Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 041


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(3.7 stars; 3 reviews)

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a woman in Alaska, Cuban folklore, and hunting peccaries on the Nueces; Max Planck's Quantum Theory and Newton's world view; church bells and chocolate cake; naval flag signals, rocket life-saving apparatus, and seashore plants and pebbles; also many literary and philosophical figures including Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Edwards, Johann Fichte, Joseph Butler, George Sand, Marie Corelli, G. K. Chesterton, and Hilaire Belloc. (summary by Sue Anderson) (4 hr 37 min)

Chapitres

An Account of the System of the World (described in Mr Newton's Mathematical Pr… 8:44 Lu par Availle
Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes 3:43 Lu par BettyB
Concerning The Notion of Liberty and of Moral Agency 11:33 Lu par Craig Campbell
Cuban Folklore 37:10 Lu par David Wales
George Sand, a Biography 10:57 Lu par VfkaBT
Gravel 9:05 Lu par VfkaBT
Henry Trengrouse and His Rocket Life-Saving Apparatus 6:27 Lu par Son of the Exiles
How To Ring A Church Bell Properly 2:53 Lu par Son of the Exiles
A Modest Proposal 18:46 Lu par Celine Oon
Mr. G.K. Chesterton and Mr. Hilaire Belloc 33:56 Lu par 5pak
Of Academical Freedom 26:19 Lu par Craig Campbell
Of Personal Identity 17:35 Lu par Craig Campbell
Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory 34:49 Lu par Phil Schempf
A Peccary Hunt on the Nueces 23:40 Lu par John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Plants of the Shore 9:11 Lu par VfkaBT
Signals in Use in the Port of Sydney, New South Wales 3:05 Lu par Son of the Exiles
The Sorrows of Satan by Marie Corelli, A Review 3:36 Lu par Newgatenovelist
A Woman Who Went to Alaska 16:00 Lu par BettyB