Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 2
Various
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Length 3 h 45 min
Chapters 32
First published 1922
Twenty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form. A most convenient means of “keeping one’s information account open” —of reading stimulating articles on a wide variety of subjects. - Summary by From the title / front page
Chapters
1
Remarkable Remarks Read by MaryAnn 4:43
2
Throwing Away Our Birthright Read by Michele Fry 9:06
3
A New South. The Boll-Weevil Era Condensed from The Atlantic Monthly by E. T. H. SHAFFER Read by MaryAnn 7:06
4
The Kiss Digested from The Forum by EMILE MALESPINE Read by jenno 8:14
5
What Patricia Heard From Tokio Excerpts from Harper’s Magazine by FRANCES LITTLE Read by ArmReader 8:07
6
What Makes People Laugh? Condensed from The World’s Work by CHARLIE CHAPLIN Read by Bill Mosley 7:48
7
Scientific Progress of the Year 1921 Condensed from Scientific American Read by Larry Wilson 7:25
8
The Truth About Vivisection Excerpts from Woman’s Home Companion by ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES Read by mleigh 10:28
9
Our Common Lot Read by MaryAnn 4:49
10
Adventure Excerpts from Good Housekeeping by KATHARINE EGGLESTON ROBERTS Read by dc 3:26
11
Fair Play for the World Summarized from The Outlook by KATHERINE MAYO Read by MaryAnn 6:53
12
A Princess in Exile Condensed from Pictorial Review by PRINCESS MANICH MOURADIAN Read by MaryAnn 6:42
13
The Woman Who Should Marry A Condensation from Good Housekeeping by ANNE SHANNON MONROE Read by Stacey Malcolm 8:30
14
Have You Any Idea How You Sound When You Speak? by FRED C. KELLY IN McCLURE’S MAGAZINE Read by Grevicci 6:09
15
Useful Points in Judging People Read by dc 7:20
16
Human Nature and Industrial Conflict Read by Michele Fry 6:01
17
Cities With Junior Government Read by Stephen Graham 2:36
18
Theodore Roosevelt, the Father by HERMAN HAGEDORN Read by Raven Moore Amerman 7:17
19
What Interests People? Read by Anthony Will 7:29
20
The Farmer and His Troubles by HENRY C. WALLACE Read by MaryAnn 7:00
21
Music---How It Affects Your Health Condensed from Physical Culture by CHARLES D. ISAACSON Read by Larry Wilson 6:53
22
Sold A condensation from The New Republic by ROBERT COLLYER WASHBURN Read by Denis Gagné 4:50
23
The Wonders of the Firmament Excerpts from the National Geographic Magazine by WILLIAM JOSEPH SHOWALTER Read by MaryAnn 7:33
24
About Clothes Read by jenno 8:29
25
$40,000 For a Hog. How Much For Your Child? Read by Ann Boulais 7:51
26
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by ARNOLD BENNETT Read by MaryAnn 8:23
27
The Picturesque Gypsies Read by mleigh 8:40
28
Taking the Water out of the Cost of Living Abstracted from the Popular Science Monthly by JAMES H. COLLINS Read by Rohit Gokhale 9:01
29
When Spiders Fly Digested from Country Life by AGNES L. B. KING Read by Natalie Fortier 5:49
30
“What Fools We Mortals Be” The gist of an article in Success by ORISON SWETT MARDEN Read by Elizabeth Copnall 6:39
31
History and the Limitation of Armaments Read by KevinS 6:24
32
The Art of Opening a Conversation Condensed from Vanity Fair by STEPHEN LEACOCK Read by Anita Hibbard 7:29
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