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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 035

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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include how to swim, Navajo silversmithing, the sun, begonias and ferns, Martin Luther, U.S. Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon, Captain Cook's exploration of Botany Bay, General James Wolfe, and Moravian missionaries in Labrador. (summary by Sue Anderson)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	Australian Football Rules 1866	Various	Etext	Glenn O'Brien	00:03:31	en
Play 02	The Battle of the Plains of Abraham Speech	James Wolfe	Etext	Rachel	00:03:31	en
Play 03	The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Etext	Edmund Bloxam	00:29:56	en
Play 04	Dangers on the Ice Off the Coast of Labrador	Anonymous	Etext	Joel Wodhams	00:15:53	en
Play 05	Exploration of Botany Bay and Surrounding Coast of Australia: an Excerpt from Captain Cook's Journal: First Voyage	James Cook	Etext	chocmuse	00:27:59	en
Play 06	The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada	George Henry Tilton	Etext	Lisa Reichert	00:13:24	en
Play 07	Football and War 1915	Harold McLennan	Etext	Glenn O'Brien	00:04:08	en
Play 08	The Great Silent Majority Speech, November 3, 1969	Richard Milhouse Nixon	Etext	Bellona Times	00:34:38	en
Play 09	How to Swim	Alfred Rochefort Calhoun	Etext	Bellona Times	00:32:11	en
Play 10	Is the Sun Becoming Colder or Hotter?	William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin	Etext	Availle	00:24:20	en
Play 11	Lanoe Falconer: A Biographical Sketch	Evelyn March Phillipps	Etext	David Wales	00:44:50	en
Play 12	Navajo Silversmiths	Washington Matthews	Etext	Joel Wodhams	00:27:27	en
Play 13	The Old Librarian’s Almanack	Edmund Lester Pearson	Etext	David Wales	00:47:22	en
Play 14	On an Atlantic Steamship	Edward Carpenter	Etext	Sue Anderson	00:18:20	en
Play 15	The Present Moment, No. IV 1 Diagnosis	Soren Kierkegaard	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:08:28	en
Play 16	The Prologue to the Epistle to the Romans	Martin Luther	Etext	Andrew Coleman	00:56:48	en
Play 17	Tuberous Begonias: Culture and Management by Numerous Practical Growers	Various	Etext	Ann Boulais	00:41:00	en
Play 18	Useful Diversions	Emanuel Swedenborg	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:14:42	en

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