Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 041
Author(s): Various
Genre(s): Essays & Short Works
Narrators: Availle, BettyB, Craig Campbell, David Wales, VfkaBT, Son Of The Exiles, Celine Oon, 5pak, Phil Schempf, John Burlinson (1950-2024), Newgatenovelist
Number of Chapters: 18
Length: 04 hours and 37 minutes
Language: English
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)