Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 097


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"One does not care to walk over a rug or carpet that displays a scene in perspective, neither does one wish to gaze into a landscape wrought upon the cover of a book." Harry Lyman Koopman's opinionated comments on the "clothing" of books are among the reader-selected topics in vol. 097. Selections with an artistic, intellectual, or humanistic focus include Diderot; Mark Sennett; Why I am a Pagan; President Coolidge's Address to the Boy Scouts; Memoirs of Jacob Ritter; Crito; Hospitality; Cubist Art; and Bedside Books. Historical and political readings include Italian Ultimatum to the Ottoman Government; The United States and Japan; President George Bush's Inaugural Address; and histories of the Astoria and Northern Pacific railroads. Scientific topics are addressed in Weather and Health of London; Coldward Course of Progress; The Aurora Borealis and Telegraph Cables; and two first-hand descriptions of the sun's Coronal Mass Ejection in 1859. - Summary by Sue Anderson

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Address of President Coolidge Before the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America (1926) 19:30 Lu par Donald Cummings
The Aurora Borealis and Telegraph Cables 6:23 Lu par Availle
Bedside Books 8:29 Lu par Verla Viera
The Clothing of a Book 10:25 Lu par Allen Kelly
The Coldward Course of Progress 36:51 Lu par Leon Harvey
The Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) of September 1, 1859: as witnessed by Richard Carrington 6:11 Lu par Alister
The Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) of September 1, 1859: as witnessed by Richard Hodgson 1:56 Lu par Alister
Crito 43:54 Lu par Taylor Lampasona
Cubist Art Will be Investigated (1913) 2:14 Lu par Sue Anderson
Diderot (1891) 27:05 Lu par Claudia Caldi
History of Astoria Railroad (1914) 46:50 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
Hospitality (1870) 5:31 Lu par Alicia S.
Intercourse Between the United States and Japan (1891), Extract 27:11 Lu par Alister
Italian Ultimatum to the Ottoman Government (September 26, 1911) 4:39 Lu par Alister
Mack Sennett-Laugh Tester: The Man Who Makes the Keystone Comedies 14:08 Lu par Andrea Kotzer
Memoirs of Jacob Ritter (1757-1841) 41:54 Lu par Scotty Smith
The Northern Pacific Railroad and Some of Its History (1919) 13:06 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
President George Bush Inaugural Address, January 20, 1989 16:41 Lu par Maurice Donegan
The Weather and Health of London (1881) 22:55 Lu par Leon Harvey
Why I Am a Pagan 10:10 Lu par Claudia Caldi