Category Archives: Non-fiction

Audiobook: All Things Considered

Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of this

Audiobook: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 011

A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, articles, speeches

Audiobook: Mornings at Bow Street

This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found

Audiobook: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

During the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, newspaper reporters in the stricken city

Audiobook: History of New Brunswick

Originally published in 1825 under the title: Sketches of New Brunswick : containing an account

Audiobook: Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1

The first of six volumes, this volume covers in extensive detail the topics of “The

Audiobook: Creative Chemistry

Slosson reviews the transformation of alchemistry from an obscure and imprecise practice to the science

Audiobook: Quest of the Historical Jesus

In this book, Schweitzer traces the historical progress of ‘Historical Jesus’ research, from Hermann Reimarus

Audiobook: Facts of Reconstruction

After the American Civil War, John R. Lynch, who had been a slave in Mississippi,

Audiobook: Report on Unidentified Flying Objects

‘Straight from the horse’s mouth’, as they say. Edward Ruppelt was the first head of

Audiobook: Italian Cook Book

One of the beneficial results of the Great War has been the teaching of thrift

Audiobook: American Cookery

American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons, was the first known cookbook written by an American, published

Audiobook: Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality

“Who can help laughing when an ordinary journalist seriously proposes to limit the subject-matter at

Audiobook: Life of Jesus Critically Examined

Strauss was an early pioneer in the ongoing ‘Quest of the Historical Jesus’ movement, and

Audiobook: Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part 2

Part 2 of 3 of a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin,

Audiobook: Book of the Foundations

Essentially the sequel to The Life of St. Teresa, Teresa recounts the foundations of the

Audiobook: Posterior Analytics

Posterior Analytics is the fourth of Aristotle’s six texts on logic which are collectively known

Audiobook: A-Birding on a Bronco

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She started observing bird

Audiobook: Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 4

Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin’s seminal work on Protestant systematic theology. Highly

Audiobook: Easy Lessons in Einstein

Published in 1920, Slosson’s Easy Lessons in Einstein is one of the first popularizations of

Audiobook: How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a

Audiobook: Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan

The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported

Audiobook: Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath

Beau Nash (1674–1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in

Audiobook: Spirit of Youth and the City Streets

Much of the material in the following pages has appeared in current publications. It is

Audiobook: Topics

The Topics is is the fifth of Aristotle’s six texts on logic which are collectively

Audiobook: Soul of Man

“(T)he past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought

Audiobook: Fighting the Flying Circus

This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought

Audiobook: Outline of Science, Vol 2

The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target

Audiobook: Elements of Botany

The Elements of Botany is one of seven in a Series of First Books of

Audiobook: Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 – 1775) was a freed