Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012
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15 chapters · 4 h 38 min · English
Read by Bellona Times, Catharine Eastman, Andrea Fiore, J. M. Smallheer, Marian Martin, Craig Campbell and others
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A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass humor, history, politics, science medicine, nature, finance, cooking, film and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)
Chapters
1 Corsages Appropriate for Women with Unbeautifully Modelled Throats and Shoulders from <i>What Dress Makes of Us</i> 10 min 2 Darwin on the Origin of Species - A Book Review from The Atlantic, July 1860 36 min 3 A General View of Theosophy 9 min 4 The Germ Theory and its Application to Medicine and Surgery 16 min 5 The History of Insects 8 min 6 How Pain Leads to Knowledge and Power 7 min 7 An Italian Dinner - selections from The Cook's Decameron 12 min 8 Lucy Keyes. A Story of Mount Wachusett; from The New England Magazine, Vol 1 (6), June 1886 18 min 9 The Meaning and Method of Spiritual Life 32 min 10 Romance and Eyeglasses, from <i>The Champagne Standard</i> 11 min 11 Spear Fishing on Indian River, from <i>Florida - or Summer in Wintertime</i> 4 min 12 A Study in Finance 43 min 13 Ten Great Late 40's Films, excerpts from <i>Motion Pictures, 1940-1949</i> 14 min 14 Trinity Atomic Test Site 25 min 15 A World Religion 34 min
