Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 103

Various

"When money gives out, sense ensues." This pithy saying is from Yugoslav Proverbs, one of the twenty reader-chosen selections in volume 103. This collection ranges from the IRS budget, to the Fire Alarm Telegraph, to Curing Herring. Current events are discussed in Baltimore Bridge Collapse; ATT Network Outage of 2024; and Cuba: U.S. Policy Overview. Supreme Court judgments figure in Tomatoes, Fruit or Vegetable? Talent and training receive attention in Civil Service Tests of Policemen and Firemen; Measurement of Musical Talent; Unknowns in Mathematics; and Common Sense in Chess. Social action receives due in Lincoln's Lost Speech; Federation of the World; Guide to Epping Forest; and the Meaning of Masonry. A tribute to London leads to the arts: Ibsen's play Ghosts; Outdoor Sketching; and Life of the Painter John Opie. Summary by Sue Anderson

Genre(s): *Non-fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): London (163), slavery (143), music (130), lincoln (28), Cuba (18), police (12), kansas (4), masonry (3), firemen (3), sketching (3) ... [Show full list]

Group: Short Nonfiction Collections

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 The American Fire-Alarm Telegraph (1855) William F. Channing Etext Elsie Selwyn
00:28:33 en
Play 02 AT&T Network Outage of February 22, 2024: Impact on Public Safety Services Congressional Research Service Etext Elsie Selwyn
00:13:45 en
Play 03 Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Frequently Asked Questions (March, 2024) Congressional Research Service Etext Donald Warren
00:13:10 en
Play 04 Common Sense in Chess (extract) Emanuel Lasker Etext lightcrystal
00:03:59
Play 05 Cuba: U.S. Policy Overview (April, 2024) Congressional Research Service Etext Donald Warren
00:15:56 en
Play 06 Federation of the World (1910) Hamilton Holt Etext progressingamerica
00:10:26 en
Play 07 A Few Classic Unknowns in Mathematics George Abram Miller Etext Availle
00:16:05
Play 08 Fruit or Vegetable? Supreme Court Rules on Tomatoes (1893) United States Supreme Court Etext Dale Grothmann
00:04:44 en
Play 09 Ghosts, a Message from the Illuminati (1906) Alexander J. McIvor-Tyndall Etext Brother Michael
00:21:19 en
Play 10 Guide To Epping Forest (1896) Ernest Richard Suffling Etext Steve C
00:24:02 en
Play 11 Herring Curing (1883) Christopher Stacy Watson Etext Steve C
00:16:12 en
Play 12 Internal Revenue Service Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2024 Congressional Research Service Etext Donald Warren
00:15:42
Play 13 Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856 Abraham Lincoln Etext mkirkpat
00:50:01
Play 14 London (1914) G. K. Chesterton Etext Larry Wilson
00:11:58 en
Play 15 The Meaning of Masonry Joseph Fort Newton Etext Brother Michael
00:39:40 en
Play 16 The Measurement of Musical Talent (1915) Carl Emil Seashore Etext Leon Harvey
00:44:34 en
Play 17 Outdoor Sketching (Excerpt), 1914 Francis Hopkinson Smith Etext Sue Anderson
00:26:19 en
Play 18 Sketch of the Life of John Opie, A.R. Anonymous Etext Rapunzelina
00:16:16 en
Play 19 A Trial of Mental and Pedagogical Tests in a Civil Service Examination for Policemen and Firemen (1917) Lewis Terman Etext Leon Harvey
00:31:11 en
Play 20 Yugoslav Proverbs Emanuel Haldeman-Julius Etext KevinS
00:40:26 en