Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 025

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, science, humor, travel, philosophy, nature, slavery, the U. S. Civil War, and politics. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

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• Wikipedia - Non-Fiction
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Total running time: 4:28:00


In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Book Coordinator: J. M. Smallheer
Proof-Listeners: Sue Anderson, Tricia G, Guero
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: J. M. Smallheer

mp3 and ogg files

• The American Invasion by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) – 00:11:13
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 5.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 10.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.9MB]
  Read by NoelBadrian
• Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention by William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) in The Liberator, December 14, 1833 – 00:13:06
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.1MB]
  Read by Guero
• The End of Books by Octave Uzanne (1851-1931) – 00:32:06
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 15.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 30.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 17.3MB]
  Read by Cori Samuel
• Boston, A Foreward by Agnes Edwards (1888-1954) – 00:23:01
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 11.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 22.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 12.7MB]
  Read by Steve Mattern
• Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master by Jourdon Anderson (1827-1905) – 00:05:36
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 5.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.9MB]
  Read by Winston Tharp
• Letter to Charles B Davenport by Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) – 00:02:00
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 1.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.1MB]
  Read by progressingamerica
• The New Nationalism by Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) – 00:38:17
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 18.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 36.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 21.4MB]
  Read by progressingamerica
• Nikola Tesla Sees a Wireless Vision by Anonymous - The New York Times, Oct. 3, 1915 – 00:07:57
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.3MB]
  Read by Guero
• Nature: Aphorisms by Goethe by Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) in Nature, v.1 Nov. 1869 - Apr. 1870 – 00:12:22
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 5.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 11.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.7MB]
  Read by Availle
• Queer Methods of Transportation by O. P. Austin in National Geographic, v 18, 1907 p. 687 – 00:41:44
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 20.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 40.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 22.7MB]
  Read by TriciaG
• The Red Squirrel by Rowland E. Robinson (1833-1900) – 00:04:13
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 4.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.2MB]
  Read by J. M. Smallheer
• Slaves Of Fashion by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) – 00:06:11
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 5.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.3MB]
  Read by NoelBadrian
• Thoughts on Government by John Adams (1735-1826) – 00:18:47
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 9.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 18.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 10.4MB]
  Read by progressingamerica
• The Virgin of Guadalupe by Langston Hughes (1902-1967) – 00:04:30
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 4.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.3MB]
  Read by Bellona Times
• What I Saw of Shiloh by Ambrose Bierce (1842-?) – 00:46:57
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 22.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 45.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 25.5MB]
  Read by Winston Tharp

Cataloged on February 11, 2012