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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 095

"A legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, first mentioned by Plato", is how the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica described Atlantis. Lands and peoples were the focus of several nonfiction readings chosen by the readers for vol. 095: Amerigo Vespucci's Voyages; Franz Josef Land; Country and People of the Kurds; The South Country, Sussex; Poland, First Impressions; Helena Modjeska; Civilization of Japan; the United States and China; The Isthmus of Panama; and Obi in the Caribbean. Political life received attention in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act; The Exiled Lottery; Tonkin Gulf Resolution; and Bill Clinton's Inaugural Addresses. Scholarship and books were the focus of Roget's Thesaurus; Thick Paper and Thin; and The Excised "My's." Summary by Sue Anderson

Year of Publication: Genres: Essays & Short Works

Running Time: 05 hours 31 minutes 04 seconds(20 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Vincent V. Marshburn, Alister, Claudia Caldi

#	Chapter Name
	Amerigo Vespucci, First Voyage, 1497 Vincent V. Marshburn	53:37
	Amerigo Vespucci, Second Voyage, 1499 Vincent V. Marshburn	24:53
	Atlantis Availle	4:26
	The Civilization of Japan (1922) Alister	2:23
	The Country and People of the Kurds (1841) Alister	15:54
	The Excised “My’s” Claudia Caldi	19:19
	The Exiled Lottery Michele Fry	37:55
	Franz Josef Land Piotr Nater	8:16
	Modjeska (Helena Modrzejewska) Piotr Nater	2:37
	Obi in the Carribean Ben Tucker	11:47
	On The Isthmus Of Panama (1896) Michele Fry	22:38
	Poland, First Impressions 1885: A Border Crossing Claudia Caldi	18:53
	President Bill Clinton First Inaugural Address Wednesday, January 20, 1993 Maurice Donegan	12:41
	President Bill Clinton Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1997 Maurice Donegan	17:03
	Roget's Thesaurus, Introduction, Excerpt (1853) Sue Anderson	22:31
	Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) Dale Grothmann	6:59
	The South Country - Sussex Jonathan Jones	11:24
	Thick Paper and Thin Allen Kelly	8:24
	Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964) Dale Grothmann	3:57
	The United States and China (1902) Elsie Selwyn	25:27