Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith Read by Stephen Escalera 4.7
The Wealth of Nations is a foundational text in economics, penned by Scottish philosopher Adam Smith during the transformative period of the…

The Anti-Federalist Papers

by Patrick Henry Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
During the period of debate over the ratification of the Constitution, numerous independent local speeches and articles were published all a…

The Gamekeeper at Home

by Richard Jefferies Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017) 4.6
Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was born and spent his childhood on a farm at Coate,Wiltshire. He joined the ‘Wiltshire and Gloucestershire …

Human, All Too Human

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
"Human, all-too-Human, is the monument of a crisis. It is entitled: 'A book for free spirits,' and almost every line in it represents a…

The Slavery of Our Times

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This little book shows, in a short, clear, and systematic manner, how the principle of Non-Resistance, about which Tolstoy has written so mu…

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