Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034

Various

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the English countryside; William Randolph Hearst and journalism; the philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard, John Dewey and others; General William T. Sherman's voyage to San Francisco; the metric system, and the future of the machine age. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Bjornson's "Beyond Human Power" and Kierkegaard's "What Says the Fire Marshal?" were both translated by Lee Milton Hollander
The translators of Philemon's "The Highest Good" and Lessing's "On Love of Truth" are unknown.

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 Alfriston and Wilmington, Ch. 6 of Field Paths and Green Lanes Louis John Jennings Etext Garth Burton
00:25:14 en
Play 02 Bjornson's Beyond Human Power Lee M. Hollander Etext Craig Campbell
00:17:02 en
Play 03 Character Sketch - William Randolph Hearst W. T. Stead Etext progressingamerica
00:50:39 en
Play 04 Darwin Among the Machines Samuel Butler Etext Peter Eastman
00:13:54 en
Play 05 Future of Journalism W. T. Stead Etext progressingamerica
00:45:18 en
Play 06 Government By Journalism W. T. Stead Etext progressingamerica
01:02:27 en
Play 07 Immediate Empiricism John Dewey Etext P. J. Taylor
00:07:39 en
Play 08 The Issue Between Idealism and Immediate Empiricism Charles Montague Bakewell Etext P. J. Taylor
00:12:39 en
Play 09 John Adams' Inaugural Address, March 4, 1797 John Adams Etext Tip Brown
00:16:21 en
Play 10 Lord Kelvin on the Metric System William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin Etext Availle
00:08:13 en
Play 11 On Love of Truth Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Etext Craig Campbell
00:03:14 en
Play 12 An Open Letter to Professor Dewey Concerning Immediate Empiricism Charles Montague Bakewell Etext P. J. Taylor
00:07:26 en
Play 13 Philemon's The Highest Good Julian Hawthorne Etext Craig Campbell
00:01:53 en
Play 14 The Postulate of Immediate Empiricism John Dewey Etext P. J. Taylor
00:28:05 en
Play 15 The Unknown Soldier Frank Michael O'Brien Etext Joe Brenneman
00:05:14 en
Play 16 A Very Short Life of Kierkegaard Charles K. Bellinger Etext Craig Campbell
00:14:36 en
Play 17 A Voyage to San Francisco William Tecumseh Sherman Etext Delmar H Dolbier
00:17:56 en
Play 18 What Says the Fire Marshal? Soren Kierkegaard Etext Craig Campbell
00:12:23 en