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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 022

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A collection of nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, science, women's rights, pirates, vampires, philosophy, and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Keyword(s): history (878), religion (729), essays (190), nonfiction (137), Abraham Lincoln (49), speeches (42), women's rights (23), Benjamin Franklin (13), Monroe Doctrine (3), Poole (2) ... [Show full list]

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	The American Scholar	Ralph Waldo Emerson	Etext	Daniel Christopher June	00:40:05	en
Play 02	Benjamin Franklin's Address to the continental congress, read aloud by James Wilson	Benjamin Franklin	Etext	progressingamerica	00:12:45	en
Play 03	Letter to Mrs. Bixby Letter	Abraham Lincoln	Etext	Delmar H Dolbier	00:01:37	en
Play 04	Excerpts concerning costermongers, from London Labour And The London Poor	Henry Mayhew	Etext	Jason Mills	00:16:15	en
Play 05	The Funeral of Poole, March 12, 1855	The New York Times	Etext	loubet	00:09:16	en
Play 06	In memory of John P. Altgeld	Clarence Darrow	Etext	Veronica Jenkins	00:09:16	en
Play 07	The Martyrdom of Ignatius	Anonymous	Etext	dave7	00:18:28	en
Play 08	The Martyrdom of the Holy Martyrs Justin, Chariton, Charites, Paeon, and Liberianus, Who Suffered at Rome	Anonymous	Etext	dave7	00:09:35	en
Play 09	The Monroe Doctrine	James Monroe	Etext	James Christopher	00:05:41	en
Play 10	On Terms, Chapter 1 from "Introduction to Non-Violence"	Theodore Paullin	Etext	Adam Tomkins	00:12:33	en
Play 11	Fragments of the Lost Work of Justin Martyr on the Resurrection	Saint Justin Martyr	Etext	dave7	00:30:36	en
Play 12	The Parable of the Pilgrim	Walter Hilton	Etext	dave7	00:14:44	en
Play 13	Pirates and Piracy	Oscar Herrmann	Etext	Jean Bascom	00:22:38	en
Play 14	The Pursuit of Happiness	Charles Dudley Warner	Etext	Susan Giese Goldenberg	00:11:58	en
Play 15	Roentgen's Ray	Elizabeth Cole	Etext	Availle	00:20:51	en
Play 16	Solitude of Self	Elizabeth Cady Stanton	Etext	J. M. Smallheer	00:24:42	en
Play 17	The Street Markets - from London Labour And The London Poor	Henry Mayhew	Etext	Jason Mills	00:11:14	en
Play 18	Vampires, from A Philosophical Dictionary	Voltaire	Etext	Martin Geeson	00:14:27	en
Play 19	The Way to Wealth	Benjamin Franklin	Etext	Bob Gonzalez	00:23:47	en

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