Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 077

Author(s): Various

Genre(s): *non-fiction

Narrators: Craig Campbell, Sue Anderson, Colleen McMahon, BettyB, Josh Mitteldorf, InTheDesert, Andrew Gaunce, P.L. Beard, Daniel Davison, KevinS, Availle, Michaelb71

Number of Chapters: 20

Length: 09 hours and 44 minutes

Language: English

Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. President Theodore Roosevelt, in a 1903 speech, declared that "The future welfare of our nation depends upon the way in which we can combine...decency and strength," and opined that being "loose and foul of tongue" was incompatible with good citizenship. Personal and public morality, ethical and religious questions figure in several vol. 077 recordings: (Negro Slavery in Wisconsin, Russo-Japanese Agreement Concerning Korea, Government by the Brewers, My Cases of Old Sermons, The Dilemma of Determinism, How Religion May be an Embodiment of Reason, The Epistle to Diognetus; Tetzel's Theses on Indulgences, and two selections on Kierkegaard). Serious students of literature will relish Literary History of the Arabs. Nature and travel enthusiasts will be informed by The Bittern in the Norfolk Broads, Montenegro: The Smallest Capital in Europe, Ten Types of Clouds, and Controlling Japanese Beetles. Finally, for pure pleasure, indulge in The Candy Box! (Summary by Sue Anderson)