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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 041

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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)

Chapters

An Account of the System of the World (described in Mr Newton's Mathematical Pr…

8:44

Read by Availle

Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes

3:43

Read by BettyB

Concerning The Notion of Liberty and of Moral Agency

11:33

Read by Craig Campbell

Cuban Folklore

37:10

Read by David Wales

George Sand, a Biography

10:57

Read by VfkaBT

Gravel

9:05

Read by VfkaBT

Henry Trengrouse and His Rocket Life-Saving Apparatus

6:27

Read by Son of the Exiles

How To Ring A Church Bell Properly

2:53

Read by Son of the Exiles

A Modest Proposal

18:46

Read by Celine Oon

Mr. G.K. Chesterton and Mr. Hilaire Belloc

33:56

Read by 5pak

Of Academical Freedom

26:19

Read by Craig Campbell

Of Personal Identity

17:35

Read by Craig Campbell

Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory

34:49

Read by Phil Schempf

A Peccary Hunt on the Nueces

23:40

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)

Plants of the Shore

9:11

Read by VfkaBT

Signals in Use in the Port of Sydney, New South Wales

3:05

Read by Son of the Exiles

The Sorrows of Satan by Marie Corelli, A Review

3:36

Read by Newgatenovelist

A Woman Who Went to Alaska

16:00

Read by BettyB