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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 046

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(3,25 Sterne; 2 Bewertungen)

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)

Chapters

Change-Ringing

19:30

Read by Garth Burton

Concerning the Jews

46:40

Read by Michele Fry

The Death Of The Poet John Keats, 1821

29:29

Read by David Wales

Discourse Lamenting the Death of Alexander Hamilton

53:55

Read by TriciaG

The Earth Belongs To The Living, Part 1

17:27

Read by Michele Fry

The Earth Belongs To The Living, Part 2

10:26

Read by Michele Fry

Fear

14:50

Read by SK

Fear of Death

26:51

Read by SK

Guide to Ignorance

24:58

Read by SK

The Honour of Your Country

7:57

Read by SK

Inoculation for the Smallpox

4:15

Read by Craig Campbell

Letter to James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 28 October 1785

8:46

Read by Michele Fry

Marconi's Telegraphing Across the Ocean without Wires

47:50

Read by Sue Anderson

A Matchless Panorama--The View from Braddock Heights

8:35

Read by Jan MacGillivray

Meteoric Astronomy

7:50

Read by Availle

Of the Imagination

6:48

Read by Craig Campbell

On The Degrees of Ascension to God

20:00

Read by Craig Campbell

Painting as a Pastime, Part 1

24:14

Read by Sue Anderson

Painting as a Pastime, Part 2

20:50

Read by Sue Anderson

The Rule of Reason

6:13

Read by Craig Campbell

Bewertungen

(2 Sterne)

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.