Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 103

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LibriVox recording of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 103 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers "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 For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volun…

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Various

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;slavery; London; opie; music; police; Cuba; lincoln; masonry; civil service; kansas; firemen; herring; tomato; sketching; yugoslavia; att; network outage; fire-alarm; kipper; bloater; pilchard; hague conference; world federation; nix v. hedden; proverb; epping; fermat's last theorem; number theory.

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