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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 040

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a murder during the Yukon gold rush, a perpetual motion fraud, the dissection of a Tasmanian tiger's brain, phlogiston, Bertrand Russell on noting, the memoirs of Louis XIV, the novels of Marie Corelli, marriage, free love, and motherhood. Authors include Benjamin Franklin, Hamlin Garland, Ida Tarbel, Emma Goldman, Florence Nightingale, Robert Benchley, Heywood Broun, and the duc de Saint-Simon.

"The Introduction to the Memoirs of Louis XIV" was translated by Bayle St. John.

Genres: Essays & Short Works

Running Time: 05 hours 18 minutes 26 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	The Brain of the Male Thylacine ("Tasmanian Tiger"), Son of the Exiles	14:15
2	The Business Of Being A Woman Michele Fry	28:23
3	Christian Henry Heinecken Craig Campbell	3:00
4	Fournier and LaBelle, a Yukon Murder Mystery Phil Schempf	21:33
5	Franklin's Way to Wealth or, 'Poor Richard Improved' Michele Fry	19:52
6	Hammock Reading VfkaBT	10:25
7	How to be a Spectator at Spring Planting VfkaBT	8:09
8	Introduction to the Memoirs of Louis XIV Craig Campbell	8:51
9	Marriage and Love Vaughan McCarthy	26:31
10	Miss Marie Corelli Newgatenovelist	20:05
11	Notes on Nursing, What It Is, and What It Is Not Michele Fry	11:53
12	Observations on the Doctrine of Phlogiston Son of the Exiles	40:25
13	On Denoting Landon D. C. Elkind	50:09
14	Operation Orders", from "Lectures on Land Warfare (1922) Son of the Exiles	3:46
15	Perpetual Motion Availle	11:33
16	A Pioneer Mother MaryAnn	23:47
17	Two Divisions of Philosophic Minds Craig Campbell	3:06
18	Zephaniah VfkaBT	12:43