Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014

Various

Language: English

Genres: Essays & Short Works Non-fiction

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1. Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress (Old Mistresses Apologue)
2. The Black Woman of the South
3. The Sentence of the Inquisition on Galileo
4. The Abjuration of Galileo
5. The Knowledge of Self, from "The Alchemy of Happiness"
6. Let's Collect Rocks and Shells
7. Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009
8. Meditation XVII
9. A Message to Garcia
10. Preface to "God and My Neighbor"
11. A Refutation of the Charges Made against the Confederate States of America of Having Authorized the Use of Explosive and Poisoned Musket and Rifle Balls during the Late Civil War of 1861-1865
12. Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow
13. Taking Diplomatic Action Against Piracy
14. To Atticus (at Athens), translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh
15. To the Royal Academy: Of Farting
16. When a Man Comes to Himself

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A collection of 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, military history, humor, philosophy, nature and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)