Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042


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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammetta Wilson, naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, mountaineer Jacques Balmat, French Revolutionist Camille Desmoulins, and Buddha; a climb of Mt. Fuji by Lafcadio Hearn, reviews of 20th century poetry and of books by E. M. Delafield, Mrs. Gaskell, and Kierkegaard; marriage; motion pictures; color blindness; and an essay on optimism by Helen Keller. (Summary by Sue Anderson) (7 hr 1 min)

Chapitres

Alexander von Humboldt, a Eulogy (1859) 36:02 Lu par David Wales
Colour-blindness 11:16 Lu par Garth Burton
The Drama of Self-Deception, a Review of E. M. Delafield's Novels 13:52 Lu par VfkaBT
Early 20th Century Poetry, a Review 6:05 Lu par VfkaBT
Fiammetta Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society 10:13 Lu par Availle
Fuji-no-Yama 44:52 Lu par VfkaBT
How To Cook Husbands 3:03 Lu par Son of the Exiles
Jacques Balmat, or The First Ascent of Mont Blanc 39:54 Lu par Phil Schempf
The Life of Buddha and its Lessons 25:35 Lu par Peter Yearsley
Live Free Or Die (1788) 6:41 Lu par Craig Campbell
Moving Pictures 18:00 Lu par Andrea Kotzer
Mrs. Gaskell, A Novelist of Queen Victoria's Reign 43:44 Lu par NoelBadrian
On the Education of the Recollection (1806) 14:27 Lu par Craig Campbell
On Marriage 5:52 Lu par BettyB
On Reading 47:16 Lu par Expatriate
Optimism 1:02:36 Lu par VfkaBT
Soren Kierkegaard: The Concept of Anxiety 1844 and Practice in Christianity 1850 6:56 Lu par Craig Campbell
Soren Kierkegaard: Study on his Stadia Upon Life's Way (1845) 25:09 Lu par Craig Campbell