Essays & Short Works

España y América

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Antonio Sánchez Moguel



Conjunto magestral de obras literarias e históricas de personajes hispanoparlantes de ambos lados del Atlántico. El autor exam…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 059

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Various



Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. - Summary by schrm

Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 6, August 1906

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Various



Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that described itself as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature&qu…

The Booklover and His Books

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Henry Lyman Koopman



This book about books was written by Harry Lyman Koopman, who served as the head librarian for Brown University from 1893 to 1930. Published…

Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 7, September 1906

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Various



Mother Earth, an American anarchist journal, was self styled as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature". Mo…

History of a Literary Radical, and Other Essays

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Randolph Silliman Bourne



A posthumous collection of Bourne's writing from publications such as The Atlantic Monthly and early issues of The New Republic, with a long…

Letters to Catherine E. Beecher in Reply to an Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism

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Angelina Emily Grimké



This is a collection of thirteen letters from Angelina Grimké on the subjects of abolitionism and human rights in the United States.

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1953 - 1963)

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John F. Kennedy



The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Insomnia Collection Vol. 007

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Various



Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…

The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 7

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Charles Knight



The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was published in competition to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which …

Coffee Break Collection 035 - Birds

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Various



This is the 35th Coffee Break Collection, in which LibriVox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

Lost Leaders

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Andrew Lang



Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…

The Powder of Sympathy

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Christopher Morley



Another collection of mostly short “soliloquys” from Christopher Morley, an American literary luminary, who introduces them thus: “… these p…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 058

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Various



Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. - Summary by schrm

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 097

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Various



"One does not care to walk over a rug or carpet that displays a scene in perspective, neither does one wish to gaze into a landscape wr…

Coffee Break Collection 037 - More Birds

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Various



This is the 37th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

Curiosities of the Hymnal

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Carl F. Price



Carl F. Price, a pioneering hymnologist, historian, and author, says, "Every real hymn has its story, if only we could discover it.&quo…

An Essay Upon Wind, with Curious Anecdotes of Eminent Peuters

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Charles James Fox



Purported to be written by noted British Parliamentarian Charles James Fox as a result of a wager, this important and engaging essay is a me…

Páginas sevillanas

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Manuel Chaves Rey



Testimonio de glorias, compendio histórico y padrón de grandezas sevillanas…un precioso ramillete de recuerdos sevillanos anti…

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