Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 019

by Various

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, literature, travel, science, medicine, war, writing, education, philosophy, and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

• Wikipedia - Non-Fiction
• M4B format available
• Get a standard or slim CD case insert for this book
• LibriVox’s Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 019 Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book 187.0MB
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Total running time: 6:29:34


In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Book Coordinator: J. M. Smallheer
Proof-Listeners: Laura Caldwell, TriciaG, Betty M., Guero, Bill Mosley
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: J. M. Smallheer

mp3 and ogg files

• Argument Against Abolishing Christianity by Jonathan Swift – 00:33:03
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 15.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 31.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 18.7MB]
  Read by Gregg Margarite
• Conjugal Precepts by Plutarch, transl. John Philips – 00:45:40
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 21.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 43.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 25.0MB]
  Read by TriciaG
• Dante and the Bowery by Theodore Roosevelt – 00:17:56
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 8.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 17.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 10.3MB]
  Read by Guero
• Ekoniah Scrub by Louise Seymour Houghton – 00:50:57
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 24.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 48.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 28.9MB]
  Read by Bellona Times
• Elephant Hunt by Unknown – 00:03:35
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.8MB]
  Read by James Christopher
• General Washington and General Jackson, on Negro Soldiers by Henry Carey Baird – 00:18:53
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 9.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 18.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 10.8MB]
  Read by Guero
• The King Follett Discourse by Joseph Smith, Jr. – 00:39:20
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 18.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 37.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 19.7MB]
  Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater
• Letter 5 to Patrick Henry by Thomas Jefferson – 00:24:05
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 11.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 23.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 13.7MB]
  Read by Bellona Times
• McGuffey's Eclectic Primer by William Holmes McGuffey – 00:38:02
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 18.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 36.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 19.0MB]
  Read by Bellona Times
• Wound Treatment by Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles – 00:23:31
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 11.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 22.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 13.4MB]
  Read by Bellona Times
• On the Mexican War by Thomas Corwin – 00:23:18
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 11.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 22.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 12.8MB]
  Read by Guero
• On the Theory of Compound Colours with reference to Mixtures of by James Clerk Maxwell – 00:08:18
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.7MB]
  Read by Availle
• Chapter 2 of The Oriental Rose, or, The teachings of Abdul Baha by Mary Hanford Ford – 00:24:19
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 11.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 23.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 13.7MB]
  Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater
• The Pathless Profession by Henry Van Dyke – 00:16:15
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 15.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.7MB]
  Read by Bill Mosley
• The Voice and Spiritual Education by Hiram Corson – 00:22:22
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 10.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 21.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 12.2MB]
  Read by Martin Geeson

Cataloged on November 15, 2010