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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 008
by Various
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, literature, philosophy, shoe-making, bathing, and cats.
(Summary by Leon Mire)
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Total running time: 3:54:41
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- Cats by Robert Lynd (1879-1949)- 00:12:11
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Read by: Perry Clayton - The Celebration of Intellect by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) – 00:29:21
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Read by: Philipp Weichselbaum - A Few Parables by Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)- 00:09:55
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Read by: ajmacbeth - The “House Divided Against Itself” Speech by Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) – 00:06:49
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Read by: Cody Logan - How to Make a Shoe by John Parker Headley – 00:26:11
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Read by: Betsie Bush - A Meditation Upon A Broomstick by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) – 00:03:35
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Read by: Todd Cutler - Morals of Chess by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) – 00:09:46
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Read by: Philipp Weichselbaum - Night and Moonlight by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) – 00:21:03
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Read by: Philipp Weichselbaum - The Oath and Law of Hippocrates by Hippocrates (c. 460-370) – 00:08:25
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Read by: Clarica - On the Pleasure of Taking Up One’s Pen by Hillaire Belloc (1870-1953) – 00:07:53
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Read by: Zloot - On the Vice of Novel Reading by Young E. Allison (1853-1932) – 00:37:22
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Read by: J. M. Smallheer - Rules for Bathing by E. P. Miller – 00:04:59
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Read by: Lee Ann Howlett - Self-Denial Not the Essence of Virtue by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)- 00:08:47
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Read by: Daniel Cranston - A Short Defence of Villains by Agnes Repplier (1855-1950) – 00:21:03
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Read by: Cori Samuel - Some Reflections on the Loss of the Titanic by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) – 00:27:21
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Read by: James Christopher
Cataloged on June 10, 2008
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