Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 109 by Various read by Various | Full Audio Book

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 109 by Various
Genre(s): *Non-fiction

Read by: Alister, T.Y.Lee, Steve C, phineas2000, Phil Schempf, Public Domain Scholar, Leon Harvey, Thomas A. Copeland, Ben Tucker, Sue Anderson, Availle, mkirkpat, MexIrishBrian in English

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Accident on the Ice: Onset of the Year Without a Summer (1816)
00:09:27 - 02 - AgePage: Forgetfulness, Knowing When to Ask for Help (2020)
00:27:18 - 03 - Coke of Norfolk (1752?-1842): Father of Experimental Farms
00:56:18 - 04 - Cranks: Chapter 1 of The Hollow Earth (1904)
01:02:28 - 05 - Down the River of Doubt with Theodore Roosevelt (1913-1914)
01:12:47 - 06 - Dreams as Omens and Media of Communication between Gods and Men (1891)
01:25:39 - 07 - The Effect of Overlearning on Retention (1929)
01:37:56 - 08 - The Eruption of Vesuvius: Pliny the Younger's Description (79 AD)
01:54:59 - 09 - How Burroughs Wrote the Tarzan Tales (1922)
02:04:35 - 10 - The Kitten, from Thoreau's Journal, February 15, 1861
02:07:25 - 11 - A New Hybrid Rose 'Psyche' (1898)
02:08:54 - 12 - A Note on the Relative Value of Punishment and Reward as Motives (1912)
02:20:35 - 13 - Prejudices, Fifth Series: Beethoven (1926)
02:32:49 - 14 - A Shoal of Porpoises Meets its End on the Heads of Scottish Harpoons (1815)
02:35:35 - 15 - Wild Apples (1862)

'History is profuse with abuses of some of the best thoughts and discoveries that have come to the human race,' according to F. T. Ives in 'Cranks.' Reader-chosen topics in Vol. 109 include science, exploration, innovation, and investigative reporting: Forgetfulness; Punishment and Reward; Overlearning; A Shoal of Porpoises; Dreams as Omens; Experimental Farms; Onset of a Year Without a Summer; a New Hybrid Rose; and Wild Apples. Rounding out the volume are an essay on the Tarzan Tales; a eulogy to Beethoven; and Thoreau's playful description of a kitten. Summary by Sue Anderson