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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029

Various

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include architecture, education, philosophy, religion, health, humor, history, and literature. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	Agitation	Horace Seaver	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:03:53	en
Play 02	The Aims of Education - A Plea for Reform	Alfred North Whitehead	Etext	PPerez	00:55:17	en
Play 03	Captain Mission	Philip Gosse	Etext	Arnie Horton	00:16:00	en
Play 04	CIA Campus: the Story of the Original Headquarters Building, The	United States Central Intelligence Agency	Etext	James Christopher	00:08:05	en
Play 05	The College Freshman's Don't Book	George Fullerton Evans	Etext	David Wales	00:36:43	en
Play 06	Concerning Cabs from "About London"	James Ewing Ritchie	Etext	Garth Burton	00:14:25	en
Play 07	A Diagram of Heredity	Sir Francis Galton	Etext	Availle	00:06:37	en
Play 08	Emergency Childbirth	U. S. Dept. of Defense and U.S. Dept of Health, Educati	Etext	TriciaG	00:22:30	en
Play 09	Feeding the Mind	Lewis Carroll	Etext	Rapunzelina	00:10:58	en
Play 10	General Buller's Defence	Unknown	Etext	Ruth Golding	00:09:55	en
Play 11	Life Without Principle	Henry David Thoreau	Etext	David Jenkins	00:55:57	en
Play 12	Lincoln Letters	Abraham Lincoln	Etext	Daniel Sanchez	00:05:49	en
Play 13	Obituary of Edgar A. Poe	John Moncure Daniel	Etext	Jeff Chesnut	00:10:48	en
Play 14	Oscar Wilde Bunco Articles	Various	Etext	Rob Marland	00:10:09	en
Play 15	The Papal Election	Frances Alice Forbes	Etext	DPranitis	00:21:05	en
Play 16	The Pleasures of Ignorance	Robert Lynd	Etext	Tom Merritt	00:12:36	en
Play 17	Resolution honoring the Founder of "Mother's Day, " Miss Anna Jarvis	Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticultur	Etext	Sue Anderson	00:03:29	en
Play 18	Sixteen Logical Aphorisms	David F. Swenson	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:15:32	en
Play 19	The Story of the Prophet Jonas (translated by William Tyndale)	William Tyndale	Etext	Xenephon	00:08:29	en
Play 20	Weathercocks and Vanes	Herbert Warrington Hogg	Etext	Garth Burton	00:21:23	en

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