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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 009

by Various

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in these collections are independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, philosophy, nature, religion, etc.

• LibriVox’s Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 009 Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire collection – 179MB
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Total running time: 6:11:49

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• The Application of Thought to Textual Criticism by A. E. Housman – 00:39:04
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Philippa
• Before the Diet of Worms by Martin Luther – 00:07:34
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: T. Wellington
• The Book of Accidents by Anonymous – 00:24:40
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Peter Eastman
• Christ Triumphant by Charles Spurgeon – 00:37:19
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Jordan
• Fourth Not Really Independence Day by New York Times – 00:11:13
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Jan MacGillivray
• Fable of the Bees by Bernard Mandeville – 00:41:50
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Anna Simon
• Introduction to English Madrigals in the Time of Shakespeare by F.A. Cox – 00:48:59
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Ruth Golding
• On the Method of Grace by George Whitefield – 00:14:39
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: T. Wellington
• On Running After One’s Hat by G.K. Chesterton – 00:08:04
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Jerome Lawsen
• The Place of Science in a Liberal Education by Bertrand Russell – 00:21:41
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: J. M. Smallheer
• A Plea for Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau – 00:55:05
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Matthew Westra
• Public Prayer by John Newton – 00:12:32
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: T. Wellington
• USAF Fact Sheet 95-03 by United States Air Force – 00:03:34
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: James Christopher
• What the Tortoise Said to Achilles by Lewis Carrol – 00:07:36
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Annoying Twit
• The Wonderful Discovery of Elizabeth Sawyer, a Witch by Henry Goodcole – 00:37:59
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: David Nicol

Cataloged on September 30, 2008