Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083 - Free Audiobook

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083 - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Various,

Language: English
Genre(s): Non-fiction

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20 Chapter(s)
  • 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

About

“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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