Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 050
Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--the donkey, forestry, grape vines, astronomy, historian Agnes Mary Clerke, and Greek botanist Theophrastus ; philosophy-- Nicholas of Cusa and Emmanuel Kant; Sommerset Maugham's reminiscences of Spain; Joseph Conrad's sea stories; an encounter with a long-ago companion who has contracted leprosy (Joe of Lahaina); working in the dead-letter office; a dinner the painter Benjamin Hayden hosted for Wordsworth, Keats, and Charles Lamb; a portrait of Margaret Fuller by R.W. Emerson; a 19th century account of English character written for the Chinese; and celebrations of American ideals of freedom and self government--Makers of the Flag, An Oration on Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson's 4th of July letter. - summary by Sue Anderson (4 hr 35 min)
Chapters
Agnes Mary Clerke | 13:05 | Read by Melanie T |
Brief Account of the English Character | 10:12 | Read by Availle |
By The Road, Parts I & II | 18:26 | Read by VfkaBT |
The Donkey | 4:51 | Read by Melanie T |
Down Among the Dead Letters | 21:17 | Read by Colleen McMahon |
Effects of Situation, Climate, Tendance on Plants | 5:07 | Read by Craig Campbell |
Grape Vines | 11:14 | Read by Sue Anderson |
Immanuel Kant and John George Hamann | 13:05 | Read by Craig Campbell |
The Immortal Dinner | 8:00 | Read by Eva Davis |
Joe of Lahaina | 25:47 | Read by VfkaBT |
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Roger Weightman, June 24, 1826 | 4:26 | Read by Michele Fry |
Makers of the Flag | 4:35 | Read by Phil Schempf |
Oration on the Life and Services of Thomas Paine | 51:45 | Read by Colleen McMahon |
Reminiscences of Margaret Fuller | 36:14 | Read by Sue Anderson |
The Sea -- and Conrad | 25:28 | Read by VfkaBT |
That where the invisible is seene, the uncreated, is created | 7:24 | Read by Craig Campbell |
Unprofessional Forestry | 14:38 | Read by Melanie T |