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    Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037
    Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037
    Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037
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    Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037

    Published by LibriVox

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    About this audiobook

    Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, blow-pipe weapons, Oriental china; impressions of America by Enrico Caruso, Oscar Wilde, and Charles W. Eliot; Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass; film directors Ernst Lubitsch and King Vidor; architect Louis Sullivan; Roe vs. Wade, women's rights; microphobia, the Boy Scouts, Kentucky's blue-grass region, and wintry weather. (Summary by Sue Anderson)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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