Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055


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Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the
readers. Topics include Philosophy and Psychology: selections from Kierkegaard's
"Preparation for a Christian Life" and Jung's "The Hymn of Creation," and an
exploration of Hegel's psychology; Arts and the Avant-garde: critiques of Kreymborg by
Lola Ridge and of Pablo Picasso by Marius de Zayas, the rationale behind "1001
Afternoons in Chicago" by Ben Hecht, and notes on the 15th century inventors of
moveable type; Science: "Voyager I Encounters Saturn" by NASA and microscopic
investigation of protozoa; Equal Rights: comments by Charles Sumner and Lucy
Parsons; Evocations of the Seasons: January days in New England and Monarch
butterflies overwintering in Bolinas, California; as well as praise for American cheese, and an essay by Henry Ford, expounding "What I Learned About Business."

Georg Hegel's Psychology was translated by Granville Stanley Hall
Gustav Jung's The Hymn of Creation was translated by Beatrice M Hinkle (4 hr 8 min)

Kapitel

Capturing the Smallest Animal in the World 5:48 Gelesen von Availle
Discovery of Printing 7:59 Gelesen von Phil Schempf
Equal Rights in the Lecture-Room 5:08 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
Georg Hegel's Psychology 28:09 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
Hymn of Creation 18:34 Gelesen von Craig Campbell
Preparation for a Christian Life I 16:54 Gelesen von Sue Anderson
January Days 7:17 Gelesen von Nemo
Kreymborg's Marionettes 13:45 Gelesen von VfkaBT
Letter to Tramps 6:28 Gelesen von P. J. Taylor
Native American Cheeses 25:59 Gelesen von BettyB
Pablo Picasso 13:20 Gelesen von Sue Anderson
Voyager 1 Encounters Saturn 54:34 Gelesen von VfkaBT
Waterfront Fancies, from A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago 7:52 Gelesen von VfkaBT
What I Learned About Business 26:54 Gelesen von Robert Robinson
Winter Butterflies in Bolinas 9:26 Gelesen von Sue Anderson