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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 027

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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 include speeches and essays on history, science, politics, nature, travel, psychology and love. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Keyword(s): essays (191), nonfiction (138), letters (99), Japan (88), Abraham Lincoln (49), mark twain (47), speeches (43), napoleon (39), George Washington (27), G. K. Chesterton (11) ... [Show full list]

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	Abraham Lincoln Anecdotes (from "Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln 1832-1865")	Merwin Roe	Etext	David Wales	00:17:39	en
Play 02	Breeze on Beachy Head, The (from "Nature Near London")	Richard Jefferies	Etext	Garth Burton	00:19:51	en
Play 03	The Death of Napoleon (from "The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Vol 4")	Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne	Etext	Mark F. Smith	00:37:26	en
Play 04	The Development of Our Views on the Composition and Essence of Radiation	Albert Einstein	Etext	Cynthia Moyer	00:49:06	en
Play 05	Fernside Farm (from "Historic Shrines of America")	John Thomas Faris	Etext	Bellona Times	00:05:14	en
Play 06	Fifth Annual Message to Congress	George Washington	Etext	progressingamerica	00:12:00	en
Play 07	First Inaugural Address	Abraham Lincoln	Etext	Daniel Vimont	00:27:32	en
Play 08	Freud's Theories of the Neuroses, Chapter 4	Dr. Eduard Hitschmann	Etext	Cynthia Moyer	00:30:50	en
Play 09	Galen (from "Fathers of Biology")	Charles McRae	Etext	Bellona Times	00:22:51	en
Play 10	Gettysburg Address	Abraham Lincoln	Etext	Daniel Vimont	00:02:52	en
Play 11	Ibarra	Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Ed.	Etext	Bellona Times	00:03:11	en
Play 12	Iguana	Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Ed.	Etext	Bellona Times	00:06:56	en
Play 13	Introduction to "Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln 1832-1865"	Merwin Roe	Etext	David Wales	00:26:12	en
Play 14	Letter to Menoeceus	Epicurus	Etext	Daniel Vimont	00:12:54	en
Play 15	The Market	William McFee	Etext	Ratandeep Singh	00:09:31	en
Play 16	On Love	Percy Bysshe Shelley	Etext	Britannia	00:05:12	en
Play 17	Poets as Policemen	Mark Twain	Etext	Britannia	00:01:57	en
Play 18	Second Inaugural Address	Abraham Lincoln	Etext	Daniel Vimont	00:06:15	en
Play 19	The Spirit of Japan	Rabindranath Tagore	Etext	Availle	00:46:07	en
Play 20	The Twelve Men	G. K. Chesterton	Etext	NoelBadrian	00:09:14	en

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