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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016

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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, science, literature, sports, education, humor, philosophy, nature and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	Are Atheists Wicked?	George William Foote	Etext	Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)	00:11:46	en
Play 02	Assassination of President McKinley, The from "The Complete Life of William McKinley	Marshall Everett	Etext	Gerald Hawkins	00:21:00	en
Play 03	The Books of Chilan Balam, the Prophetic and Historic Records of the Mayas of Yu	Daniel Garrison Brinton	Etext	Bellona Times	00:27:16	en
Play 04	Equal Opportunity in Education	Mikhail Bakunin	Etext	Nullifidian	00:18:30	en
Play 05	Extracts from the report on the sinking of the 'Titanic'	The London Times	Etext	Andy Minter (1934-2017)	00:29:35	en
Play 06	The Gale	Richard Henry Dana, Jr.	Etext	Bill Mosley	00:21:57	en
Play 07	How the Memory may be Improved from Mind, matter and motion; with directions for good health in old age	Adam Miller	Etext	Ruth Golding	00:20:13	en
Play 08	Interview with Frederick Russell Burnham about Colonel Baden-Powell	The Manchester Guardian	Etext	Bill Mosley	00:05:11	en
Play 09	Mosquitoes from "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things"	Lafcadio Hearn	Etext	Bellona Times	00:07:41	en
Play 10	On the Unequal Sensibility of the Foramen Centrale to Light of different Colours	James Clerk Maxwell	Etext	Availle	00:02:37	en
Play 11	Poems in 'Alice in Wonderland', The Published in The Bookman, vol. 18, Sept. 1903	Florence Milner	Etext	Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)	00:14:22	en
Play 12	Remarks on the Antiquity of Pugilism from "Boxiana or Sketches of Modern Pugilism"	Pierce Egan	Etext	Utek	00:45:28	en
Play 13	Silly Novels by Lady Novelists	George Eliot	Etext	Julie VW	01:04:46	en
Play 14	Telegrams from "Business Hints for Men and Women"	Alfred Rochefort Calhoun	Etext	Bellona Times	00:06:54	en
Play 15	Voltaire	John Watts	Etext	Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)	00:33:33	en

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