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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102

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"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 103

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"When money gives out, sense ensues." This pithy saying is from Yugoslav Proverbs, one of the twenty reader-chosen selections in v…

Why Are So Few Men in the Churches? And Remedies

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Charles N. Queen



The strength of the book is in its facts and suggestions considered in a matter of fact and suggestive way. It offers criticism in the spiri…

The Thames to the Solent by Canal and Sea

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J. B. Dashwood



An attempt to sail a small boat from the River Thames to the Solent in the English Channel, using a canal and river route. (Summary by Garth…

Lecture on Artificial Flight

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William G. Krueger



Lecture on artificial flight given on request of the Academy of Natural Sciences on August 7, 1876 in San Francisco, California by William G…

Plum Pudding (version 2)

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Christopher Morley



Christopher Morley: A modern humorist with the tang of an Elizabethan. Plum Pudding: Thus Mr. Morley entitles his new volume, in which he ha…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 107

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"Editors of some of the most sensational newspapers say they make a newspaper to suit the public... it must startle with incident and s…

An Evenings OTR Entertainment - June 12, 2016


PDGazette2



Eight old-time radio programs originally aired in June of their respective years.

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 099

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"Instead of letting ourselves, at the thought of mealtime, fall into a state of chronic mental flutter that incapacitates us for any se…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 106

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Ricardo Fernández Montalvo



"It is a foolish thing to speak on every kind of work, for he that disputeth thy words shall put them unto proof." Proverbs of Fai…

The Return of the Exiles and the West African Church

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Edward Wilmot Blyden



A lecture delivered at the Breadfruit school house, Lagos, West Africa, January 2, 1891E.W. Blyden (1832 to 1912) was born in the Caribbean …

First Chapter Collection 012

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The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 104

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"Grandmother and Stockhausen are of the opinion that Wagner will one day totally disappear. His music, they argue, is too unhealthy.&qu…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 105

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In May 1919, three U.S. Navy sea-planes made the first successful trans-Atlantic crossing to Europe. Lieutenant Walter Hinton was a pilot. H…

First Chapter Collection 011

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The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…

First Chapter Collection 013

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The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realise it isn't for you. Here we off…

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