Modern (20th C)
American inquisitors
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Walter Lippmann
A discussion on modern democratic government and the conflict between majority rule and intellectual freedom, written in the aftermaths of t…
Deutsche Nordseeküste
Read by Claus Misfeldt
Hippolyt Haas
Der Geologe und Paläontologe Hippolyt Haas war seit 1888 Professor an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. In seinem Werk …
The Needs of Europe
Read by Ted Lienhart
Fight The Famine Council
In October 1920, the International Economic Conference in London gathered invitees to review post-war Europe's ravaged economies. Speakers i…
The Story of Minot's Light
Read by Mark Harrington
Edward Rowe Snow
Minot's Ledge lies off the coast of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts. This ledge and neighboring rock outcrops were the scene of over 40…
The Last Voyage of the Karluk
Read by Barry Eads
Robert Abram Bartlett
In August 1913, the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson’s Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–16, became trapped in the ice while saili…
America's
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Henry J. Reilly
"What part did we take in the Great War? Did we only lend money to our Allies, or did we really fight?" Henry …