Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass humor, history, politics, science medicine, nature, finance, cooking, film and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer) (4 hr 37 min)

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Corsages Appropriate for Women with Unbeautifully Modelled Throats and Shoulder…	10:20	Read by Bellona Times
Darwin on the Origin of Species - A Book Review from The Atlantic, July 1860	36:08	Read by Catharine Eastman
A General View of Theosophy	8:34	Read by Audio Andrea
The Germ Theory and its Application to Medicine and Surgery	16:01	Read by J. M. Smallheer
The History of Insects	7:53	Read by Bellona Times
How Pain Leads to Knowledge and Power	6:40	Read by Audio Andrea
An Italian Dinner - selections from The Cook's Decameron	11:56	Read by Bellona Times
Lucy Keyes. A Story of Mount Wachusett; from The New England Magazine, Vol 1 (6…	17:33	Read by Bellona Times
The Meaning and Method of Spiritual Life	32:20	Read by Audio Andrea
Romance and Eyeglasses, fromThe Champagne Standard	11:05	Read by Marian Martin
Spear Fishing on Indian River, fromFlorida - or Summer in Wintertime	3:55	Read by Bellona Times
A Study in Finance	42:59	Read by Craig Campbell
Ten Great Late 40's Films, excerpts fromMotion Pictures, 1940-1949	13:40	Read by Bellona Times
Trinity Atomic Test Site	24:56	Read by James Christopher
A World Religion	33:31	Read by Audio Andrea

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012

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