Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include ancient Greek thinkers--Parmenides, Demosthenes, Euclid; William Lloyd Garrison and the National Anti-Slavery Convention; 19th and 20th century philosophers, sociologists, theologians and essayists--Bertrand Russell, Walter Rauschenbusch, Kierkegaard, N.F.S. Brundtvig, Frederik Sibbern, Hans Lassen Martensen, Oscar Wilde; science and invention--sunspots, paper making, aviation; and the shipwreck adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe. (summary by Sue Anderson)
Learning to Fly by William James Jackman was co-authored by Thomas Herbert Russell and Octave Chanute.
Sibbern, Martensen, and Kierkegaard by Fredrika Bremer was translated by Mary Howitt.
The Seerest of Prevost, Frederica Hauffe, by Justinus Kerner was translated by Catherine Crowe.
Audiolibros
18 capítulos
5 h 18 min
- 1 The Basis of Realism (1911)12:44
- 2 Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life27:34
- 3 Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention (1833)11:03
- 4 Grundtvig and Kierkegaard (1863)11:56
- 5 Learning to Fly23:41
- 6 Letter from Bertrand Russell (Journal of Philosophy 1915)4:10
- 7 Linen Rag Paper - Recycling Old Clothes in 182550:39
- 8 On Nature (540-450? BCE)13:37
- 9 On the Nature of Sense-Data (1913)20:14
- 10 Oration in Favor of the Megalopolitans25:30
- 11 The Real Robinson Crusoe, Alexander Selkirk16:16
- 12 Reading After Thirty6:04
- 13 The Seerest of Prevost, Frederica Hauffe26:11
- 14 Sibbern, Martensen, and Kierkegaard10:50
- 15 Some Explanations in Reply to Mr. Bradley20:32
- 16 The Sun-Spots of August 19163:55
- 17 The Teaching of Euclid9:54
- 18 Unto Me23:57
