Essays & Short Works

Mathematical Problems

by David Hilbert Read by Prachi Pendse 4.3
Lecture delivered before the International Congress of Mathematicians at Paris in 1900 and subsequently published in the Bulletin of the Ame…

How to Tell a Story

by Mark Twain Read by Claudia Salto 3.9
In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, an…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
The Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, that is, the philosopher-scientists who lived before or contemporaneously to Socrates, were the first m…

The Black Experience in America

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.9
This is not the copyrighted work by Norman Coombs currently on Project Gutenberg but a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, drama, an…

For Every Music Lover

by Aubertine Woodward Moore Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
For Every Music Lover is a collection of insightful essays that delve into the rich tapestry of music and its appreciation. Authored by Aube…

Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei

by Friedrich Engels Read by Rainer 4.6
Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels schrieben ihr Manifest im Dezember 1847, als Leitfaden fuer die grundsaetzlichen Prinzipien und Praktiken des…

Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule

by Mahatma Gandhi Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian i…

Psychopathology of Everyday Life

by Sigmund Freud Read by Mary Schneider 4.3
Professor Freud developed his system of psychoanalysis while studying the so-called borderline cases of mental diseases, such as hysteria an…

Irish Wit and Humor

by Various Read by James E. Carson 3.8
Excerpted anecdotes from the biographies of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell, relating humorous snippets of politics in 18th and 19th ce…

The Little Tea Book

by Arthur Gray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
After all, tea is the drink! Domestically and socially it is the beverage of the world. There may be those who will come forward with their …

The Riddle of the Universe

by Ernst Haeckel Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.2
The Riddle of the Universe is the philosophical work of Ernst Haeckel, eminent biologist, in which he explores the meaning of life, the natu…

Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

by Grenville Kleiser Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases by Grenville Kleiser is an extensive reference guide designed to enhance your vocabulary and improve your ex…

Sammlung kurzer Werke

by Karl May Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Sammlung von 19 kurzen Werken von Karl May: • Die beiden Kulledschi. Eine Orienterzählung aus Ägypten. Veröffentlicht in: D…

Der Wahrheitpfad

by Karl Eugen Neumann Read by Christian Al-Kadi 4.7
Das Dhammapada ist eine Anthologie von Aussprüchen des Buddha. Dabei sind die Verse so ausgewählt, dass sie den Kern der Lehre des…

Tact

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Tact by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 22, 2012.Ralph…

The Greek View of Life

by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson Read by Martin Geeson 4.3
“With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the…

The World as Will and Idea

by Arthur Schopenhauer Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
The World as Will and Idea presents Arthur Schopenhauer's profound exploration of the nature of existence, where he posits that the driving …

Principles of Economics

by Alfred Marshall Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the…

Curious Myths of the Middle Ages

by Sabine Baring-Gould Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages invites listeners to explore the fascinating and often bizarre beliefs that shaped medieval thought. In thi…

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