Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016
Various
15 chapters · 5 h 31 min · English
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012), Gerald Hawkins, Bellona Times, Nullifidian, Andy Minter (1934-2017), Bill Mosley and others
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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, literature, sports, education, humor, philosophy, nature and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)
Chapters
1 Are Atheists Wicked? 12 min 2 Assassination of President McKinley, The from "The Complete Life of William McKinley 21 min 3 The Books of Chilan Balam, the Prophetic and Historic Records of the Mayas of Yu 27 min 4 Equal Opportunity in Education 18 min 5 Extracts from the report on the sinking of the 'Titanic' 30 min 6 The Gale 22 min 7 How the Memory may be Improved from Mind, matter and motion; with directions for good health in old age 20 min 8 Interview with Frederick Russell Burnham about Colonel Baden-Powell 5 min 9 Mosquitoes from "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things" 8 min 10 On the Unequal Sensibility of the Foramen Centrale to Light of different Colours 3 min 11 Poems in 'Alice in Wonderland', The Published in The Bookman, vol. 18, Sept. 1903 14 min 12 Remarks on the Antiquity of Pugilism from "Boxiana or Sketches of Modern Pugilism" 45 min 13 Silly Novels by Lady Novelists 1 h 5 min 14 Telegrams from "Business Hints for Men and Women" 7 min 15 Voltaire 34 min
