Various - Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054

Name: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054
Author: Various

You can listen here for free Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054. Genre: *Non-fiction, Essays & Short Works, . You can also listen to the full version (full text) online without registration and SMS on the site Audiobook-mp3.com or read the summary, preface (abstract), description and read reviews (comments) about the work.

Audiobook Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054

Author: Various

Genres: *Non-fiction, Essays & Short Works,

15.01.2020

05:19:13

189

Set sleep timer

Sleep timer Reading will stop after

0 hours

20 minutes

Enable timer

Various - Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054 book summary

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054 - description and summary of the book. , listen for free online at the digital library site Audiobook-mp3.com

Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Science and Exploration--a tribute to Egyptologist Amelia Edwards, and discourses on gravitation and relativity by Georges-Louis Le Sage and Ralph Sampson; Sociology and Society--Julio Guerrero on the Mexican character, reflections on life from Kierkegaard's Diapsalmata, Immanuel Kant on religious education, the fate of romance in the King of Siam's harem, nickelodeons, and the tragic results of an 1851 fire on small businesses in New York's Bowery; Nature--how weeds spread, animal coloration, and mountaineering in the Rockies; as well as a biography of Buster Keaton, and a treatise on British hat making in the age of Top Hats with styles named the Bang-Up and the Vis-a-Vis. (summary by Sue Anderson)