Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 053

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - *Non-fiction

Authors: Various In Year : 0

Book Language: English

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Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. February 22, 1861
A Critique of Mencken's The American Language
Demonstration that Planets Move In Ellipses
Descartes' Proof of God (1700-1701)
Fruit Soups
A Letter on Pear Tree Blight
Lorenzo de'Medici Rules in Florence Zenith of Florentine Glory (A.D. 1469)
Mount Everest, The Route to the Summit
Native Bees
Neither Dorking Nor the Abbey: A Tribute to George Meredith
On the Theme of Substance: Description of a Grain of Wheat
Panegyric on Abraham
Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving. October 3, 1863
The Shrine of St. Edmund
Stirring Times in Austria, Part 1
Stirring Times in Austria, Part 2
A Thanksgiving Sermon, Part 1
A Thanksgiving Sermon, Part 2
The Training of a Sovereign, Extract on the Theme of "Love"
The Voyage of the Mayflower

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include History--Jocelyn de Brakelond's 13th century chronicle of the Bury St. Edmund monastery, Lorenzo de Medici's Florence, the voyage of the Mayflower, and Mark Twain's essay Stirring Times in Austria; Philosophy--Kierkegaard and Leibniz; Speeches, Sermons, and Diary Entries from Abraham Lincoln, Robert Ingersoll, and Queen Victoria; Literature--a tribute to George Meredith and a critique of Mencken's The American Language; and Nature and the Natural World--George Mallory outlining the route to the summit of Mt. Everest, Newton's proof of the elliptical orbits of planets, native bees, pear tree blight, fruit soups, and a description of a grain of wheat.

Panegyric on Abraham was translated by Lee M. Hollander. (Summary by Sue Anderson)