Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085
Various
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"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on fame, a quote from the preface to his autobiography A Personal Record (1912). Other lives chosen by readers to examine in vol. 085 include the Borgias; the Cynocephali; Hermann von Helmholtz; Edgar Allan Poe; John Burroughs; a pre-Revolutionary War magnate named Browne, who built a mansion on the ridge of a hill; women as a social class; and an 1821 rabies victim named Thomas, who exhibited hydrophobia. Political history receives scrutiny in Some Materials and a Possibility; The House Famine; Cracow; The Dutch East India Company; and Across Africa by Air and Rail. The art of Japanning illuminates an ancient craft. Literature, by Irvin Cobb, is welcome humor. And for hungry souls, there are recipes for ice cream and for Army chow! Summary by Sue Anderson. (6 hr 17 min)
Capítulos
| Across Africa by Air and Rail (1923) | 12:38 | Leído por BettyB |
| The Borgias | 4:35 | Leído por Dale Grothmann |
| John Burroughs' Memories of His Boyhood | 1:13:16 | Leído por Sue Anderson |
| Browne's Folly | 7:10 | Leído por Veronica Maresh Mead |
| Cracow (Pol. Kraków) | 10:09 | Leído por Piotr Nater |
| The Cynocephali (From The Library of Photius) | 6:01 | Leído por Craig Campbell |
| Dutch East India Company | 9:47 | Leído por Piotr Nater |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Part 1, An Appreciation | 20:15 | Leído por George Emerson |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Part 2, Life | 25:25 | Leído por George Emerson |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Part 3, Death | 23:38 | Leído por George Emerson |
| A Familiar Preface | 22:25 | Leído por Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022) |
| Hermann Von Helmholtz, an Autobiographical Sketch | 39:37 | Leído por Michele Fry |
| The House Famine | 2:55 | Leído por Dale Grothmann |
| Hydrophobia | 2:24 | Leído por Mary in Arkansas |
| Ice Cream and Ices | 14:22 | Leído por BettyB |
| Japanning | 3:20 | Leído por Availle |
| Literature | 24:02 | Leído por Mary in Arkansas |
| Of Women | 5:07 | Leído por Craig Campbell |
| Recipes Used in the Cooking Schools, U. S. Army | 49:47 | Leído por James R. Hedrick |
| Some Materials and a Possibility | 20:38 | Leído por Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022) |