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  The Best of American Heritage

  Edwin S. Grosvenor

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  Some of America's foremost historians—including James M. McPherson, Allan Nevins, and Stephen B. Oates—recount the extraordinary life of Abraham Lincoln in this collection of the best essays from sixty years of American Heritage. Lincoln, the book argues, ". . . evolved into nothing less than an apostle for the sanctity of the Union, the ethic of majority rule, and the dreams of freedom and equality of opportunity. Who could have so predicted when Lincoln had seemed the least qualified candidate for the presidency?"

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  Dante Gabriel Rossetti Poems

  Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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  This Audiobook of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's poems has the following poems rendered by Ramani. 
  Aspecta Medusa (for a Drawing) 
  Autumn Song 
  His Mother's Service to Our Lady 
  The House of Life: 19. Silent Noon 
  Insomnia 
  Love's Nocturn 
  Love-Lily 
  Mary's Girlhood (for a Picture) 
  My Sister's Sleep 
  Sister Helen 
  Sudden Light 
  The Ballad of Dead Ladies 
  The Blessed Damozel 
  The Cloud Confines 
  The House of Life: 22. Heart's Haven 
  The House of Life: 36. Life-in-Love 
  The House of Life: 41. Through Death to Love 
  The House of Life: 66. The Heart of the Night 
  The House of Life: 71. The Choice, I 
  The House of Life: 72. The Choice, II 
  The House of Life: 73. The Choice, III 
  The House of Life: 97. A Superscription 
  The House of Life: The Sonnet 
  The Portrait 
  The Stream's Secret 
  The Woodspurge

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  Essays Book 9: Of Tranquillity...

  Séneca

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  The ninth essay from Lucius Annaeus Seneca. The work opens with Serenus asking Seneca for counsel, and this request for help takes the form of a medical consultation. Serenus explains that he feels agitated, and in a state of unstable immobility, "as if I were on a boat that doesn't move forward and is tossed about." Seneca uses the dialogue to address an issue that cropped up many times in his life: the desire for a life of contemplation and the need for active political engagement. Seneca argues that the goal of a tranquil mind can be achieved by being flexible and seeking a middle way between the two extremes.Translation by Aubrey Stewart and produced by Vox StoicaSeneca's Essays Series:1) Of providence –  addressed to Lucilius2) On the Firmness of the Wise Man – addressed to Serenus3-5) Of Anger (Books 1-3) – addressed to his brother Novatus6) Of Consolation – addressed to Marcia7) Of a Happy Life – addressed to Gallio8) Of Leisure – addressed to Serenus9) Of Tranquillity of Mind – addressed to Serenus10) On the Shortness of Life – addressed to Paulinus11) Of Consolation – addressed to Polybius12) Of Consolation – addressed to Helvia

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  Dick Clark

  Wink Martindale

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  Dick Clark had taken over for a TV show that served as "filler” and showcased different musical acts.  Young girls were invited to watch as the studio audience, but when they got bored they got up to dance and a camera man caught the moment. From that moment, American Bandstand was born. For teenagers, American Bandstand served as a replacement for hanging out at the local soda shop and listening to the jukebox with friends. Every episode showcased new music, fashion and dance moves. In this 1974 interview, Wink Martindale sits down with Clark to discuss the early years of the program.

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  The Long Surrender

  Burke Davis

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  A panoramic and spellbinding history of the last days of the Confederacy and the flight, capture, and imprisonment of Jefferson Davis In April 1865, Richmond fell to the Union army and Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to his Northern counterpart, Ulysses S. Grant, at the Appomattox Court House. But the Civil War was far from over. Determined to keep Confederate dreams of secession alive, President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet fled the burning capital city. With Union troops in pursuit, the fugitives rallied loyalists across the South and made plans to escape to Cuba. In the aftermath of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, a $100,000 bounty was placed on Davis’s head. Finally captured in Irwinville, Georgia, the former US senator and secretary of war became a prisoner of the American government. The harsh treatment he received would inflame tensions between North and South for years to come. Meticulously researched and brilliantly told, The Long Surrender brings these dramatic events to vivid, unforgettable life and paints a fascinating portrait of Davis, one of history’s most enigmatic figures. By shining a light on this forgotten chapter of the Civil War, bestselling author Burke Davis examines the lasting impact of America’s bloodiest conflict on the national character.

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  50 Years Later - Brown v Board...

  PBS NewsHour

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  The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case desegregated America's public schools, but most minority students still attend schools where they are the majority. Gwen Ifill talks to four experts (Sheryll Cashin, John McWhorter, Franklin Raines, Roger Wilkins) about the ways the landmark decision has brought about change, and the ways it has failed to do so.

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