Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 046


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(3.2 stars; 2 reviews)

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include meteor showers, smallpox inoculation, telegraphy, fear of death, church bell change-ringing , painting as a pastime, prejudice against Jews from Mark Twain's perspective, the view from Braddock Heights, Maryland, philosophical reflections by Saint Bonaventure, Paracelsus, and Friedrich Jacobi, letters written by Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, and eulogies to Alexander Hamilton and John Keats.

The Degrees of Ascension to God by Saint Bonaventure was translated by Thomas Davidson. (6 hr 47 min)

Chapitres

Change-Ringing 19:30 Lu par Garth Burton
Concerning the Jews 46:40 Lu par Michele Fry
The Death Of The Poet John Keats, 1821 29:29 Lu par David Wales
Discourse Lamenting the Death of Alexander Hamilton 53:55 Lu par TriciaG
The Earth Belongs To The Living, Part 1 17:27 Lu par Michele Fry
The Earth Belongs To The Living, Part 2 10:26 Lu par Michele Fry
Fear 14:50 Lu par SK
Fear of Death 26:51 Lu par SK
Guide to Ignorance 24:58 Lu par SK
The Honour of Your Country 7:57 Lu par SK
Inoculation for the Smallpox 4:15 Lu par Craig Campbell
Letter to James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 28 October 1785 8:46 Lu par Michele Fry
Marconi's Telegraphing Across the Ocean without Wires 47:50 Lu par Sue Anderson
A Matchless Panorama--The View from Braddock Heights 8:35 Lu par Jan MacGillivray
Meteoric Astronomy 7:50 Lu par Availle
Of the Imagination 6:48 Lu par Craig Campbell
On The Degrees of Ascension to God 20:00 Lu par Craig Campbell
Painting as a Pastime, Part 1 24:14 Lu par Sue Anderson
Painting as a Pastime, Part 2 20:50 Lu par Sue Anderson
The Rule of Reason 6:13 Lu par Craig Campbell

Critiques


(2 stars)

Painting as Pastime is an enjoyable read, but this reader, while competent at reading the words, was unable to convey any emotion of what she was saying. Too bad.