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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 053 by VARIOUS read by Various | Full Audio Book
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 053 by VARIOUS ( - )
Genre(s): *Non-fiction

Read by: Melvin Lee, VfkaBT, Availle, Craig Campbell, Melanie T, Phil Schempf, Sue Anderson, Lynne T, William Allan Jones, Michele Fry in English

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. February 22, 1861
00:03:39 - 02 - A Critique of Mencken's The American Language
00:15:39 - 03 - Demonstration that Planets Move In Ellipses
00:39:20 - 04 - Descartes' Proof of God (1700-1701)
00:47:33 - 05 - Fruit Soups
00:50:34 - 06 - A Letter on Pear Tree Blight
00:56:24 - 07 - Lorenzo de'Medici Rules in Florence Zenith of Florentine Glory (A.D. 1469)
01:30:29 - 08 - Mount Everest, The Route to the Summit
01:45:49 - 09 - Native Bees
02:11:25 - 10 - Neither Dorking Nor the Abbey: A Tribute to George Meredith
02:18:34 - 11 - On the Theme of Substance: Description of a Grain of Wheat
02:22:43 - 12 - Panegyric on Abraham
02:47:00 - 13 - Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving. October 3, 1863
02:51:14 - 14 - The Shrine of St. Edmund
03:12:44 - 15 - Stirring Times in Austria, Part 1
03:59:46 - 16 - Stirring Times in Austria, Part 2
04:38:20 - 17 - A Thanksgiving Sermon, Part 1
05:16:02 - 18 - A Thanksgiving Sermon, Part 2
05:49:07 - 19 - The Training of a Sovereign, Extract on the Theme of 'Love'
05:56:48 - 20 - The Voyage of the Mayflower

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include History--Jocelyn de Brakelond's 13th century chronicle of the Bury St. Edmund monastery, Lorenzo de Medici's Florence, the voyage of the Mayflower, and Mark Twain's essay Stirring Times in Austria; Philosophy--Kierkegaard and Leibniz; Speeches, Sermons, and Diary Entries from Abraham Lincoln, Robert Ingersoll, and Queen Victoria; Literature--a tribute to George Meredith and a critique of Mencken's The American Language; and Nature and the Natural World--George Mallory outlining the route to the summit of Mt. Everest, Newton's proof of the elliptical orbits of planets, native bees, pear tree blight, fruit soups, and a description of a grain of wheat.Panegyric on Abraham was translated by Lee M. Hollander. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

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