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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 061

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 061

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Number of Chapters: 17

Length: 04 hours and 05 minutes

Language: English

Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain independently chosen by the readers. Volume 61 features articles and essays on both current and timeless topics, ranging from whether marijuana is addictive (U.S. Gov.) to what constitutes foolish behavior (Erasmus, Gelett Burgess). Sermons in Stone, an essay by Oscar Wilde on classic sculptures displayed at the British Museum, is complemented by an actual sermon (The Carnal Mind, Enmity Against God by Spurgeon), while Frederick William Shelton muses on the fleeting beauty of a ripe peach (Incidents in a Retired Life). Truth and lies, luck, and individuality are essay topics by Mark Twain and John Stuart Mill.

Festive food (a recipe for Snow Pudding and Chocolate Sauce) is juxtaposed to a graphic account of Poisoning by Canned Goods, while A.A. Milne writes on the joys of fresh celery as an Autumn treat. Vol. 61 includes two historical accounts of tragedies: the wreck of the steamship Princess Sophia off the coast of Alaska in 1918 and the murder of abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy in Alton, Illinois in 1837. Finally, a retelling of how British landscape artist John Constable sold his first painting rounds out this nonfiction collection. - Summary by Sue Anderson

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The American Invasion (Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022))
The Carnal Mind, Enmity Against God, Sermon #20 (Leighton Garner)
Classification of Fools (Dale Grothmann)
Elijah Lovejoy, Abolitionist Journalist, Killed at Alton, Illinois, 1837 (Sue Anderson)
Incidents In A Retired Life (Dale Grothmann)
Individuality As One Of The Elements Of Well-Being (Dale Grothmann)
Is Marijuana Addictive? (Craig Campbell)
John Constable Sells His First Landscape Painting (1814) (Sue Anderson)
Luck (Dale Grothmann)
Marijuana's Lasting Effects on the Brain (Craig Campbell)
My First Lie (Dale Grothmann)
Poisoning by Canned Goods (Colleen McMahon)
Sermons in Stone at Bloomsbury the New Sculpture Room at the British Museum (Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022))
Snow Pudding and Chocolate Sauce (Availle)
The Use of Fools (Dale Grothmann)
A Word For Autumn (Dale Grothmann)
Wreck of Princess Sophia Report (Phil Schempf)
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