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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012

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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)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	Corsages Appropriate for Women with Unbeautifully Modelled Throats and Shoulders from What Dress Makes of Us	Dorothy Quigley	Etext	Bellona Times	00:10:20	en
Play 02	Darwin on the Origin of Species - A Book Review from The Atlantic, July 1860	Asa Gray	Etext	Catharine Eastman	00:36:08	en
Play 03	A General View of Theosophy	A. C. W.	Etext	Audio Andrea	00:08:34	en
Play 04	The Germ Theory and its Application to Medicine and Surgery	Louis Pasteur	Etext	J. M. Smallheer	00:16:01	en
Play 05	The History of Insects	Anonymous	Etext	Bellona Times	00:07:53	en
Play 06	How Pain Leads to Knowledge and Power	James Allen	Etext	Audio Andrea	00:06:40	en
Play 07	An Italian Dinner - selections from The Cook's Decameron	Mrs. W. G. Waters	Etext	Bellona Times	00:11:56	en
Play 08	Lucy Keyes. A Story of Mount Wachusett; from The New England Magazine, Vol 1 (6), June 1886	A. P. Marble	Etext	Bellona Times	00:17:33	en
Play 09	The Meaning and Method of Spiritual Life	Annie Besant	Etext	Audio Andrea	00:32:20	en
Play 10	Romance and Eyeglasses, from The Champagne Standard	Mrs. John Lane	Etext	Marian Martin	00:11:05	en
Play 11	Spear Fishing on Indian River, from Florida - or Summer in Wintertime	Mrs. C. F. Latham	Etext	Bellona Times	00:03:55	en
Play 12	A Study in Finance	Arthur Cheney Train	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:42:59	en
Play 13	Ten Great Late 40's Films, excerpts from Motion Pictures, 1940-1949	Library of Congress Copyright Office	Etext	Bellona Times	00:13:40	en
Play 14	Trinity Atomic Test Site	The National Atomic Museum	Etext	James Christopher	00:24:56	en
Play 15	A World Religion	Annie Besant	Etext	Audio Andrea	00:33:31	en

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