Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045


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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include ancient Greek thinkers--Parmenides, Demosthenes, Euclid; William Lloyd Garrison and the National Anti-Slavery Convention; 19th and 20th century philosophers, sociologists, theologians and essayists--Bertrand Russell, Walter Rauschenbusch, Kierkegaard, N.F.S. Brundtvig, Frederik Sibbern, Hans Lassen Martensen, Oscar Wilde; science and invention--sunspots, paper making, aviation; and the shipwreck adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe. (summary by Sue Anderson)

Learning to Fly by William James Jackman was co-authored by Thomas Herbert Russell and Octave Chanute.

Sibbern, Martensen, and Kierkegaard by Fredrika Bremer was translated by Mary Howitt.

The Seerest of Prevost, Frederica Hauffe, by Justinus Kerner was translated by Catherine Crowe. (5 hr 18 min)

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The Basis of Realism (1911) 12:44 Gelesen von Landon D. C. Elkind
Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life 27:34 Gelesen von Rob Marland
Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention (1833) 11:03 Gelesen von Curt Walton
Grundtvig and Kierkegaard (1863) 11:56 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
Learning to Fly 23:41 Gelesen von Scott Danneker
Letter from Bertrand Russell (Journal of Philosophy 1915) 4:10 Gelesen von Landon D. C. Elkind
Linen Rag Paper - Recycling Old Clothes in 1825 50:39 Gelesen von Sue Anderson
On Nature (540-450? BCE) 13:37 Gelesen von Landon D. C. Elkind
On the Nature of Sense-Data (1913) 20:14 Gelesen von Landon D. C. Elkind
Oration in Favor of the Megalopolitans 25:30 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
The Real Robinson Crusoe, Alexander Selkirk 16:16 Gelesen von David Wales
Reading After Thirty 6:04 Gelesen von David Wales
The Seerest of Prevost, Frederica Hauffe 26:11 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
Sibbern, Martensen, and Kierkegaard 10:50 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
Some Explanations in Reply to Mr. Bradley 20:32 Gelesen von Landon D. C. Elkind
The Sun-Spots of August 1916 3:55 Gelesen von Availle
The Teaching of Euclid 9:54 Gelesen von Landon D. C. Elkind
Unto Me 23:57 Gelesen von Craig Campbell