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Hosted on PodOmatic, free public domain audio books, presented in Chapters format. Material sourced from audioowl.com. The chapters format is suitable for iTunes, iPods and iPhones only.

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03.02.2010
Henri Poincaré: Science and Hypothesis
By: Henri Poincaré Jules Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) was one of France’s greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and a philosopher of science. As a mathematician and physicist, he made many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and celestial...
02.12.2010
Lysander Spooner: Vices are not Crimes
By: Lysander Spooner (1808-1887) Lysander Spooner was an American individualist anarchist, entrepreneur, political philosopher, abolitionist, supporter of the labour movement, and legal theorist of the nineteenth century. Here he gives his views on the role of Governments in the private lives...
02.12.2010
Shakespeare: Richard II
By: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare, is the first of the history series that continues with Parts 1 and 2 of King Henry IV and with The Life of King Henry V. At the...
02.12.2010
Sholem Aleichem: Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)
By: Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916) Although written from a child’s perspective, this is not a kids book but a series of funny, poignant, and sometimes disturbing stories about life in a late 19th-century Russian-Jewish village — the world of my grandparents. Sholem...
02.12.2010
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
By: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Romeo and Juliet is an early tragedy by William Shakespeare about two teenage “star-cross’d lovers” whose “untimely deaths” ultimately unite their feuding households. The play has been highly praised by literary critics for its language and dramatic...
02.11.2010
John Locke: Two Treatises of Civil Government
By: John Locke (1632-1704) The Two Treatises of Civil Government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The First Treatise is an extended attack on Sir Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha, which argued for a divinely-ordained, hereditary,...
02.04.2010
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) Published in 1859, On Liberty details Mill’s view that individuals should be left wholly free to engage in any activity, thought or belief that does not harm others. Simple though it sounds, it is a position...
02.04.2010
United States Historical Documents
The Articles of Confederation: On November 15th, 1777 The Articles of Confederation became the first constitution of the United States, though not yet ratified by the thirteen original colonies. Ratification of the Articles took place almost three and a half...
02.04.2010
Shakespeare: King Lear
By: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) King Lear is widely held as the greatest of Shakespeare’s tragedies; to some, it is the greatest play ever written. King Lear abdicates the British throne, to divide his kingdom among his three daughters in proportion to...
01.27.2010
Patrick Henry: Give Me Liberty
By: Patrick Henry (1736-1799) This speech was given March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, and is credited with having singlehandedly convinced the Virginia House of Burgesses to pass a resolution delivering the Virginia troops to the Revolutionary...
01.27.2010
George Washington: Presidential Farewell Address
George Washington's Farewell Address was written to "The People of the United States" near the end of his second term as President of the United States and before his retirement to Mount Vernon. Originally published in David Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser...
01.26.2010
Magna Carta
The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version in the Gutenberg collection. – Magna Carta is the most significant early influence on...
01.26.2010
Nellie Bly: Ten Days in a Madhouse
By: Nellie Bly (1864-1922) In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an investigative journalist and “stunt” reporter, had herself committed to...
01.25.2010
Shakespeare’s Sonnets
By: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Shakespeare’s Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal with such themes as love, beauty, politics, and mortality. The poems were probably written over a...
01.25.2010
Oscar Wilde: Aphorisms
By: Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) In 1894, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) published two short collections of aphorisms: “A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated”, in the Saturday Review newspaper, and “Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young”, in the...
01.25.2010
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
By: Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Note the chapter markers are not aligned properly due to irregularities among audio encodings. http://www.audioowl.com/book/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll
01.25.2010
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By: Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written...
01.25.2010
Thoreau: Civil Disobedience
By: Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. Published in 1849 under the title Resistance to Civil Government, it expressed Thoreau’s belief that people should not allow governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and...
01.25.2010
Two Poe Tales
By: Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his famous short horror stories; however, horror is not the only genre in which he wrote. How To Write a Blackwood Article and its companion piece A Predicament are satirical...
01.25.2010
Sun Tzu: The Art of War
By: Sun Tzu (c. 554 BC.-496 BC) The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has...
01.25.2010
US Constitution
01.24.2010
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
By: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Magic, fairies, young lovers chasing each other through a forest, a man with a donkey’s head, and impish Puck wreaking havoc right and left. What’s going on here? It’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare at his most...

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Chapter Audio Books on PodOmatic episodes:

Henri Poincaré: Science and Hypothesis

Lysander Spooner: Vices are not Crimes

Shakespeare: Richard II

Sholem Aleichem: Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)

Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

John Locke: Two Treatises of Civil Government

John Stuart Mill: On Liberty

United States Historical Documents

Shakespeare: King Lear

Patrick Henry: Give Me Liberty

George Washington: Presidential Farewell Address

Magna Carta

Nellie Bly: Ten Days in a Madhouse

Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Oscar Wilde: Aphorisms

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Thoreau: Civil Disobedience

Two Poe Tales

Sun Tzu: The Art of War

US Constitution

Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream