Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 046


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(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)

Kapitel

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

Bewertungen


(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.