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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054

Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Science and Exploration--a tribute to Egyptologist Amelia Edwards, and discourses on gravitation and relativity by Georges-Louis Le Sage and Ralph Sampson; Sociology and Society--Julio Guerrero on the Mexican character, reflections on life from Kierkegaard's Diapsalmata, Immanuel Kant on religious education, the fate of romance in the King of Siam's harem, nickelodeons, and the tragic results of an 1851 fire on small businesses in New York's Bowery; Nature--how weeds spread, animal coloration, and mountaineering in the Rockies; as well as a biography of Buster Keaton, and a treatise on British hat making in the age of Top Hats with styles named the Bang-Up and the Vis-a-Vis. (summary by Sue Anderson)

Genres: Essays & Short Works,*Non-fiction

Running Time: 05 hours 19 minutes 13 seconds(16 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Craig Campbell, VfkaBT, Phil Schempf

#	Chapter Name
	Alpine Climbing in America Phil Schempf	26:22
	Buster Keaton--Hard Knocks Make a Man Andrea Kotzer	6:26
	Conflagration in the Bowery Colleen McMahon	9:02
	Diapsalmata from Either/Or (1843) Craig Campbell	7:08
	How Weeds Spread Sue Anderson	15:34
	Kierkegaard, Søren Aabye (1813-1855) Craig Campbell	2:43
	Mexican Atmosphere VfkaBT	5:11
	The Newtonian Lucretius (aka The Le Sage Theory of Gravitation) Rapunzelina	49:16
	On Gravitation and Relativity; being the Halley lecture, delivered on June 12, 1920, Availle	49:21
	The Philosophy of Animal Colours J. M. Smallheer	17:31
	The Popular Nickelodeon Andrea Kotzer	13:05
	The Process of Hat-Making Explained Phil Schempf	18:46
	The Queen of Egyptology: Amelia B. Edwards J. M. Smallheer	33:10
	Religious Education 1803 Craig Campbell	9:54
	Tuptim and Balat, from The Romance of the Harem, Part 1 VfkaBT	21:20
	Tuptim and Balat, from The Romance of the Harem, Part 2 VfkaBT	34:24