Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037


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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, blow-pipe weapons, Oriental china; impressions of America by Enrico Caruso, Oscar Wilde, and Charles W. Eliot; Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass; film directors Ernst Lubitsch and King Vidor; architect Louis Sullivan; Roe vs. Wade, women's rights; microphobia, the Boy Scouts, Kentucky's blue-grass region, and wintry weather. (Summary by Sue Anderson) (7 hr 7 min)

Capítulos

Blow-pipe Weapons 11:17 Leído por Garth Burton
The Blue-grass Region 45:42 Leído por Chris Pyle
Caruso and the Earthquake 6:51 Leído por Winston Tharp
Chats on Oriental China - Selections 1:10:34 Leído por MaryAnn
Christ Going Up to Heaven 8:59 Leído por Bellona Times
Educational Work of the Boy Scouts 25:57 Leído por Kangaroo
Ernst Lubitsch, German Movie Director (1922) 13:41 Leído por Bellona Times
Five American Contributions to Civilization 58:58 Leído por Will Levine
He Made His Own Luck- A Profile of King Vidor 3:35 Leído por Bellona Times
Impressions of America 17:12 Leído por Rob Marland
Second Inaugural Address 5:52 Leído por Winston Tharp
Should the Housewife Receive a Salary? 8:19 Leído por Availle
Statement on the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade 1:49 Leído por Glenn O'Brien
The Story of a Microbophobiac 25:00 Leído por TriciaG
The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered 29:21 Leído por Sue Anderson
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? 1:07:18 Leído por progressingamerica
Wintry Weather 13:19 Leído por Garth Burton
A Woman's Rights Debate 14:01 Leído por Bellona Times