Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 046


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(3.2 stars; 2 reviews)

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)

Capítulos

Change-Ringing 19:30 Leído por Garth Burton
Concerning the Jews 46:40 Leído por Michele Fry
The Death Of The Poet John Keats, 1821 29:29 Leído por David Wales
Discourse Lamenting the Death of Alexander Hamilton 53:55 Leído por TriciaG
The Earth Belongs To The Living, Part 1 17:27 Leído por Michele Fry
The Earth Belongs To The Living, Part 2 10:26 Leído por Michele Fry
Fear 14:50 Leído por SK
Fear of Death 26:51 Leído por SK
Guide to Ignorance 24:58 Leído por SK
The Honour of Your Country 7:57 Leído por SK
Inoculation for the Smallpox 4:15 Leído por Craig Campbell
Letter to James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 28 October 1785 8:46 Leído por Michele Fry
Marconi's Telegraphing Across the Ocean without Wires 47:50 Leído por Sue Anderson
A Matchless Panorama--The View from Braddock Heights 8:35 Leído por Jan MacGillivray
Meteoric Astronomy 7:50 Leído por Availle
Of the Imagination 6:48 Leído por Craig Campbell
On The Degrees of Ascension to God 20:00 Leído por Craig Campbell
Painting as a Pastime, Part 1 24:14 Leído por Sue Anderson
Painting as a Pastime, Part 2 20:50 Leído por Sue Anderson
The Rule of Reason 6:13 Leído por Craig Campbell

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(2 stars)

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.