Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 103

Author(s): Various

Genre(s): *non-fiction

Narrators: Elsie Selwyn, Donald Warren, Lightcrystal, Progressingamerica, Availle, Dale Grothmann, Brother Michael, Steve C, Mkirkpat, Larry Wilson, Leon Harvey, Sue Anderson, Rapunzelina, KevinS

Number of Chapters: 20

Length: 07 hours and 24 minutes

Language: English

"When money gives out, sense ensues." This pithy saying is from Yugoslav Proverbs, one of the twenty reader-chosen selections in volume 103. This collection ranges from the IRS budget, to the Fire Alarm Telegraph, to Curing Herring. Current events are discussed in Baltimore Bridge Collapse; ATT Network Outage of 2024; and Cuba: U.S. Policy Overview. Supreme Court judgments figure in Tomatoes, Fruit or Vegetable? Talent and training receive attention in Civil Service Tests of Policemen and Firemen; Measurement of Musical Talent; Unknowns in Mathematics; and Common Sense in Chess. Social action receives due in Lincoln's Lost Speech; Federation of the World; Guide to Epping Forest; and the Meaning of Masonry. A tribute to London leads to the arts: Ibsen's play Ghosts; Outdoor Sketching; and Life of the Painter John Opie. Summary by Sue Anderson