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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 007

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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, science and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Danger Signals and A Midsummer's Night Trip were coauthored by Jaspar Ewing Brady

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

Language: English

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	The Anarchist	G. K. Chesterton	Etext	Ray Clare	00:11:02	en
Play 02	Bible Reading	Alexander Campbell	Etext	Brent Paschall	00:12:50	en
Play 03	Danger Signals, Chapters 3-5	John A. Hill	Etext	Ray Clare	00:30:22	en
Play 04	The Encomium on Helen	Gorgias	Etext	Kenny Bellew	00:12:57	en
Play 05	The Factory Girl's Danger	Miriam Finn Scott	Etext	Lee Ann Howlett	00:18:54	en
Play 06	Farewell Address	George Washington	Etext	Todd Cutler	00:38:02	en
Play 07	A Few Sanitary Suggestions; January 18, 1962	Vanity Fair	Etext	Lee Ann Howlett	00:06:58	en
Play 08	Francis of Assisi	G. K. Chesterton	Etext	Ray Clare	00:15:54	en
Play 09	History of Steam on the Erie Canal, Section 1	Anonymous	Etext	Ray Clare	00:14:35	en
Play 10	Laughter	Anonymous	Etext	Chloey Winters	00:05:14	en
Play 11	Lincoln's Last Hours	Charles Augustus Leale	Etext	John Lieder	00:47:04	en
Play 12	A Midsummer's Night Trip	John A. Hill	Etext	Ray Clare	00:25:42	en
Play 13	Never Again	Edward Carpenter	Etext	Kalynda	00:28:06	en
Play 14	The Philosophy of Bird's Nests	Alfred Russel Wallace	Etext	J. M. Smallheer	00:34:40	en
Play 15	Schoolboy Blunders	Henry B. Wheatley	Etext	Ray Clare	00:22:14	en

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