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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006

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A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, medicine, nature and religion. Included in this collection are speeches by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses, several interesting or historic articles from Vanity Fair and the NY times, as well as writings of Eugene Debs, Alexander von Humboldt, Lena Morrow Lewis, Joseph Lister and C. M. Ellis. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	Address to the People of Illinois on Tariff or Taxation, March 4, 1843	Abraham Lincoln	Etext	Mark F. Smith	00:03:52	en
Play 02	All is not Gold that Glitters	Vanity Fair	Etext	Lee Ann Howlett	00:04:26	en
Play 03	The Awful German Language	Mark Twain	Etext	Alex Becker	00:47:53	en
Play 04	The Causes for which a President Can Be Impeached; Atlantic Monthly, 1867	C. M. Ellis	Etext	Lee Ann Howlett	00:15:56	en
Play 05	Crimes of Carnegie	Eugene V. Debs	Etext	Brent Floyd	00:04:27	en
Play 06	Dedication and Preface to Palgrave's Golden Treasury	Francis T. Palgrave	Etext	Clarica	00:12:28	en
Play 07	The Different Degrees of Enjoyment Presented by the Contemplation of Nature	Alexander von Humboldt	Etext	Mark F. Smith	00:05:51	en
Play 08	Last Honors to Emerson	The New York Times	Etext	Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)	00:07:42	en
Play 09	The Materialist Basis of Education	Lena Morrow Lewis	Etext	Brent Floyd	00:03:30	en
Play 10	The Ninety-Five Theses	Martin Luther	Etext	David Jaquay	00:17:35	en
Play 11	On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery	Joseph Lister	Etext	J. M. Smallheer	00:26:03	en
Play 12	The Progress of Medical Science; 1860	Vanity Fair	Etext	Lee Ann Howlett	00:03:40	en
Play 13	Ruth Bought by New York Americans	The New York Times	Etext	Bob Tassinari	00:09:16	en
Play 14	The Story of An Eyewitness	Jack London	Etext	Elaine Hamby	00:18:15	en
Play 15	Winter Sunshine	John Burroughs	Etext	Esther	00:36:32	en

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