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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 033

Various

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include astronomy, religion, United States history, football, child raising, Tokyo firebombing, and more. (summary by Sue Anderson)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	The Alcoran of Mohamet: Chapters 78 - 86	Alexander Ross	Etext	Nicholas James Bridgewater	00:24:03	en
Play 02	The Alcoran of Mohamet: Chapters 87 - 114	Alexander Ross	Etext	Nicholas James Bridgewater	00:28:06	en
Play 03	The Arabic Language: A Lecture Given on December 3, 1868: Part 1	Thomas Chenery	Etext	Nicholas James Bridgewater	00:46:45	en
Play 04	The Arabic Language: A Lecture Given on December 3, 1868: Part 2	Thomas Chenery	Etext	Nicholas James Bridgewater	00:45:06	en
Play 05	The Coming of the Forward Pass	Elmer Berry	Etext	Edmund Bloxam	00:43:34	en
Play 06	Concerning the Blessing of God In The Goods of This World	Jakob Böhme	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:03:20	en
Play 07	Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776	Thomas Jefferson	Etext	ACBowgus	00:10:44	en
Play 08	Effects of Incendiary Bomb Attacks on Tokyo, Japan, Part 1	United States Strategic Bombing Survey	Etext	Isana	00:44:18	en
Play 09	Effects of Incendiary Bomb Attacks on Tokyo, Japan, Part 2	United States Strategic Bombing Survey	Etext	Isana	00:45:35	en
Play 10	First Approach to Mt. Rainier (1833)	William Fraser Tolmie	Etext	Sue Anderson	00:17:33	en
Play 11	First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789	George Washington	Etext	Tip Brown	00:09:20	en
Play 12	An Instrument for Observing the Moon's Distance from the Fix'd Stars at Sea	Sir Isaac Newton	Etext	Availle	00:04:20	en
Play 13	The Liberty of Children	Robert G. Ingersoll	Etext	Julia Niedermaier	00:34:19	en
Play 14	Mathematical Theology	Augustus De Morgan	Etext	Craig Campbell	00:03:42	en
Play 15	A Modest Proposal	Jonathan Swift	Etext	ACBowgus	00:23:20	en
Play 16	Reports of Major General U. S. Grant, April 4-5 April 10-15, 1862.	Ulysses S. Grant	Etext	Delmar H Dolbier	00:13:45	en
Play 17	Save The Redwoods	John Muir	Etext	Michele Fry	00:10:17	en
Play 18	Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1793	George Washington	Etext	Tip Brown	00:01:36	en

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