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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

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Various

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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)

Chapters

Alexander von Humboldt, a Eulogy (1859)

36:02

Read by David Wales

Colour-blindness

11:16

Read by Garth Burton

The Drama of Self-Deception, a Review of E. M. Delafield's Novels

13:52

Read by VfkaBT

Early 20th Century Poetry, a Review

6:05

Read by VfkaBT

Fiammetta Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

10:13

Read by Availle

44:52

Read by VfkaBT

How To Cook Husbands

3:03

Read by Son of the Exiles

Jacques Balmat, or The First Ascent of Mont Blanc

39:54

Read by Phil Schempf

The Life of Buddha and its Lessons

25:35

Read by Peter Yearsley

Live Free Or Die (1788)

6:41

Read by Craig Campbell

Moving Pictures

18:00

Read by Andrea Kotzer

Mrs. Gaskell, A Novelist of Queen Victoria's Reign

43:44

Read by NoelBadrian

On the Education of the Recollection (1806)

14:27

Read by Craig Campbell

5:52

Read by BettyB

47:16

Read by Expatriate

1:02:36

Read by VfkaBT

Soren Kierkegaard: The Concept of Anxiety 1844 and Practice in Christianity 1850

6:56

Read by Craig Campbell

Soren Kierkegaard: Study on his Stadia Upon Life's Way (1845)

25:09

Read by Craig Campbell