Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045


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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include ancient Greek thinkers--Parmenides, Demosthenes, Euclid; William Lloyd Garrison and the National Anti-Slavery Convention; 19th and 20th century philosophers, sociologists, theologians and essayists--Bertrand Russell, Walter Rauschenbusch, Kierkegaard, N.F.S. Brundtvig, Frederik Sibbern, Hans Lassen Martensen, Oscar Wilde; science and invention--sunspots, paper making, aviation; and the shipwreck adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe. (summary by Sue Anderson)

Learning to Fly by William James Jackman was co-authored by Thomas Herbert Russell and Octave Chanute.

Sibbern, Martensen, and Kierkegaard by Fredrika Bremer was translated by Mary Howitt.

The Seerest of Prevost, Frederica Hauffe, by Justinus Kerner was translated by Catherine Crowe. (5 hr 18 min)

Capítulos

The Basis of Realism (1911) 12:44 Leído por Landon D. C. Elkind
Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life 27:34 Leído por Rob Marland
Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention (1833) 11:03 Leído por Curt Walton
Grundtvig and Kierkegaard (1863) 11:56 Leído por Craig Campbell
Learning to Fly 23:41 Leído por Scott Danneker
Letter from Bertrand Russell (Journal of Philosophy 1915) 4:10 Leído por Landon D. C. Elkind
Linen Rag Paper - Recycling Old Clothes in 1825 50:39 Leído por Sue Anderson
On Nature (540-450? BCE) 13:37 Leído por Landon D. C. Elkind
On the Nature of Sense-Data (1913) 20:14 Leído por Landon D. C. Elkind
Oration in Favor of the Megalopolitans 25:30 Leído por Craig Campbell
The Real Robinson Crusoe, Alexander Selkirk 16:16 Leído por David Wales
Reading After Thirty 6:04 Leído por David Wales
The Seerest of Prevost, Frederica Hauffe 26:11 Leído por Craig Campbell
Sibbern, Martensen, and Kierkegaard 10:50 Leído por Craig Campbell
Some Explanations in Reply to Mr. Bradley 20:32 Leído por Landon D. C. Elkind
The Sun-Spots of August 1916 3:55 Leído por Availle
The Teaching of Euclid 9:54 Leído por Landon D. C. Elkind
Unto Me 23:57 Leído por Craig Campbell