Essays & Short Works
- Philosophical Travelogues
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- Essays for Personal Growth
- Explorations in Science and Thought
- Explorations in Psychology
- Political Essays and Reflections
- Political Essays and Manifestos
- Philosophical Essays on Existence
British Goblins
The British Isles, in particular Wales, are renowned for legend and folklore. The author, an American journalist working in Europe, was appo…
A Miscellany of Men
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was among the world's most prolific writers who incorporated relentless logic, wonderful humor, and a clear view of…
What the White Race May Learn from the Indian
People learn from other people, and races have forever learned from other races. Herein we are treated to an in-depth understanding of categ…
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Published in 1911, Kandinsky's book compares the spiritual life of humanity to a pyramid -- the artist has a mission to lead others to the p…
Three Years In Europe
William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave--his father a white man who never acknowl…
The World’s Story
This is the second volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March T…
Mysticism and Logic
This anthology collects a number of fascinating strands of Bertrand Russell's thought. "Mathematics and the Metaphysicians" detail…
Stories I Told Myself
Funny, moving and always exquisitely well-produced, this collection of short stories and essays from the award-winning Seanachai podcast is …
The Appetite of Tyranny
In The Appetite of Tyranny, G. K. Chesterton explores the complex interplay between individual actions and the broader societal consequences…
Psychological Types
Ever wondered if there is any "theoretical basis" for the well-known Myers–Briggs Type Indicator Personality Test? In this groundb…
The Einstein Theory of Relativity
When Albert Einstein published his first paper on relativity theory, it caused a stir in the physicists' community. When more and more evide…
The I.W.W.
“We must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, ‘Abolition of the wage system’”The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), membe…
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection
The Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection comprises short works previously unrecorded for LibriVox - fiction, essays, poetry, letters…
The Philosophy of Logical Atomism
'The Philosophy of Logical Atomism' is a series of lectures by Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) that touches on numerous topics, including the n…
Institutio Oratoria
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was of Spanish origin, being born about 35 A.D. at Calagurris. At Rome he met with great success as a teacher and…
How We Think
A book written by an American education philosopher in which he proposed “This scientific attitude of mind might, conceivably, be quite irr…
What Prohibition Has Done to America
In What Prohibition Has Done to America, Fabian Franklin presents a concise but forceful argument against the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.…
Utopia of Usurers
In Utopia of Usurers, G. K. Chesterton presents a sharp critique of capitalism, challenging the prevailing narratives that support it. With …
Selected Essays
Voltairine de Cleyre (1866–1912) was, according to Emma Goldman, "the most gifted and brilliant anarchist woman America ever produced.&…
Crime
Clarence Darrow was an American lawyer. He remains notable for his wit and agnosticism, which marked him as one of the most famous American …