*Non-fiction - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 26
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 087 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 087 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
"Certitude is not the test of certainty." This pithy phrase is from Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr's essay on Natural Law, one of twenty nonfiction pieces chosen by their readers for inclusion in volume 087. Selections from Pascal, Josiah Royce,...
Historical Sketches of the Catholic Church in Oregon, During the Past Forty Years - François Norbert Blanchet
Historical Sketches of the Catholic Church in Oregon, During the Past Forty Years - François Norbert Blanchet
- Author: François Norbert Blanchet
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Modern (19th C) / Christianity - Other
This book is a first-hand account of the experiences of Fr. Norbert Blanchet and his fellow missionaries to Oregon in the 1830βs and 1840βs. The original duo, Fr. Blanchet and Fr. Demers, had incredible adventures traveling across Canada by canoe,...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 090 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 090 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
In his autobiographical essay "The Intellectuals and the Boston Mob," Booker T. Washington wrote: "It is not argument, nor criticism, nor hatred, but work in constructive effort, that gets hold of men and binds them together in a way to make them...
Carpenter's World Travels: Australia, New Zealand and Some Other Islands of the South Seas - Frank G. Carpenter
Carpenter's World Travels: Australia, New Zealand and Some Other Islands of the South Seas - Frank G. Carpenter
- Author: Frank G. Carpenter
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
Travel stories of the land "Down Under" from 100 years ago. Native life and scenery and commerce of islands such as Tonga and Fiji as well as the bustling city of Sydney. Summary by BettyB...
The Workers - An Experiment in Reality: The East - Walter A. Wyckoff
The Workers - An Experiment in Reality: The East - Walter A. Wyckoff
- Author: Walter A. Wyckoff
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
A young scholar, recently graduated from Princeton College, travels across the United States as a member of the working class, taking any job he could find, enduring hardships and struggling to make a living. He travelled mainly on foot, designing...
Rousseau and Education According to Nature - Thomas Davidson
Rousseau and Education According to Nature - Thomas Davidson
- Author: Thomas Davidson
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Education
In my Volume on Aristotle in this series, I tried to give an account of ancient, classical, and social Education; in the present volume I have endeavored to set forth the nature of modern, romantic, and unsocial Education. This education originates...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 081 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 081 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
"There has always been a tendency on the part of men of brains to look with contempt on women's work in the arts." Screenwriter and novelist Anita Loos' acerbic opinion is part of "Women in Film Speak Their Minds (1925).β Ida Tarbell's "Women as...
Great Epochs in American History, Volume II - Francis Whiting Halsey
Great Epochs in American History, Volume II - Francis Whiting Halsey
- Author: Francis Whiting Halsey
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is the second volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in...
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 3 - Charles F. Horne
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 3 - Charles F. Horne
- Author: Charles F. Horne
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Antiquity
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 3 of 22, covering from 13 to 395 AD. -...
The Freedom of Life - Annie Payson Call
The Freedom of Life - Annie Payson Call
- Author: Annie Payson Call
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
'The Freedom of Life' is a mind-illuminating book, in which author Annie Payson Call (1853-1940) wrote about many of the troubles that we usually face mentally and physically in our lives. It shows the reader various perspectives of dealing with the...
American Notes (Version 2) - Charles Dickens
American Notes (Version 2) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
Charles Dickens records his impressions of America during his 1842 journey. - Summary by Brad "Hamlet" Filippone...
The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators - Hendrik van Loon
The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators - Hendrik van Loon
- Author: Hendrik van Loon
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
This is a story of magnificent failures. The men who equipped the expeditions of which I shall tell you the story died in the poorhouse. The men who took part in these voyages sacrificed their lives as cheerfully as they lighted a new pipe or opened...
The French Revolution Volume 2 The Constitution - Thomas CARLYLE
The French Revolution Volume 2 The Constitution - Thomas CARLYLE
- Author: Thomas CARLYLE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / War & Military / History
Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian, wrote this three-volume work, first published in 1837 (with a revised edition in print by 1857), which charts the course of the French Revolution from 1789 to the height of the Reign...
Christmas Short Works Collection 2019 - Various
Christmas Short Works Collection 2019 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Short Stories / *Non-fiction
2019 collection of items with a Christmas theme containing traditional stories, Christmas traditions, Christmas cakes. We hope you will enjoy it....
The Hawaiian Archipelago - Isabella L. BIRD
The Hawaiian Archipelago - Isabella L. BIRD
- Author: Isabella L. BIRD
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
Six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. - Summary by Isabella Bird...
Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena - Elizabeth Balcombe Abell
Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena - Elizabeth Balcombe Abell
- Author: Elizabeth Balcombe Abell
- Genre: *Non-fiction
In this memoir written by Betsy Balcombe, who was a precocious 14 year old at the time of events, we are provided with a rare account of the character, the moods and humanity of Napoleon Bonaparte. She recalls her initial shock and fear at the...
