Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034
Various
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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the English countryside; William Randolph Hearst and journalism; the philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard, John Dewey and others; General William T. Sherman's voyage to San Francisco; the metric system, and the future of the machine age. (Summary by Sue Anderson)
Bjornson's "Beyond Human Power" and Kierkegaard's "What Says the Fire Marshal?" were both translated by Lee Milton Hollander
>The translators of Philemon's "The Highest Good" and Lessing's "On Love of Truth" are unknown.
(5 hr 50 min)
Kapitel
Alfriston and Wilmington, Ch. 6 of Field Paths and Green Lanes | 25:14 | Gelesen von Garth Burton |
Bjornson's Beyond Human Power | 17:02 | Gelesen von Craig Campbell |
Character Sketch - William Randolph Hearst | 50:39 | Gelesen von progressingamerica |
Darwin Among the Machines | 13:54 | Gelesen von Peter Eastman |
Future of Journalism | 45:18 | Gelesen von progressingamerica |
Government By Journalism | 1:02:27 | Gelesen von progressingamerica |
Immediate Empiricism | 7:39 | Gelesen von P. J. Taylor |
The Issue Between Idealism and Immediate Empiricism | 12:39 | Gelesen von P. J. Taylor |
John Adams' Inaugural Address, March 4, 1797 | 16:21 | Gelesen von Tip Brown |
Lord Kelvin on the Metric System | 8:13 | Gelesen von Availle |
On Love of Truth | 3:14 | Gelesen von Craig Campbell |
An Open Letter to Professor Dewey Concerning Immediate Empiricism | 7:26 | Gelesen von P. J. Taylor |
Philemon's The Highest Good | 1:53 | Gelesen von Craig Campbell |
The Postulate of Immediate Empiricism | 28:05 | Gelesen von P. J. Taylor |
The Unknown Soldier | 5:14 | Gelesen von Joe Brenneman |
A Very Short Life of Kierkegaard | 14:36 | Gelesen von Craig Campbell |
A Voyage to San Francisco | 17:56 | Gelesen von Delmar H Dolbier |
What Says the Fire Marshal? | 12:23 | Gelesen von Craig Campbell |