Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 089


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"From vocalists you may learn much, but do not believe all that they say." Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians is replete with good counsel. How, what, and from whom we learn is thematic to many of these 20 nonfiction selections, chosen by their readers. We learn from the lives of valorous persons (Simón Bolívar; José de San Martín; Booker T. Washington; Ishi, the last Yana Indian); from literature (Political Naturalism in England; Editorial Prejudice Against the Occult; Barbara Frietchie); from journalists, activists, and the opinionated (America and the English Tradition; Interned by the Bolshevists; The Cholera; Chimney Sweeping; Diet & Hygiene; Progress in Dairy Farming; Concerning Tobacco; Beer & Cider), and from nature (Duck Hawks of Taughannock; Sponges & Sponge Fisheries; The Grand Canyon; and Social Wasps Polistes). Summary by Sue Anderson
(6 hr 6 min)

Chapitres

Advice to Young Musicians 13:30 Lu par Nathan Lewin
America and the English Tradition (1920) 10:54 Lu par Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Atlanta Exposition Address (1895) 12:46 Lu par Michele Fry
Beer and Cider 15:35 Lu par Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Chimney Sweeping Described 7:25 Lu par James R. Hedrick
The Cholera: the Claims of the Poor Upon the Rich 26:13 Lu par Lynne T
Concerning Tobacco 8:45 Lu par Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Diet and Hygiene for Brain Workers 3:20 Lu par Availle
The Duck Hawks of Taughannock Gorge 12:50 Lu par Phil Schempf
Editorial Prejudice Against the Occult 5:54 Lu par Ben Tucker
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado 25:28 Lu par Sue Anderson
The Historical Basis of Whittier's "Barbara Frietchie" 7:26 Lu par Craig Campbell
Interned by the Bolshevists in Baku (1920) 54:08 Lu par Mary in Arkansas
José de San Martín 4:49 Lu par Piotr Nater
The Last Yana Indian 20:49 Lu par TriciaG
Naturalism in England, the Political Backgound 47:03 Lu par Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Notes on the Behavior of the Social Wasp Polistes 13:31 Lu par Flavo Davo
Progress in Dairy Farming 36:03 Lu par Verla Viera
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) 20:12 Lu par Piotr Nater
Sponges and the Sponge Fishery 19:43 Lu par J. M. Smallheer