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The Treaty with China - Mark Twain
The Treaty with China - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
"A good candidate for 'the most under-appreciated work by Mark Twain' would be 'The Treaty With China,' which he published in the New York Tribune in 1868. This piece, which is an early statement of Twain's opposition to imperialism and which...
The Mother and the Child - Maria MONTESSORI
The Mother and the Child - Maria MONTESSORI
- Author: Maria MONTESSORI
- Genre: Family Life / *Non-fiction
"The mother and the child" is a lecture given by Maria Montessori in 1915. The famous educational reformer speaks about the importance to give children freedom and a suitable environment, so they will be able to fully develop according to their own...
The Story of Mary MacLane - Mary MacLane
The Story of Mary MacLane - Mary MacLane
- Author: Mary MacLane
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
At the age of 19 in 1902, MacLane published her first book, The Story of Mary MacLane. It sold 100,000 copies in the first month and was popular among young girls, but was strongly criticized by conservative readers, and lightly ridiculed by H.L....
Acres of Diamonds (Version 2) - Russell Conwell
Acres of Diamonds (Version 2) - Russell Conwell
- Author: Russell Conwell
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
One of the most requested motivational lectures of all time. "I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich ... The men who get rich may be the most honest men you find in the community. Let me say here clearly ... ninety-eight...
A Defence of Idealism - May Sinclair
A Defence of Idealism - May Sinclair
- Author: May Sinclair
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
The philosophy of Idealism, revived in eighteenth-century Europe by George Berkeley, argued against philosophical materialism by maintaining that Reality is a creation of the Mind. Despite its flourishing under the leadership of Hegel, Fichte,...
There Are Realistic Alternatives - Gene Sharp
There Are Realistic Alternatives - Gene Sharp
- Author: Gene Sharp
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
Violence in society and politics, whether in the form of war, terrorism, dictatorship, oppression, usurpation, or genocide, is widely recognized as a grave problem. The objective of this essay is to explore a different perspective on the nature of...
The Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century - Francis Parkman, Jr.
The Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century - Francis Parkman, Jr.
- Author: Francis Parkman Jr.
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread the books around the world. The American writer and literary critic Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) in his book "O...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
A collection of ten short essays or other short nonfiction works in the public domain read by Librivox volunteers....
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (version 2) - Olive Gilbert
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (version 2) - Olive Gilbert
- Author: Olive Gilbert
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) was born into slavery in 1797 (or thereabouts) in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York. This narrative, as told by Sojourner Truth to her friend Olive Gilbert, recounts to the best of her recollection what she...
To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation - Martin Luther
To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation - Martin Luther
- Author: Martin Luther
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Early Modern
Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the German Nobility, the Church and the Christian. "To the Christian Nobility" appeared first. In it, Luther identifies and attacks the...
J.S. Bach, Volume 1 - Albert SCHWEITZER
J.S. Bach, Volume 1 - Albert SCHWEITZER
- Author: Albert SCHWEITZER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Music
An analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach's life and musical compositions, and of the artistic, philosophical, and religious world in which he acted. (Introduction by Kathleen Norland)...
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church - Martin Luther
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church - Martin Luther
- Author: Martin Luther
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Christianity - Other
Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the German Nobility, the Church and the Christian. "On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church" appeared second. In it, Luther sifts the...
Birds of the Air - Arabella B. Buckley
Birds of the Air - Arabella B. Buckley
- Author: Arabella B. Buckley
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Nature
Arabella Buckley had a great love of nature and wished to impart that love to children. Birds of the Air will encourage children to observe birds in their natural environment and notice the habits of each particular bird they encounter. (Summary by...
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman - Philip STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman - Philip STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD
- Author: Philip STANHOPE 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Philosophy
Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, was at one time Ambassador to the Hague, negotiated the second Treaty of Vienna, was a founding governor of London’s Foundling Hospital, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and Secretary of State. Having no legitimate...
The Art of Travel - Sir Francis GALTON
The Art of Travel - Sir Francis GALTON
- Author: Sir Francis GALTON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Travel & Geography
The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from the very beginnings (qualifications of a traveller, how to organize an expedition, the perfect outfit), to...
Commentary on the Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, Volume 1 - John Calvin
Commentary on the Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, Volume 1 - John Calvin
- Author: John Calvin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. Calvin's writing and preachings provided the seeds for the branch of theology that bears his name. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from...
The Dixie Book of Days - Page ANDREWS
The Dixie Book of Days - Page ANDREWS
- Author: Page ANDREWS
- Genre: General Fiction / Poetry / *Non-fiction
The author used a yearly calendar to focus on pieces written by Southern authors. Many of these writers are little known, having created for their own enjoyment or peace of mind, not necessarily for publication. (Summary by Bill Boerst)...
The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume IV - François-René de Chateaubriand
The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume IV - François-René de Chateaubriand
- Author: François-René de Chateaubriand
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Memoirs
After the extinction of Napoleon's comet on St Helena, Chateaubriand covers the Bourbon Restoration in this volume, meeting a dazzling array of literary and political figures, as his diplomatic career advances. - Summary by Nicole Lee...
Historic Waterways - Reuben Gold THWAITES
Historic Waterways - Reuben Gold THWAITES
- Author: Reuben Gold THWAITES
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / *Non-fiction / History
Historic Waterways, Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing down the Rock, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. This volume is the record of six hundred miles of canoeing experiences on historic waterways in Wisconsin and Illinois during the summer of 1887. There has...
Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 3, October 1901 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 3, October 1901 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
The Elements of Mammalogy - William Ruschenberger
The Elements of Mammalogy - William Ruschenberger
- Author: William Ruschenberger
- Genre: Family Life / *Non-fiction / Animals
The Elements of Mammalogy is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1845 presents an introduction to mammalogy. The information, albeit not current,...
The Morals (Moralia), Book 2 - Lucius Mestrius PLUTARCHUS
The Morals (Moralia), Book 2 - Lucius Mestrius PLUTARCHUS
- Author: Lucius Mestrius PLUTARCHUS
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / *Non-fiction / Self-Help
The Moralia (loosely translatable as "Matters relating to customs") of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They give an insight into Roman and Greek life, but often are...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, medicine, nature and religion....
Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar', Vol. 1 - William JACKSON
Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar', Vol. 1 - William JACKSON
- Author: William JACKSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons accused and the crimes committed. It is primarily based upon contemporary newspaper and pamphlet accounts of...
The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ - Nicolas NOTOVITCH
The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ - Nicolas NOTOVITCH
- Author: Nicolas NOTOVITCH
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
The New Testament describes the life of Jesus, but nothing is said of his life between the ages of 14 and 29. Notovitch, like so many historians, tries to find evidence of what happened to Jesus during those years. He claims to have found the answer...
Revolted Woman - Charles George HARPER
Revolted Woman - Charles George HARPER
- Author: Charles George HARPER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
One man's opinion of woman in 1894. Charles Harper believes in the superiority of the male sex and the subordination of the female. He paints an entire gender with the same brush. He believes all women to be identical in mind (illogical) and body...
Letters from Egypt - Lucie DUFF-GORDON
Letters from Egypt - Lucie DUFF-GORDON
- Author: Lucie DUFF-GORDON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters from Egypt. Lady Duff-Gordon had tuberculosis, and went to Egypt for her health. This collection of her...
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II - James Boswell
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II - James Boswell
- Author: James Boswell
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Boswell's famous work on the life of his admired friend Johnson, the formidable poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer, is a milestone in the development of biographical writing, a treasure-house of Johnson's...
A Theologico-Political Treatise - Benedict de SPINOZA
A Theologico-Political Treatise - Benedict de SPINOZA
- Author: Benedict de SPINOZA
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
Written by the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza, the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus or Theologico-Political Treatise was one of the most controversial texts of the early modern period. It was a preemptive defense of Spinoza's later work, Ethics,...
The Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 2 - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 2 - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Charlotte Bronte was a British author, the eldest of the three famous Bronte sisters who have become standards of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, one of the greatest classics of all times. Just two years after...
Above Life's Turmoil - James Allen
Above Life's Turmoil - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Self-Help
The turmoil of the world we cannot avoid, but the disturbances of mind we can overcome. The duties and difficulties of life claim our attention, but we can rise above all anxiety concerning them. Surrounded by noise, we can yet have a quiet mind;...
Studies in Pessimism - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
Studies in Pessimism - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Author: Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
Arthur Schopenhauer, an early 19th century philosopher, made significant contributions to metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics. His work also informed theories of evolution and psychology, largely through his theory of the will to power – a concept...
The Seven Follies of Science - John PHIN
The Seven Follies of Science - John PHIN
- Author: John PHIN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
The seven follies of science; a popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them to which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions, and marvels.(Summary by John Phin)...
Magna Carta - Unknown
Magna Carta - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version in the Gutenberg collection. - Magna Carta is the most significant early influence on the long historical...
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2 - Benvenuto CELLINI
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2 - Benvenuto CELLINI
- Author: Benvenuto CELLINI
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great...
The Ego and His Own - Max STIRNER
The Ego and His Own - Max STIRNER
- Author: Max STIRNER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
In this book, his most famous, Max Stirner presents a philosophical case for a radical egoism that shuns the socially-oriented outlooks of both "establishment" ideologies and of revolutionaries in favor of an extreme individualism. The book is most...
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. III - Edward Gibbon
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. III - Edward Gibbon
- Author: Edward Gibbon
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six...
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 1 - Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 1 - Agnes Strickland
- Author: Agnes Strickland
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elisabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066....
Ulysses S. Grant - Owen Wister
Ulysses S. Grant - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is only 145 pages in a little pamphlet size. The author is famous for his stories of the Old West, but he also...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 09) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 09) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is chapter 9 of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England from the accession of James II. This chapter covers part of the invasion of England by William, the Dutch Stadtholder, later William III of England....
