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Der Waldteufel
Read by Dirk Weber
Robert Kraft
Der Waldteufel erschien 1898 im Rahmen der 5 Hefte umfassenden Serie „Aus allen Welttheilen“, wobei jedes Heft eine abgeschlossene Geschicht…
An Essay on Man
Read by Martin Geeson
Alexander Pope
Pope’s Essay on Man, a masterpiece of concise summary in itself, can fairly be summed up as an optimistic enquiry into mankind’s place in th…
A Romp Through Philosophy for Complete Beginners
Read by Marianne Talbot
Marianne Talbot
University of Oxford Podcasts
Piano and Song
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Friedrich Wieck
This book talks about teaching, learning and performing on the piano in a delightful style, alternating between conversation and instruction…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051
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Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…
Representative Men
Read by skoval
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A series of biographical lectures originally published in 1850. Each chapter is a philosophical treatment of the life of an intellectual. Th…
Alarms and Discursions
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, p…
Spiegel, das Kätzchen
Read by Karlsson
Gottfried Keller
Spiegel, das Kätzchen (Untertitel: Ein Märchen) ist eine Novelle des Schweizer Dichters Gottfried Keller. Sie bildet den Schluss d…
Einstein and the Universe
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Charles Nordmann
"M. Nordmann has presented Einstein’s principle in words which lift the average reader over many of the difficulties he must encounter …
Introduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One
Peter Millican
Dr Peter Millican gives a series of lectures looking at Scottish 18th Century Philosopher David Hume and the first book of his Treatise of H…
Rheinsberg
Read by Wolfgang
Kurt Tucholsky
Ein Bilderbuch für Verliebte. Claire und Wolfgang, ein verliebtes Paar aus Berlin fahren für einige Tage nach Rheinsberg. (Summary…
Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion
Read by Expatriate
George Santayana
Even before the Great War turned the world upside down, Western civilization was being revolutionized at all levels: intellectually, philos…
Der Mantel
Read by Christian Al-Kadi
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Akakij Akakijewitsch ist mit Leib und Seele Beamter, genauer gesagt: Kopist. Der Beruf des Abschreibens füllt sein ganzes Leben aus. Er…
Seed Thoughts
Read by InTheDesert
Joseph Caryl
There is a work which few men possess, and which we are assured that no man alive ever ventured to read through. It is in two mighty folios,…
A Miscellany of Men
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was among the world's most prolific writers who incorporated relentless logic, wonderful humor, and a clear view of…
Tremendous Trifles
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
“None of us think enough of these things on which the eye rests. But don't let us let the eye rest. Why should the eye be so lazy? Let us ex…
A Treatise Of Human Nature, Volume 2
Read by George Yeager
David Hume
This book, published in two volumes called "books" by the author, is a treatment of everything from the origin of our ideas to how…
The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy, Analytically Expounded
Read by InTheDesert
David Dickson
Dickson is a writer after our own heart. For preachers he is a great ally. There is nothing brilliant or profound; but everything is clear a…
The Free Press
Read by Sean McClain
Hilaire Belloc
I propose to discuss in what follows the evil of the great modern Capitalist Press, its function in vitiating and misinforming opinion and i…
Richard Strauss
Read by David Wales
Herbert Francis Peyser
There was not much truly spectacular about the course of [Strauss's] life, which was most happily free from the material troubles which bede…