From October to Brest-Litovsk audiobook
Leon TROTSKY (1879 - 1940)
This account by Trotsky is of the events in Russia from the October Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd, to his signing of the Brest-Litovsk treaty with Germany on 3rd March 1918 which took Russia out of the First World War. The treaty exacted heavy losses for Russia in terms of annexations of land and financial indemnities to Germany. In this extended essay, Trotsky argues the reasons as to why he decided to sign what appears to be Read more [...]
Category: Essays
LibriVox recording of 1912: Short Works Collection. Read by Bellona Times. Audiobook.
This is a collection of public domain works either published in 1912, or written in 1912 and published before 1923. The accent is on non-fiction but a few short stories are included. (Summary by Bellona Times)
Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; 1912; essay; non-fiction; short story
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Perpetual Peace: A Philosophic Essay
by Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). Translated by W. Hastie (1842-1903).
This essay, written in 1795, puts forth a plan for a lasting peace between nations and peoples. Kant puts forth necessary means to any peace, and argues that nations can be brought into federation with one another without loss of sovereignty. In one translation, telling of the historical impact of this essay, this federation is called a "league of nations." The supplements and appendices are Read more [...]
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow audiobook
by Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author's second published book and helped establish him as a leading English humorist. The book consists of 14 independent articles arranged by themes. (Summary from Wikipedia) audiobook
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Anarchism and Other Essays audiobook
by Emma Goldman (1869-1940)
Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was an anarchist known for her political activism, writing and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. Born in Russia, Goldman emigrated to the US in 1885 and lived in New York City, where she became a writer and a renowned lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, Read more [...]
Totem and Taboo by Sigmund Freud Audiobook
Translated by Abraham Brill
Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics is a book by Sigmund Freud, published in German in 1913. It is a collection of four essays first published in the journal Imago (1912--13), employing the application of psychoanalysis to the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and the study of religion. The four essays are entitled: The Horror of Incest; Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence; Animism, Read more [...]
The Praise of Folly audiobook
by Desiderius Erasmus (1466/69-1536), translated into English by John Wilson (1625-1695)
The Praise of Folly (Greek title: Morias Enkomion (?????? ????????), Latin: Stultitiae Laus, sometimes translated as In Praise of Folly, Dutch title: Lof der Zotheid) is a satirical essay written in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466/69-1536). It is considered one of the most influential works of literature in Western civilization and one of the catalysts of the Protestant Read more [...]
The Three Great Virtues — Three Essays by Emerson audiobook
by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Faith, Hope and Charity …… In the Language of Emerson these translate as: Self-Reliance, Love, and Friendship. (summary by Robert Scott)
Essays, First Series audiobook
by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Essays, First Series is a series of 12 essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson concerning transcendentalism, including Self-Reliance. It was published in 1841. (Summary by Wikipedia)
The Souls of Black Folk audiobook
by W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963)
The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois drew from his own experiences to develop this groundbreaking work on being African-American in American society. Outside of its notable place in African-American history, The Souls of Black Read more [...]
The Mirror of the Sea audiobook
by Joseph Conrad (1857 -- 1924)
The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of autobiographical essays first published in various magazines 1904-6 (Summary by Wikipedia). Conrad early in his life earned his bread as a Master Mariner in sailing ships. In his Author's Note to this work, Conrad states,"Beyond the line of the sea horizon the world for me did not exist....Within these pages I make a full confession not of my sins but of my emotions. It is the best tribute Read more [...]
What's Wrong With the World audiobook
by G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874--1936) has been called the "prince of paradox." Time magazine observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out." His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
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What I Saw in America audiobook
by G. K. Chesterton
"Let me begin my American impressions with two impressions I had before I went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and when taken together they illustrate the attitude I mean. The first principle is that nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing funny because it is foreign; the second is that he should be ashamed of thinking it wrong because it is funny." (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)
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The Superstition of Divorce audiobook
by Chesterton, G. K.
This short book was written in 1920, and in it Chesterton, with his usual wit and incisive logic, presents a series of articles defending marriage and indicating the weaknesses in divorce. He did this 16 year before the first Christian denomination in the world allowed it's members to divorce. Till then Christendom was unanimous in standing against it. Chesterton saw clearly the trends of this time, and delivered this defense. (Summary Read more [...]
The New Jerusalem audiobook
by G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
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"On the road to Cairo one may see twenty groups exactly like that of the Holy Family in the pictures of the Flight into Egypt; with only one difference. The man is riding on the ass."
"The real mistake of the Muslims is something much more modern in its application than any particular passing persecution of Christians Read more [...]
George Bernard Shaw audiobook
by G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
Chesterton and Shaw were famous friends and enjoyed their arguments and discussions. Although rarely in agreement, they both maintained good-will towards and respect for each other. However, in his writing, Chesterton expressed himself very plainly on where they differed and why. In Heretics he writes of Shaw:
"After belabouring a great many people for a great many years for being unprogressive, Mr. Shaw has discovered, with characteristic Read more [...]
The Defendant audiobook
by G. K. Chesterton
A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subject, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good humor he "defends" a series of seeming harmless things that need no defense, and in so doing he exposes many of the broken assumptions and dogmatic notions of secular humanism and other trends of his age and of ours. (Summary by Ray Clare)
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Charles Dickens audiobook
by G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens’ works expressing his opinion in his own inimitable style.
(Summary by Karen Merline)
All Things Considered audiobook
by G.K. Chesterton
Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of this day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. These reprinted magazine articles are filled with his good natured wit, his masterful use of paradox, and devastating ability to use reductio ad absurdum to destroy the popular myths that drive a society driving full-speed into secular humanism. You will come away with a whole new collection of wonderful quotes. Read more [...]
Alarms and Discursions audiobook
by G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." He wrote in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. Chesterton wrote about 4000 essays on various subjects, and "Ararms and Discursions Read more [...]