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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012

by Various

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass humor, history, politics, science medicine, nature, finance, cooking, film and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

• Wikipedia – Non-fiction
• LibriVox’s Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012 Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book – 127MB
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Total running time: 4:37:31

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• Corsages Appropriate For Women With Unbeautifully Modelled Throats and Shoulders from What Dress Makes of Us by Dorothy Quigley – 00:10:20
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  Read by: Bellona Times
• Darwin On the Origin of Species (A book review) by Asa Grey – 00:36:08
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  Read by: Catharine Eastman
• A General View Of Theosophy by A.C.W. – 00:08:34
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  Read by: Andrea Fiore
• The Germ Theory and its Application to Medicine and Surgery by Louis Pasteur – 00:16:01
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  Read by: J. M. Smallheer
• The History of Insects by Anonymous – 00:07:53
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  Read by: Bellona Times
• How Pain Leads to Knowledge and Power by James Allen – 00:06:40
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  Read by: Andrea Fiore
• An Italian Dinner recipes selected from The Cook’s Decameronby Mrs W.G. Waters – 00:11:56
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  Read by: Bellona Times
• Lucy Keyes: A Story of Mount Wachusett by A.P. Marble from The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886 – 00:17:33
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  Read by: Bellona Times
• The Meaning and Method of Spiritual Life by Annie Besant – 00:32:20
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  Read by: Andrea Fiore
• Romance and Eyeglasses from The Champagne Standard by Mrs. John Lane – 00:11:05
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  Read by: Marian Martin
• Spearing Fish In the Indian River by Mrs C. F. Latham from “Florida – or Summer in the Wintertime” – 00:03:55
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  Read by: Bellona Times
• A Study in Finance by Arthur Train – 00:42:59
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  Read by: Craig Campbell
• Ten Great Late 40’s Films excerpts from “Motion Pictures, 1940-1949″ – Library of Congress Copyright Office – 00:13:40
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  Read by: Bellona Times
• Trinity Atomic Test Site by National Atomic Museum – 00:24:56
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  Read by: James Christopher
• A World Religion by Annie Besant – 00:33:31
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  Read by: Andrea Fiore

Cataloged on June 24, 2009