Essays & Short Works

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1946 - 1953)

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Harry S. Truman



The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 095

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Various



"A legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, first mentioned by Plato", is how the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica descr…

Plum Pudding (version 2)

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Christopher Morley



Christopher Morley: A modern humorist with the tang of an Elizabethan. Plum Pudding: Thus Mr. Morley entitles his new volume, in which he ha…

Editorials from The Dial magazine, Volume 66

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Martyn Johnson



Editorials published in Volume 66 of The Dial magazine, a fortnightly political and literary review. The source available to us features iss…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 061

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Various



Diese Sammlungsreihe erscheint unregelmäßig und umfasst 10 verschiedene deutschsprachige Prosatexte.- zusammengefasst von schrm

On Reading The Bible

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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch



These are three lectures (numbers 8, 9, 10) excerpted from the author’s 1920 book On The Art Of Reading. The lectures were delivered to stu…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 062

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Various



Diese Sammlungsreihe erscheint unregelmäßig und umfasst 10 verschiedene deutschsprachige Prosatexte.- zusammengefasst von schrm

The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, Vol. I, No. 4

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W. E. B. Du Bois



The Crisis is the official publication of the NAACP first published in 1910 with W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the founders, as editor. He exerci…

Reading: An Essay

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Hugh Walpole



A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 064

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Various



Diese Sammlungsreihe erscheint unregelmäßig und umfasst 10 verschiedene deutschsprachige Prosatexte."Die Giftmischerin"…

Orion Clemens

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Fred W. Lorch



Orion Clemens (July 17, 1825 – December 11, 1897) was the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory. His younger brother Samuel Langh…

The Honour of the Gout

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Philander Misaurus



This droll and 'enflammatory' pamphelet doth be a grondebreaking worke of musing upon a great aflicktion of Man, upon the better nature of t…

Seen on the Stage

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Clayton Hamilton



A fourth collection of essays on theatre by American critic Clayton Hamilton, intended as a suffix to his earlier works, The Theory of the T…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 096

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Various



"Can we solve the problems confronting us? Well, the answer is an unequivocal and emphatic yes." This quote, from U.S. President R…

The Home of the Echoes

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Frank W. Boreham



Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of edi…

Christmas Short Works Collection 2023

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Various



Enjoy the 2023 Christmas collection, with selections chosen by many volunteers. This year's readings include a combination of sacred and sec…

Unfinished Rainbows, and Other Essays

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George Wood Anderson and George Wood Anderson



George Wood Anderson was educated at Ohio Wesleyan University, and became a noted pastor and evangelist as well as an accomplished musician …

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