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William Henry Smyth - Technocracy

The word technocracy refers to a system of government by technical experts such as scientists, technologists, and engineers. William Henry Smyth is often thought to have invented the term in 1919, although it had in...

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Business & Economics

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Stuart Chase - Challenge of Waste

«The Challenge of Waste» examines the wasteful nature of the competitive market system, particularly from a Veblenian point of view. He also praises World War I era planning by the Fuel Administration and other...

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Essays & Short Works

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Caleb Bingham - Columbian Orator

The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolrooms in the first quarter of the 19th century to teach reading and speaking....

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 044

Nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include wives, widows, and women scorned--the «Baby Doe Tabor» scandal, the trials of literary marriages, and colonial...

OCTL7 and 10 more 6 hours 28 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, blow-pipe weapons, Oriental china; impressions of America by Enrico Caruso,...

Garth Burton and 12 more 7 hours 7 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the English countryside; William Randolph Hearst and journalism; the philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard, John...

Garth Burton and 8 more 5 hours 50 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 027

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers and include speeches and essays on history, science, politics, nature,...

David Wales and 10 more 5 hours 52 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Colored Patriots of the American Revolution

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William Cooper Nell - Colored Patriots of the American Revolution

A study of the black patriots of the American Revolution, with introductions by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Wendell Phillips.

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 026

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, travel, embroidery, science,...

Eberle Thomas and 15 more 5 hours 44 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 025

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, science, humor, travel, philosophy,...

NoelBadrian and 9 more 4 hours 27 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 024

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass gardening, military history, humor, climate...

Bob Neufeld and 6 more 4 hours 27 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Walter Lippmann - Public Opinion

Public Opinion (1922), by Walter Lippman, is a critical assessment of functional democratic government, especially the irrational, and often self-serving, social perceptions that influence individual behavior, and...

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