Robert Scott

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Immanuel Kant - Critique of Pure Reason

The Critique of Pure Reason, first published in 1781 with a second edition in 1787, has been called the most influential and important philosophical text of the modern age. Kant saw the Critique of Pure Reason...

ML Cohen and 14 more 27 hours 6 minutes

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Political Science

Alexander Hamilton - Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers (correctly known as The Federalist) are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The...

Kim Braun and 23 more 21 hours 12 minutes

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Patrick Henry - Anti-Federalist Papers

During the period of debate over the ratification of the Constitution, numerous independent local speeches and articles were published all across the country. Initially, many of the articles in opposition were written...

Leon Mire and 4 more 19 hours 51 minutes

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Religion

Louis Ginzberg - Legends of the Jews, Volume 1

Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; he died on November 11, 1953, in New York City. Ginzberg taught at the Jewish...

Scott Sherris and 10 more 13 hours 50 minutes Legends of the Jews vol 1-4

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Aristotle - Politics

The Politics , by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, is one of the most influential texts in political philosophy. In it, Aristotle explores the role that the political community should play in developing the...

ontheroad and 8 more 9 hours 15 minutes

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Miscellaneous Essays of Thomas de Quincey

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Thomas de Quincey - Miscellaneous Essays of Thomas de Quincey

The Hunter Thompson of the 19th Century, de Quincey is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (an activity shared with his hero, Samuel Coleridge, much to Wordsworth’s dismay). However, de Quincey’s...

Richard Grove and 6 more 8 hours 12 minutes

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Jack London - Faith of Men

A collection of short stories by author Jack London.

Brian Ackermann and 5 more 5 hours 6 minutes

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Bertrand Russell - Problems of Philosophy

The Problems of Philosophy is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive...

Leon Mire and 9 more 4 hours 50 minutes

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Religion

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut - Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 1

Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to «the hundred greatest men in Great Britain» asking them this question: «If for any reason you were to spend a year absolutely alone, in a...

Esther and 11 more 4 hours 47 minutes Hurlbut's Story of the Bible

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General Fiction

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Favourite Chapters Collection 003

A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderful clarity with which great ideas are expressed, and still others because...

Robert Scott and 9 more 4 hours 22 minutes

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Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 12)

Much of this chapter is taken up with the affairs of Ireland during the reign of James II. The Protestants and Catholics are having their usual disagreements and James is putting his pieces in place in an attempt to...

Kara Shallenberg and 7 more 4 hours 4 minutes Macaulay - History of England, from the accession of James II

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004

A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, conservation, philosophy,...

ML Cohen and 6 more 3 hours 55 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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