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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 084

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 084

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Number of Chapters: 20

Length: 06 hours and 15 minutes

Language: English

Ghosts everywhere, and of any colour," was the promise of Spectropia, a book of "surprising spectral illusions" published in 1863. Optical illusions were among the twenty vol. 084 topics, chosen by their readers, which were concerned with science, technology, and medicine, including the societal implications of decision making in these fields: (The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass; The Machine That Thinks; Rocks For Homes; Ottawa Illinois Radiation Area; Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses; Cincinnati's "Old Cunny; and Buck v. Bell). This Troubled World, a 1938 essay by Eleanor Roosevelt, is joined by others with a sociological focus: (The Graves of the Fallen; The American Indian in the Great War (1921); A Letter to a Hindu: The Subjection of India (1908); and Not Revolution, but Evolution). Rational thought is explored in both philosophic and religious contexts (Ascending Forms and Powers; The Four Gospels from a Lawyer's Standpoint). Foibles and quibbles get their due (Mr. Flannery Finds Himself; On Being Bored). The collection is then rounded out with a history of Danzig and letters relating to the Hamilton-Burr duel. Summary by Sue Anderson

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The American Indian in the Great War (1921) (Colleen McMahon)
Buck v. Bell (1927) (Dale Grothmann)
Cincinnati's "Old Cunny," A Notorious Purveyor of Human Flesh (Alan Dove)
Danzig (today's Gdańsk) (Piotr Nater)
The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the General Postulate of Relativity (Lector1)
Mr. Flannery Finds Himself (Dale Grothmann)
Florence Nightingale to her Nurses, Excerpt (Twylla Johnson)
The Four Gospels from a Lawyer's Standpoint (InTheDesert)
The Graves of the Fallen (Availle)
Hamilton-Burr Duel Correspondence (Ryan Lohner)
A Letter to a Hindu: The Subjection of India (1908) (Kazbek)
The Machine That Thinks (1904) (Jay Randolph)
Not Revolution, but Evolution (1792) (Craig Campbell)
On Being Bored (Dale Grothmann)
Public Health Assessment for Ottawa, Illinois, Radiation Area, July 25, 2006, Excerpt (Sue Anderson)
Rocks for Homes (J. M. Smallheer)
A Series of Ascending Forms and Powers prevails in our Earthly Creation (Craig Campbell)
Spectropia (Rapunzelina)
This Troubled World (1938) (David Wales)
18 U.S. Code § 2101 - Riots (Dale Grothmann)
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