Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 060 by Various
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain independently chosen by the readers. Volume 60 features excerpts from two German philosophers, Christian von Wolff and Hegel, as well as British theologian Edward Stillingfleet. It contains essays on women as inventors , Uruguayan society , political economy pipe smoking and personal dislikes . Days to remember are chronicled in first hand accounts of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , and a 1830's hydrogen balloon ascension over New York City . Natural history is highlighted in accounts of Brazilian ants and monkeys and North American raccoons . Last but not least, American journalist William Allen White writes a moving tribute to his 17-year old daughter Mary, who died after after being hit in the head by an overhanging tree limb while she was riding her horse. Rational Psychology was translated by Edward Kennard Rand. The Contrite Consciousness was translated by Josiah Royce.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain independently chosen by the readers. Volume 60 features excerpts from two German philosophers, Christian von Wolff and Hegel, as well as British theologian Edward Stillingfleet. It contains essays on women as inventors , Uruguayan society , political economy pipe smoking and personal dislikes . Days to remember are chronicled in first hand accounts of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , and a 1830's hydrogen balloon ascension over New York City . Natural history is highlighted in accounts of Brazilian ants and monkeys and North American raccoons . Last but not least, American journalist William Allen White writes a moving tribute to his 17-year old daughter Mary, who died after after being hit in the head by an overhanging tree limb while she was riding her horse. Rational Psychology was translated by Edward Kennard Rand. The Contrite Consciousness was translated by Josiah Royce.
Language:
English
Brazilian Ants and Monkeys
Duration:00:23:44
The Broken Window
Duration:00:06:28
The Contrite Consciousness
Duration:00:42:56
Dislikes
Duration:00:06:04
An Every-Day Experience
Duration:00:03:09
In Defense Of An Offering
Duration:00:04:13
Letter of Edward Stillingfleet to Elizabeth Countess Dowager of Jocelin
Duration:00:06:28
Mary White
Duration:00:11:44
A New York Balloon Ascension (1833)
Duration:00:10:03
Political Economy
Duration:00:11:57
The Purple Land, an Excerpt
Duration:00:13:19
A Racoon Family's Night of Nights
Duration:00:13:08
Rational Psychology
Duration:00:07:29
San Francisco Earthquake Recollections 1906
Duration:00:01:09
Woman as an Inventor
Duration:00:33:52