Category Archives: Essay/Short nonfiction

Audiobook: A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind

This work presents Rousseau’s belief in the profoundly transformational effects of the development of civilization

Audiobook: Anarchism and Other Essays

Chicago, May 4, 1886. In the Haymarket region of the city, a peaceful Labor Day

Audiobook: Historical Newspaper Articles

Public Domain newspaper articles in the US span a period of nearly two and a

Audiobook: Absolute Surrender and Other Addresses

This is a series of short messages written by the South African minister, Andrew Murray.

Audiobook: The Anti-Federalist Papers

During the period of debate over the ratification of the Constitution, numerous independent local speeches

Audiobook: The Gettysburg Address

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA Four

Audiobook: African-American Collection, July 2007

This collection recognizes Black History Month, February 2007. Two excellent resources for public domain African

Audiobook: Essays, First Series

“I do not wish to treat friendships daintily but with roughest courage. When they are

Audiobook: The Essays of Francis Bacon

Among the many ideas explored in this book are beauty, gardens, honor and reputation, cunning,

Audiobook: Common Sense

First published anonymously due to its seditious content in 1776, the pamphlet argues for the

Audiobook: The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America

Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of

Audiobook: The Sadhana: Realisation of Life

Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer, and novelist whose work

Audiobook: A Modest Proposal

A satirical essay written by one of the most renowned satirists, Jonathan Swift, A Modest

Audiobook: A Short History of England

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were

Audiobook: The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book

A collection of articles from Good Housekeeping magazine, The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book focuses on

Audiobook: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

This speech was given March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, and

Audiobook: U.S. Historical Documents

The Articles of Confederation: On November 15th, 1777 The Articles of Confederation became the first

Audiobook: Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll

Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) was a Civil War veteran, American political leader and orator

Audiobook: Local Color Collection

In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers.

Audiobook: Walking

This was originally a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum titled

Audiobook: Little Wars (A Game for Boys)

Miniature wargaming got its start with the publication in 1913 of this thoroughly entertaining little

Audiobook: Collected Works of Saint Patrick

St. Patrick’s Breastplate – This prayer is attributed to St. Patrick and his diciples. It

Audiobook: Eugenics and Other Evils

Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words

Audiobook: Miscellaneous Essays

The Hunter Thompson of the 19th Century, de Quincey is best known for his Confessions

Audiobook: American Notes

In American Notes, Rudyard Kipling, the Nobel Prize-winning author of the Jungle Book, visits the

Audiobook: Astounding Stories of Super-Science, September 1930

This is a collection of short science fiction stories by various writers, circa 1930. Writers

Audiobook: De Profundis

This is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred

Audiobook: Alarms and Discursions

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific

Audiobook: The Jumping Frog

“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain.

Audiobook: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

The book chronicles and vilifies its targets in three parts: “National Delusions”, “Peculiar Follies”, and