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Sophistical Elenchi - Aristotle
Sophistical Elenchi - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Science
The Sophistical Elenchi is the sixth of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). In the Sophistical Elenchi Aristotle identifies 13 falacies. Verbal Fallacies are: Accent or Emphasis; Amphibology;...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 039 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 039 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include literary figures--Alice Mangold Diehl, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Arthur Hugh Clough; philosophers--Hegel, Kierkegaard; religious...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 24) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 24) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is volume 5 chapter 24 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859). Volume 5 was published after his death.. Chapter 24 begins with the change in parliament with the 1698 elections. The death of the Electoral Prince of...
The Vegetarian Cook Book - E. G. FULTON
The Vegetarian Cook Book - E. G. FULTON
- Author: E. G. FULTON
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Cookbook from the era of John Kellogg, whose vegetarian meat substitutes Protose and Nuttolene are featured heavily in this volume. Production of this item was available as recently as the mid 2000's via Scandinavia, but any current substitutions...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 060 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 060 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain independently chosen by the readers. Volume 60 features excerpts from two German philosophers, Christian von Wolff and Hegel, as well as British theologian Edward Stillingfleet. It contains essays...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 057 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 057 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Natural cataclysm is the subject of several readings: the 1899 Alaskan earthquake, which uplifted cliffs at Yakutat Bay 47 feet; a terrifying forest fire in...
Alcibiades I - Plato
Alcibiades I - Plato
- Author: Plato
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / *Non-fiction / Philosophy
As Jowett relates in his brilliant introduction, 95% of Plato's writing is certain and his reputation rests soundly on this foundation. The Alcibiades 1 appears to be a short work by Plato with only two characters: Socrates and Alcibiades. This...
The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln
- Author: Abraham Lincoln
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
It was a cloudy November day in 1863 when thousands gathered to hear renowned orator Edward Everett dedicate a national cemetary at the site of a pivotal battle early in July of that year. Also present to deliver "a few appropriate remarks" was the...
The Art of Controversy (or: The Art of Being Right) - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
The Art of Controversy (or: The Art of Being Right) - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Author: Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Self-Help
The Art of Controversy (or The Art of Being Right) (Die Kunst, Recht zu Behalten) is a short treatise written in 1831 by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in which he presents thirty-eight methods of gaining an unfair advantage in a debate...
The Bookman, March 1921 - John FARRAR
The Bookman, March 1921 - John FARRAR
- Author: John FARRAR
- Genre: *Non-fiction
This precursor to The New Yorker magazine features several Algonquin Roundtable regulars, including Broun, Woolcott, and Morley. Editor is John C. Farrar, an American editor, writer and publisher. Farrar founded two publishing companies — Farrar...
The Westminster Confession of Faith - Undefined
The Westminster Confession of Faith - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition. Although drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly, largely of the Church of England, it became and remains the 'subordinate standard' of...
Histology of the Blood - Paul EHRLICH
Histology of the Blood - Paul EHRLICH
- Author: Paul EHRLICH
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
This is a textbook on the science of blood and bloodwork by (1908) Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Paul Ehrlich. Should appeal to hematologists, phlebotomists, and just plain folks interested in how our bodies work. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 3 - Various
United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 3 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
This is the third LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings of 10 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1601 and 1960. Readings are of speeches...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This chapter is a bit of a mixture. It begins with the death of Charles II and then goes on to James II. Judge Jeffries then makes an appearance in a riot of slapstick absurdity when viewed from so far away. Although, at the time of the ‘Bloody...
Umbrellas and Their History - William SANGSTER
Umbrellas and Their History - William SANGSTER
- Author: William SANGSTER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
A whimsically serious look at the umbrella and society. (summary by Clarica)...
The Maine Woods - Henry David Thoreau
The Maine Woods - Henry David Thoreau
- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- Genre: *Non-fiction
On August 31, 1846, twenty-nine-year-old Henry David Thoreau left his cabin on Walden Pond to undertake a railroad and steamboat journey to Bangor, Maine, from where he would venture with his Penobscot guide Joe Polis deep into the backwoods of...
Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers - Charles E. JEFFERSON
Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers - Charles E. JEFFERSON
- Author: Charles E. JEFFERSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Self-Help
Charles Edward Jefferson was pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle in Brooklyn, New York for 33 years. In Quiet Hints, published in 1901, he provided guidance to young preachers on what we would today call ministerial deportment, an old-fashioned word...
The Prairie Traveler - Randolph B. MARCY
The Prairie Traveler - Randolph B. MARCY
- Author: Randolph B. MARCY
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help / Travel & Geography
Commissioned by the US War Department and written in 1859 by a decorated US Army captain, The Prairie Traveler is a complete how-to travel guide for the westward-bound pioneer. Covering topics from first aid for rattlesnake bites to how to travel 70...
Just Me - Pearl WHITE
Just Me - Pearl WHITE
- Author: Pearl WHITE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography
Perhaps the first memoir written by a film celebrity, Pearl White's Just Me gives a first-person account of the actress' rise to stardom. White guides us through her early childhood, her development as a performer, and finally to her breakout role...
The Life of the Spider - Jean-Henri FABRE
The Life of the Spider - Jean-Henri FABRE
- Author: Jean-Henri FABRE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Animals / Nature
Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist and author. He was born in St. Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an autodidact, owing to the poverty of his family. Nevertheless, he acquired a primary teaching certificate at the young...
The Gray Mills of Farley - Sarah Orne Jewett
The Gray Mills of Farley - Sarah Orne Jewett
- Author: Sarah Orne Jewett
- Genre: Historical Fiction / *Non-fiction / Political Science
As contemporary today as it was over a century ago, this relatively unsentimental tale of labor relations still packs a punch. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
The School Book of Forestry - Charles Lathrop PACK
The School Book of Forestry - Charles Lathrop PACK
- Author: Charles Lathrop PACK
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Written by a third-generation timberman, this book discusses what forests are, their primary enemies, and their benefits to others. Additionally, mention is made of the U.S. National Forest system. - Summary by KHand...
The Smoke Eaters - Harvey Jerrold O'HIGGINS
The Smoke Eaters - Harvey Jerrold O'HIGGINS
- Author: Harvey Jerrold O'HIGGINS
- Genre: *Non-fiction
This book vividly brings to life the unimaginable risks of fire-fighting and the bravery and personal interactions of Captain Meaghan and the crew of Hook & Ladder Company No. 0 in New York City. A 1905 review in the New York Times notes: “’The...
The Journal of John Woolman - John WOOLMAN
The Journal of John Woolman - John WOOLMAN
- Author: John WOOLMAN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Philosophy
John Woolman was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York, England, in 1772. He was the child of Quaker parents, and from his youth was a zealous member of the Society of Friends. His “Journal,” published in 1774, describes his way of...
Sketches Of The Fair Sex - Anonymous
Sketches Of The Fair Sex - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Psychology
Sketches of the fair sex, in all parts of the world. To which are added rules for determining the precise figure, the degree of beauty, the habits, and the age of women, notwithstanding the aids and disguise of dress. It is our design to present a...
The Tower of London - Walter George BELL
The Tower of London - Walter George BELL
- Author: Walter George BELL
- Genre: *Non-fiction
A short book, whose chapters were originally published in The Daily Mail, which explores the history and facts of each of the structures that make up the Tower. - Summary by Janet 99...
History of the United States, Vol. I - Charles Austin Beard
History of the United States, Vol. I - Charles Austin Beard
- Author: Charles Austin Beard
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Charles Austin Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898,...
Australian Miscellany - Various
Australian Miscellany - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / History
A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry - we only asked that the readings should have some sort of Australian hook. So they can be by an Australian author, or about Australia, or...
Recollections of Old Liverpool by a Nonagenarian - James STONEHOUSE
Recollections of Old Liverpool by a Nonagenarian - James STONEHOUSE
- Author: James STONEHOUSE
- Genre: *Non-fiction
These reflections of a 93 year old Liverpudlian provide a unique view of life in late 19th to mid19th century Liverpool. They were transcribed as they were related by him and, as a result this narrative has the ring of authenticity to it and is...
A Modern Utopia - H. G. Wells
A Modern Utopia - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Political Science
H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the remainder of his life. One of his most ambitious early attempts at portraying a world state was A Modern...
Wage-Labour and Capital - Karl MARX
Wage-Labour and Capital - Karl MARX
- Author: Karl MARX
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
Orignally written as a series of newspaper articles in 1847, Wage-Labour and Capital was intended to give an overview of Marx’s central threories regarding the economic relationships between workers and capitalists. These theories outlined include...
Principia Ethica - George Edward MOORE
Principia Ethica - George Edward MOORE
- Author: George Edward MOORE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
George Edward Moore, usually known as G. E. Moore, (1873 – 1958) was a distinguished and influential English philosopher. He was, with Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and (before them) Gottlob Frege, one of the founders of the analytic...
In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World by Elizabeth Bisland - Elizabeth BISLAND
In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World by Elizabeth Bisland - Elizabeth BISLAND
- Author: Elizabeth BISLAND
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Travel & Geography
In November 1889, the New York World announced that it was sending its reporter Nellie Bly around the world, in a bid to beat Phileas Fogg's fictitious 80-day journey in Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days. Catching wind of this...
The Endowments of Man Considered in Their Relations with His Final End - William Bernard Ullathorne
The Endowments of Man Considered in Their Relations with His Final End - William Bernard Ullathorne
- Author: William Bernard Ullathorne
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Christianity - Other
William Bernard Ullathorne was a Benedictine monk and Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Australia from 1833 until 1840 and then returned to his native England, where he was ordained a bishop in 1847 and served as Roman Catholic Bishop of...
Three Essays on Religion - John Stuart Mill
Three Essays on Religion - John Stuart Mill
- Author: John Stuart Mill
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Self-Help
The Three Essays on Religion were written at different times during Mill's life, and only published after his death. The first two, 'Nature' and 'The Utility of Religion' date from the 1850s - the period between the publication of 'The Principles of...
The God of All Comfort - Hannah Whitall SMITH
The God of All Comfort - Hannah Whitall SMITH
- Author: Hannah Whitall SMITH
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help / Christianity - Other
This book is written to Christians who profess to believe the Bible as God's revelation, but whose "lives are filled with discomfort and unrest." Smith aims to show that the Bible's claim that God is the "the God of all comfort" is not an...
Democracy - An American Novel - Henry Brooks Adams
Democracy - An American Novel - Henry Brooks Adams
- Author: Henry Brooks Adams
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Political Science
Not until after his death in 1918 was it revealed that Henry Adams was the anonymous author of Democracy, which had been published to great acclaim in 1880. Though the book avoids dates and the characters are fictitious, the setting is no doubt that...
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young - Jacob Abbott
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Family & Relationships / Self-Help
Subtitled, "The principles on which a firm parental authority may be established and maintained, without violence or anger, and the right development of the moral and mental capacities be promoted by methods in harmony with the structure and the...
The Heroines of History - John S. JENKINS
The Heroines of History - John S. JENKINS
- Author: John S. JENKINS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; Josephine; Elizabeth of England; Mary of Scotland; Catherine of Russia; Marie Antoinette; and Madame Roland....
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 1 - Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 1 - Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
- Author: Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Early Modern / Christianity - Other
The History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, by Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné, is a classic work on the great events that re-opened the Christian gospel to a needy world. It tells of how the twenty-year-old Martin Luther, browsing through...
