Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 095 by Various
Genre(s): Essays & Short Works
Read by: Vincent V. Marshburn, Availle, Alister, Claudia Caldi, Michele Fry, Piotr Nater, Ben Tucker, Maurice Donegan, Sue Anderson, Dale Grothmann, Jonathan Jones, Allen Kelly, Elsie Selwyn in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Amerigo Vespucci, First Voyage, 1497
00:53:36 - 02 - Amerigo Vespucci, Second Voyage, 1499
01:18:29 - 03 - Atlantis
01:22:55 - 04 - The Civilization of Japan (1922)
01:25:18 - 05 - The Country and People of the Kurds (1841)
01:41:12 - 06 - The Excised 'My's'
02:00:31 - 07 - The Exiled Lottery
02:38:26 - 08 - Franz Josef Land
02:46:43 - 09 - Modjeska (Helena Modrzejewska)
02:49:20 - 10 - Obi in the Carribean
03:01:06 - 11 - On The Isthmus Of Panama (1896)
03:23:44 - 12 - Poland, First Impressions 1885: A Border Crossing
03:42:37 - 13 - President Bill Clinton First Inaugural Address Wednesday, January 20, 1993
03:55:18 - 14 - President Bill Clinton Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1997
04:12:21 - 15 - Roget's Thesaurus, Introduction, Excerpt (1853)
04:34:52 - 16 - Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
04:41:51 - 17 - The South Country - Sussex
04:53:16 - 18 - Thick Paper and Thin
05:01:39 - 19 - Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)
05:05:36 - 20 - The United States and China (1902)
'A legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, first mentioned by Plato', is how the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica described Atlantis. Lands and peoples were the focus of several nonfiction readings chosen by the readers for vol. 095: Amerigo Vespucci's Voyages; Franz Josef Land; Country and People of the Kurds; The South Country, Sussex; Poland, First Impressions; Helena Modjeska; Civilization of Japan; the United States and China; The Isthmus of Panama; and Obi in the Caribbean. Political life received attention in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act; The Exiled Lottery; Tonkin Gulf Resolution; and Bill Clinton's Inaugural Addresses. Scholarship and books were the focus of Roget's Thesaurus; Thick Paper and Thin; and The Excised 'My's.' Summary by Sue Anderson
More information: [ Ссылка ]
LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks ([ Ссылка ])
