LIbriVox Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

About this film

LibriVox recording of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042 by Various. Read by LIbriVox Volunteers Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammetta Wilson, naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, mountaineer Jacques Balmat, French Revolutionist Camille Desmoulins, and Buddha; a climb of Mt. Fuji by Lafcadio Hearn, reviews of 20th century poetry and of books by E. M. Delafield, Mrs. Gaskell, and Kierkegaard; marriage; motion pictures; color blindness; and an essay on optimism by Helen Keller. (Summary by Sue Anderson) 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 (194MB)

Directors & creators

Various

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; Astronomy; poetry; revolution; anxiety; marriage; recollection; memory; reading; optimism; color blindness; movies; mountaineering; Buddha; Humboldt; Keller; Kierkegaard; Mt. Blanc

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