Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 022
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19 chapters · 5 h 10 min · English
Read by Daniel Christopher June, progressingamerica, Delmar H Dolbier, Jason Mills, loubet, Veronica Jenkins and others
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A collection of nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, science, women's rights, pirates, vampires, philosophy, and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)
Chapters
1 The American Scholar 40 min 2 Benjamin Franklin's Address to the continental congress, read aloud by James Wilson 13 min 3 Letter to Mrs. Bixby Letter 2 min 4 Excerpts concerning costermongers, from London Labour And The London Poor 16 min 5 The Funeral of Poole, March 12, 1855 9 min 6 In memory of John P. Altgeld 9 min 7 The Martyrdom of Ignatius 18 min 8 The Martyrdom of the Holy Martyrs Justin, Chariton, Charites, Paeon, and Liberianus, Who Suffered at Rome 10 min 9 The Monroe Doctrine 6 min 10 On Terms, Chapter 1 from "Introduction to Non-Violence" 13 min 11 Fragments of the Lost Work of Justin Martyr on the Resurrection 31 min 12 The Parable of the Pilgrim 15 min 13 Pirates and Piracy 23 min 14 The Pursuit of Happiness 12 min 15 Roentgen's Ray 21 min 16 Solitude of Self 25 min 17 The Street Markets - from London Labour And The London Poor 11 min 18 Vampires, from A Philosophical Dictionary 14 min 19 The Way to Wealth 24 min
