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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 081

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 081

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Number of Chapters: 20

Length: 08 hours and 51 minutes

Language: English

"There has always been a tendency on the part of men of brains to look with contempt on women's work in the arts." Screenwriter and novelist Anita Loos' acerbic opinion is part of "Women in Film Speak Their Minds (1925).” Ida Tarbell's "Women as Inventors" showcases female accomplishment. Vol. 081 contains commentary on a variety of human concerns: fame (The Approaching Epidemic); scandal (The Reynolds Pamphlet); religion (Infant Baptism; Christianity and Culture; John Huss; Hussites); education (Flourishing Mediocrity); entrepreneurship (The Telephone: Building the Business and Patent Disputes); patriotism (Our Union and Its Defenders); and books (Melville's Whale; Old-Time Librarians). Technical ingenuity is highlighted in "Pompeian Surgical Instruments" and "Submarines." Local history is the subject of "The French and British at Three Rivers." Two readings about seagulls focus on the natural world. Finally, "Coffee, Tea & Cocoa Recipes" brings quiet comfort to the weary. Summary by Sue Anderson

Women in Film Speak Their Minds (1925) is a compilation of remarks on "the feminine mind in picture making" by nine 1920's female screenwriters, script builders, and title writers: Mary Pickford, Jane Murfin, Marion Fairfax, Anita Loos, Clara Beranger, Josephine Lovett Robertson, Eve Unsell, June Mathis, and Leah Baird.

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The Approaching Epidemic (altrin)
Christianity and Culture (InTheDesert)
Coffee, Tea & Cocoa Recipes (BettyB)
The Curse of Education: Flourishing Mediocrity (PS Ahdi)
The French and British at Three Rivers (Tatiana Chichilla)
Gulls, Human Wildlife Conflicts & Overview of the Species (Sue Anderson)
Herman Melville's Whale (Scott McKinley)
Hussites (Piotr Nater)
Hussites: John Huss, Bohemian Reformer and Martyr (Piotr Nater)
Of Infant Baptism and Dipping (InTheDesert)
Our Union And Its Defenders: An Oration, July 4th, 1862, Burlington, New Jersey (David Wales)
Pompeian Surgery and Surgical Instruments (Availle)
The Reynolds Pamphlet (Ryan Lohner)
The Seagull, from Birds in the Calendar, August (PS Ahdi)
Some Old-Time Old-World Librarians (1914) (David Wales)
Submarines in War and Peace (Nick Vlahakis)
The Telephone: Building the Business (Jay Randolph)
The Telephone: Patent Disputes (Jay Randolph)
Women as Inventors (J. M. Smallheer)
Women in Film Speak Their Minds (1925) (Amy Dunkleberger)
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