Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 049

Author(s): Various

Genre(s): *non-fiction

Narrators: Roger Melin, Sue Anderson, Availle, VfkaBT, Melanie T, Craig Campbell, April6090, Colleen McMahon

Number of Chapters: 16

Length: 03 hours and 29 minutes

Language: English

Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--carnivorous plants, tadpoles, tent caterpillars, flights of birds, horse training, dogs, children's sign language, trees in winter, and night noises in the woods; philosophy--Roger Bacon and Nicholas of Cusa; satire and literary criticism--the movies as "stupies," bustles, and facetious plots for short stories by Dorothy Parker; also an appraisal of Conrad Aiken's poetry, and an intimate look at Abraham Lincoln's early life in Illinois. (Summary by Sue Anderson)