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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014

by Various Authors

A collection of 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, military history, humor, philosophy, nature and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

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Total running time: 4:30:48
In addition to the readers, this audio collection was produced by:
Book Coordinator: J. M. Smallheer
Proof-Listeners: Hazel Pethig, mim@can, Rayne
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: J. M. Smallheer

mp3 and ogg files

• Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress by Benjamin Franklin – 00:05:51
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 5.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.73MB]
  Read by: Utek
• The Black Woman of the South: Her Neglects and Her Needs by Alexander Crummell – 00:26:41
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 12.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 25.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 18MB]
  Read by: Bellona Times
• The sentence of the Inquisition on Galileo Galilei by Cardinals of the Inquisition – 00:11:54
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 5.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 11.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.33MB]
  Read by: Availle
• The Abjuration of Galileo Galilei by Galileo Galilei – 00:03:49
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.66MB]
  Read by: Availle
• The Knowledge of Self by Al Ghazzali – 00:19:07
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 9.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 18.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 12MB]
  Read by: Craig Campbell
• Let’s Collect Rocks & Shells by Shell Oil Company – 00:39:46
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 19.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 38.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 25MB]
  Read by: Betsie Bush
• HR 1913 – Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Act 2009 by US House of Representatives – 00:18:41
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 8.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 17.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 12MB]
  Read by: Craig Campbell
• Meditation 17 by John Donne – 00:05:27
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 5.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.51MB]
  Read by: Shawn Craig Smith
• A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard – 00:13:28
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.13MB]
  Read by: Scott Dahlem
• Preface to God and My Neighbour by Robert Blatchford – 00:08:08
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.67MB]
  Read by: Bellona Times
• A Refutation of the Charges Made against the Confederate States of America of Having Authorized the Use of Explosive and Poisoned Musket and Rifle Balls during the Late Civil War of 1861-65 by Horace Edwin Hayden – 00:27:48
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 13.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 26.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 16MB]
  Read by: FNH
• Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Colonel Bigelow by Charles Hersey – 00:39:22
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 18.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 37.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 23MB]
  Read by: FNH
• Taking Diplomatic Action Against Piracy by United States Department of State – 00:03:16
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.94MB]
  Read by: James Christopher
• To Atticus (At Athens) Rome, July by Marcus Tullius Cicero, Translation by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh – 00:08:09
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.33MB]
  Read by: Bellona Times
• To the Royal Academy: Of Farting by Benjamin Franklin – 00:08:06
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.16MB]
  Read by: Utek
• When A Man Comes To Himself by Woodrow Wilson – 00:31:15
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 15.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 30.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 19MB]
  Read by: Craig Campbell

Cataloged on November 05, 2009