Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 036
Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the discovery of X-rays, earthquakes, Hegel, Sir William Osler, Charles William Eliot, Oscar Wilde, Charles Sumner, Monica Lewinsky, and Anita Loos; the Lincoln highway, joys of gardening, goldfish, skunk raising, and the cultivation of tobacco.
"Earthquakes" was co-authored by Louis Pakiser. (summary by Sue Anderson)
(5 hr 58 min)
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Reviews
Andy Mak
Fun to listen even though some readers were incomprehensible.
the tabacco story is very interesting, plus others
Oz