Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 040

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LibriVox recording of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 040 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers 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 . For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (145MB)

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librivox; audiobooks;logic; Gardening; Louis XIV; pioneers; Mounties; nursing; Yukon; tiger; warfare; prodigy; almanac; perpetual; motion; dissection; thylacine; tasmanian; brain; phlogiston; russell; fournier; labelle; priestley; heinecken

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