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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 036

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(3,9 Sterne; 5 Bewertungen)

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the discovery of X-rays, earthquakes, Hegel, Sir William Osler, Charles William Eliot, Oscar Wilde, Charles Sumner, Monica Lewinsky, and Anita Loos; the Lincoln highway, joys of gardening, goldfish, skunk raising, and the cultivation of tobacco.

"Earthquakes" was co-authored by Louis Pakiser. (summary by Sue Anderson)
(5 hr 58 min)

Chapters

Bill Clinton's Apology to the Nation Regarding the Lewinsky Affair (1998)

3:50

Read by Glenn O'Brien

Daisy

4:06

Read by Bellona Times

Driving the Lincoln Highway, Chicago to Rochelle, Illinois, in 1915

20:18

Read by Sue Anderson

Earthquakes

33:38

Read by Roger Melin

Five American Contributions to Civilization

56:00

Read by Andrea Dion

Goldfish

7:13

Read by John N. Daily

The Handwriting on the Screen: An Interview with Anita Loos, Everybody's Magazi…

8:14

Read by Bellona Times

An Interview with Anita Loos, Wireless Magazine, 1922

8:00

Read by Bellona Times

No Tax On Books, 1864

8:03

Read by David Wales

On Gardening

14:54

Read by Garth Burton

On a New Kind of Rays

23:21

Read by Availle

Oscar Wilde: An Idler's Impression

14:35

Read by Rob Marland

The Philosophy of Religion, excerpts

30:07

Read by Craig Campbell

Practical Skunk Raising

21:32

Read by Roger Melin

The Questioning Mania

4:25

Read by Craig Campbell

A Swimmer's Status - Beaurepaire Ruled Not an Amateur

1:37

Read by Glenn O'Brien

A Treatise on the Culture of the Tobacco Plant

59:44

Read by Roger Melin

A Way of Life

39:22

Read by Luke Sartor

Bewertungen

(4 Sterne)

Fun to listen even though some readers were incomprehensible.

the tabacco story is very interesting, plus others

(4 Sterne)