
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083 - Free Audiobook
Author(s): Various,
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- 1. Brendan
- 2. Bull Run
- 3. Comanche of Custer's Command
- 4. The Death of the Lusitania
- 5. Decline of Drama
- 6. Eratosthenes (c.176-c.194 B.C.)
- 7. The Fantastic Imagination
- 8. Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt: Early Names of Pittsburgh Streets
- 9. How Five Notable Women Were Educated
- 10. Letter from Françoise d'Aubigné To Mme. de Fontaine April 20, 1713
- 11. Light House Illumination - The Electric Light
- 12. Looking Ahead For Democracy (1919)
- 13. Murder at Sea
- 14. The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy 1785, Excerpt
- 15. Read, And You Will Know
- 16. The Road to Success
- 17. Rural Free Delivery of Mail (1900)
- 18. Who Is Browning?
- 19. Winter Talk (1859)
- 20. Young People and Life Insurance
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“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” According to children's book author James Baldwin (1841-1925), book reading was the key to success in life (Read and You Shall Know). Several vol. 083 selections tackle the thorny questions of how to foster open-mindedness, creativity, and compassion in the child and adult: (The Road to Success; Young People and Insurance; William Paley on Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy; Letter from Françoise d'Aubigné; Looking Ahead for Democracy (1919): How Five Notable Women Were Educated; Winter Talk; and the Fantastic Imagination). Even Rural Free Mail delivery, new in 1900, is seen as effecting a “social revolution.” Invention and science are celebrated in Eratosthenes; Who is Browning?; and Light House Illumination. Heroism in wartime is honored in The Death of the Lusitania and Murder at Sea; while the evils of warfare are made plain in Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt; Bull Run; and Comanche of Custer’s Command. Rounding off the collection are the Decline of Drama; and Brendan, the search for a mythical island. Summary by Sue Anderson
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