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)

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