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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 008

Various

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, philosophy, nature and religion.

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 Cats Robert Lynd Etext Perry Clayton
 00:12:11 en
Play 02 The Celebration of Intellect Ralph Waldo Emerson Etext Philipp Weichselbaum
 00:29:21 en
Play 03 A Few Parables Arthur Schopenhauer Etext ajmacbeth
 00:09:55 en
Play 04 A House Divided Against Itself Abraham Lincoln Etext Cody Logan
 00:06:49 en
Play 05 How to Make a Shoe John Parker Headley Etext Betsie Bush
 00:26:11 en
Play 06 A Meditation Upon a Broomstick Jonathan Swift Etext Todd Cutler
 00:03:35 en
Play 07 Morals of Chess Benjamin Franklin Etext Philipp Weichselbaum
 00:09:46 en
Play 08 Night and Moonlight Henry David Thoreau Etext Philipp Weichselbaum
 00:21:03 en
Play 09 The Oath and Law of Hippocrates Hippocrates Etext Clarica
 00:08:25 en
Play 10 On the Pleasure of Taking Up One's Pen Hilaire Belloc Etext Zloot
 00:07:53 en
Play 11 On the Vice of Novel Reading Young E. Allison Etext J. M. Smallheer
 00:37:22 en
Play 12 Rules for Bathing E. P. Miller Etext Lee Ann Howlett
 00:04:59 en
Play 13 Self-Denial Not the Essence of Virtue Benjamin Franklin Etext Daniel Cranston
 00:08:47 en
Play 14 A Short Defense of Villains Agnes Repplier Etext Cori Samuel
 00:21:03 en
Play 15 Some Reflections on the Loss of the Titanic Joseph Conrad Etext James Christopher
 00:27:21 en