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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013

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A collection of sixteen 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 history, politics, medicine, nature 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	Ant-Eaters, Armadilloes, and other Odd Animals	Thomas Mayne Reid	Etext	Caroline Shapiro	00:12:45	en
Play 02	Are You a Bromide? or The Sulphitic Theory	Frank Gelett Burgess	Etext	TriciaG	00:41:04	en
Play 03	British North American Act, 1949 (Newfoundland Act)	Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain	Etext	Sean Michael Hogan	00:57:23	en
Play 04	"C" vegetable dishes from Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery	Arthur Gay Payne	Etext	Bellona Times	00:14:48	en
Play 05	Father Damien. An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu	Robert Louis Stevenson	Etext	Hollis Hanover	00:36:43	en
Play 06	H.R. 3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009	United States House of Representatives	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:09:27	en
Play 07	Introduction to "Humorous Ghost Stories"	Dorothy Scarborough	Etext	J. M. Smallheer	00:14:52	en
Play 08	Prohibition	Frank Swinnerton	Etext	Mark F. Smith	00:18:00	en
Play 09	Sail to Key West and Back to East Coast of Florida - Chap. 4 from "Florida Days"	Vilma M. Goodman	Etext	Bellona Times	00:07:04	en
Play 10	Shacharit (morning) Amidah from "The Annotated Edition of The Authorized Daily Prayer Book	Israel Abrahams	Etext	TriciaG	00:11:39	en
Play 11	The Spanish Stage in the Time of Lope de Vega, a review from The Drama Magazine, Feb 1912	Stephen Austin	Etext	Bellona Times	00:13:55	en
Play 12	To Write or Not to Write from The Writer, Vol. VI, Apr 1892	Susan Andrews Rice	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:04:03	en
Play 13	United States Declaration of Independence	Thomas Jefferson	Etext	Bellona Times	00:11:11	en
Play 14	What I Found in My Pockets from "Tremendous Trifles"	G. K. Chesterton	Etext	Shawn Craig Smith	00:07:55	en
Play 15	Wild Flowers of the Asphalt from "Short Stories and Essays"	William Dean Howells	Etext	Bellona Times	00:13:08	en
Play 16	Yorktown from "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships"	U. S. Naval Historical Center	Etext	James Christopher	00:37:48	en

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