Short Nonfiction Collection

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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." Clara Schumann's grandson's diary entries for 1894-1896 are a delight for music lovers. Other artistic and literary selections, chosen by vol. 104 readers, include Boadicea; Of the Green Children; A Search for Robinhood; What is a Child?; the Book Collector; Memoirs of Claude Seurat and of painter Georges Seurat; Schumann as Mirrored in His Letters; and Replies by Teachers to Questions Respecting Mental Fatigue. Historical perspectives on a variety of issues include Our Present and Future Policy in the Holy Land; Application of Psychology in Government; The Chocolate Soldier; President Obama's Farewell Address; The Empty Sleeve; The Fate of the Beagle; Lone Bandit of the Pennsy; and War or Peace or Both. Finally, old-time manufacturing technology is the subject of Dolls' Lives Getting Longer Too and Steam Shovels and Steam Shovel Work. Summary by Sue Anderson

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Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni 16:17 Read by Steve C
The Book Collector 31:11 Read by Paul Hampton
Brahms and Clara Schumann 24:19 Read by mkirkpat
The Chocolate Soldier 34:32 Read by AletheiaCharis
Dolls’ Lives Getting Longer Too (1926) 7:34 Read by Brian Fullen
The Empty Sleeve 48:32 Read by John D. Parker
The Fate of the Beagle 10:10 Read by Availle
Georges Seurat 23:51 Read by Rapunzelina
Lone Bandit of the "Pennsy" (1909) 22:20 Read by Brian Fullen
Memoir of Claude Seurat, the Living Skeleton 27:59 Read by Rapunzelina
Of the Green Children (c. 1189) 6:41 Read by Steve C
Our Present and Future Policy in the Holy Land (1924) 31:43 Read by Claudia Caldi
Practical Applications of Psychology in Government (1923) 19:18 Read by Leon Harvey
President Obama's Farewell Address, January 10, 2017 33:24 Read by KevinS
Remarks on Replies by Teachers to Questions Respecting Mental Fatigue (1889) 31:32 Read by Leon Harvey
A Search for Robinhood 30:54 Read by Garth Burton
Schumann as Mirrored in His Letters 39:44 Read by mkirkpat
Steam Shovels and Steam Shovel Work (1894) 26:03 Read by Sue Anderson
War or Peace or Both (1927) 11:52 Read by Brian Fullen
What is a Child? 4:46 Read by Wren Hua