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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047

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(5 Sterne; 3 Bewertungen)

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought -- Plato, Aristotle, Leonhard Euler, Henri Amiel, and the French Rights of Man; adventure and mystery -- the ascent of Aconcagua and the mystery ship Mary Celeste; science -- a new comet and lichen dyes; portraits of the seasons by Lucy Maud Montgomery: biographies of Charles Dickens and Clara and Robert Schuman; a history of the Transcendental utopia Fruitlands by Louisa May Alcott, and an essay on reading by Isaac Disraeli. summary by Sue Anderson (4 hr 59 min)

Chapters

An Account of a New Comet, 1786

5:08

Read by Availle

Amiel's Journal 6-7 April 1851

14:18

Read by Craig Campbell

Aristotle

6:31

Read by Craig Campbell

The Ascent of Anconcagua

34:12

Read by Phil Schempf

Clara and Robert Schumann

29:32

Read by Lynne T

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen 1789, 1791

7:35

Read by Craig Campbell

Fruitlands, Bronson Alcott's Transcendental Utopia, 1843

48:32

Read by Sue Anderson

A Garden Of Old Delights

27:15

Read by David Wales

Influence of the Liberty of Spirits Upon Events

8:21

Read by Craig Campbell

Lichen Dyes

10:34

Read by Sue Anderson

The Mystery of Charles Dickens

21:35

Read by April6090

A Mystery of the Sea: the Mary Celeste

5:44

Read by Phil Schempf

On Reading

14:10

Read by Sue Anderson

Scott v. Negro London by United States Supreme Court

5:31

Read by Craig Campbell

Sisyphus, Or Upon Taking Counsel

16:37

Read by Craig Campbell

Spring In The Woods

16:05

Read by David Wales

The Woods In Autumn

15:02

Read by David Wales

The Woods In Winter

12:46

Read by David Wales