Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032

Narrators:Craig Campbell, Availle, Larry Greene, Lucy Perry, Glenn O'Brien, Isana, Winston Tharp, Bellona Times, J. M. Smallheer, Michele Fry, Sue Anderson

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1. Aphorisms
2. The First Man-Carrying Aeroplane Capable of Sustained Free Flight
3. First Public Speech, March 9, 1832
4. In Favor of Ratifying the Charter of the United Nations (August 23, 1945)
5. Laws of Cricket (1857)
6. Letter to the Emperor of Japan (1853)
7. Letter to Miss Grace Norton
8. Life in a Chinese City
9. The New Japan (1897)
10. The Notion of Action And Agency Entertained By Mr. Chubb and Others
11. On the Part Played by Accident in Discovery
12. Second Inaugural Address. March 4, 1865
13. The Unconstitutionality of the Laws of Congress, Prohibiting Private Mails
14. William Tecumseh Sherman
15. Winter Expedition Over the Rocky Mountains (1857)

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Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the history of aeroplanes, political speeches, travel, philosophy, Japan, the United Nations, Congressional law, rules of cricket and more. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Note: "On the Part Played by Accident in Discovery" by Ernst Mach was translated by Thomas J. McCormack.