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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014

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A collection of 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, military history, humor, philosophy, nature and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Keyword(s): philosophy (944), nature (888), history (878), religion (729), humor (635), politics (205), essays (190), nonfiction (137), military history (20), Hate Crimes Act (1)

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress (Old Mistresses Apologue)	Benjamin Franklin	Etext	Utek	00:05:51	en
Play 02	The Black Woman of the South	Alexander Crummell	Etext	Bellona Times	00:26:41	en
Play 03	The Sentence of the Inquisition on Galileo	Cardinals of the Inquisition	Etext	Availle	00:11:54	en
Play 04	The Abjuration of Galileo	Galileo Galilei	Etext	Availle	00:03:49	en
Play 05	The Knowledge of Self, from "The Alchemy of Happiness"	Al Ghazzali	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:19:07	en
Play 06	Let's Collect Rocks and Shells	Shell Union Oil Corporation	Etext	Betsie Bush	00:39:46	en
Play 07	Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009	United States House of Representatives	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:18:41	en
Play 08	Meditation XVII	John Donne	Etext	Shawn Craig Smith	00:05:27	en
Play 09	A Message to Garcia	Elbert Hubbard	Etext	Scott Dahlem	00:13:28	en
Play 10	Preface to "God and My Neighbor"	Robert Blatchford	Etext	Bellona Times	00:08:08	en
Play 11	A Refutation of the Charges Made against the Confederate States of America of Having Authorized the Use of Explosive and Poisoned Musket and Rifle Balls during the Late Civil War of 1861-1865	Horace Edwin Hayden	Etext	FNH	00:27:48	en
Play 12	Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow	Charles Hersey	Etext	FNH	00:39:22	en
Play 13	Taking Diplomatic Action Against Piracy	Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Dept of State	Etext	James Christopher	00:03:16	en
Play 14	To Atticus (at Athens), translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh	Marcus Tullius Cicero	Etext	Bellona Times	00:08:09	en
Play 15	To the Royal Academy: Of Farting	Benjamin Franklin	Etext	Utek	00:08:06	en
Play 16	When a Man Comes to Himself	Thomas Woodrow Wilson	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:31:15	en

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