Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045

About this film

LibriVox recording of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045 by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include ancient Greek thinkers--Parmenides, Demosthenes, Euclid; William Lloyd Garrison and the National Anti-Slavery Convention; 19th and 20th century philosophers, sociologists, theologians and essayists--Bertrand Russell, Walter Rauschenbusch, Kierkegaard, N.F.S. Brundtvig, Frederik Sibbern, Hans Lassen Martensen, Oscar Wilde; science and invention--sunspots, paper making, aviation; and the shipwreck adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe. (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 (144MB)

Directors & creators

Various

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;slavery; Euclid; crusoe; realism; prison; recycling; glider; paper; sense-data; sunspot; somnambulism; clairvoyance

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