Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 041
by VARIOUS ( - )
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a woman in Alaska, Cuban folklore, and hunting peccaries on the Nueces; Max Planck's Quantum Theory and Newton's world view; church bells and chocolate cake; naval flag signals, rocket life-saving apparatus, and seashore plants and pebbles; also many literary and philosophical figures including Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Edwards, Johann Fichte, Joseph Butler, George Sand, Marie Corelli, G. K. Chesterton, and Hilaire Belloc. (summary by Sue Anderson)
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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 041:
A Modest Proposal ,
A Peccary Hunt on the Nueces ,
A Woman Who Went to Alaska ,
Gravel ,
Henry Trengrouse and His Rocket Life-Saving Apparatus ,
How To Ring A Church Bell Properly ,
Mr. G.K. Chesterton and Mr. Hilaire Belloc ,
Of Academical Freedom ,
Of Personal Identity ,
Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory ,
Plants of the Shore ,
Signals in Use in the Port of Sydney, New South Wales ,
The Sorrows of Satan by Marie Corelli, A Review