Librivox: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 002 by Various show

Librivox: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 002 by Various

Summary: A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, religion, science and humor. Included in this collection are the "Oath of Hippocrates" and "The Funeral Oration of Pericles" along with Patrick Henry's "The Call to Arms," and Jack London's eyewitness account of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. On the lighter side, we have Jerome K. Jerome's "Should Women Be Beautiful," a short address by Mark Twain to The Author's Club in NYC, and the anonymous "Miseries," a lighthearted lament on subjects such as the difficulties of eating a peach gracefully in public and finding a suitable length of twine when you need one. In this collection you will also find "A Free Man's Worship" by Bertram Russell, "Obstacle-Cause" from "Sophisms of the Protectionists" by Frédéric Bastiat, and an essay by T. H. Huxley on the science of palaeontology. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Podcasts:

 01 "Call to Arms, The" by Henry, Patrick | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:18

01 "Call to Arms, The" by Henry, Patrick

 02 "Free Man's Worship, A" by Russell, Bertrand | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:54

02 "Free Man's Worship, A" by Russell, Bertrand

 03 "Funeral Oration of Pericles, from The History of the Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:33

03 "Funeral Oration of Pericles, from The History of the Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides

 04 "Miseries (No. 1-4)" by Anonymous | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:1

04 "Miseries (No. 1-4)" by Anonymous

 05 "Oath and Law of Hippocrates, The" by Hippocrates | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:29

05 "Oath and Law of Hippocrates, The" by Hippocrates

 06 "Obstacle - Cause" by Bastiat, Frédéric | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:9

06 "Obstacle - Cause" by Bastiat, Frédéric

 07 "Our Children and Great Discoveries" by Twain, Mark | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:12

07 "Our Children and Great Discoveries" by Twain, Mark

 08 "Rise and Progress of Palaeontology, The" by Huxley, T. H. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:52

08 "Rise and Progress of Palaeontology, The" by Huxley, T. H.

 09 "Should Women Be Beautiful?" by Jerome, Jerome K. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:38

09 "Should Women Be Beautiful?" by Jerome, Jerome K.

 10 "Story of an Eye Witness, The" by London, Jack | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:10

10 "Story of an Eye Witness, The" by London, Jack

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