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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 103

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"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
(7 hr 24 min)

Chapters

The American Fire-Alarm Telegraph (1855)

28:33

Read by Elsie Selwyn

AT&T; Network Outage of February 22, 2024: Impact on Public Safety Services

13:45

Read by Elsie Selwyn

Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Frequently Asked Questions (March, 2024)

13:10

Read by Donald Warren

Common Sense in Chess (extract)

3:59

Read by lightcrystal

Cuba: U.S. Policy Overview (April, 2024)

15:56

Read by Donald Warren

Federation of the World (1910)

10:26

Read by progressingamerica

A Few Classic Unknowns in Mathematics

16:05

Read by Availle

Fruit or Vegetable? Supreme Court Rules on Tomatoes (1893)

4:44

Read by Dale Grothmann

Ghosts, a Message from the Illuminati (1906)

21:19

Read by Brother Michael

Guide To Epping Forest (1896)

24:02

Read by Steve C

Herring Curing (1883)

16:12

Read by Steve C

Internal Revenue Service Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2024

15:42

Read by Donald Warren

Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856

50:01

Read by mkirkpat

London (1914)

11:58

Read by Larry Wilson

The Meaning of Masonry

39:40

Read by Brother Michael

The Measurement of Musical Talent (1915)

44:34

Read by Leon Harvey

Outdoor Sketching (Excerpt), 1914

26:19

Read by Sue Anderson

Sketch of the Life of John Opie, A.R.

16:16

Read by Rapunzelina

A Trial of Mental and Pedagogical Tests in a Civil Service Examination for Poli…

31:11

Read by Leon Harvey

Yugoslav Proverbs

40:26

Read by KevinS