Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was American lecturer, poet and essayist, the leading exponent of New England Transcendentalism. 1. From "Nature" 2. From "Self-Reliance": 7:03 Text: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14835xosyXUKOuB62iLGyAvrsxnb2mL4t/view?usp=sharing #americanlitaudio #ralphwaldoemerson #audiobooks ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tup6Z_ycGNo

"Seventeen Syllables" is a short story about the experiences of Japanese-American immigrants, such as language barriers, legal restrictions and cultural conflicts. It follows Rosie Hayashi, who struggles to identify with her Japanese heritage and connect with her mother Tome. Text: https://literatureofethnicgroups.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/seventeen-syllables.pdf #americanlitaudio #hisayeyamamoto #audiobooks ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GESqF1ORKAE

Miller based "The Crucible" (1953) on the witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692–93, a series of persecutions that he considered an echo of the McCarthyism of his day, when investigations of alleged subversive activities were widespread. In 1956, when Miller was himself called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, he refused to name people he had seen 10 years earlier at an alleged communist writers’ meeting. He was convicted of contempt but appealed and won. #americanlitaudio #arthurmiller #mccarthyism #thecrucible ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbvnt031dTI

"Salt: A World History" Salt is common, easy to obtain and inexpensive. It is the stuff of kitchens and cooking. Yet trade routes were established, alliances built and empires secured – all for something that filled the oceans, bubbled up from springs, formed crusts in lake beds, and thickly veined a large part of the Earth’s rock fairly close to the surface. From pre-history until just a century ago – when the mysteries of salt were revealed by modern chemistry and geology – no one knew that salt was virtually everywhere. Accordingly, it was one of the most sought-after commodities in human history. "Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man": 14:56 A profile of eccentric genius inventor Clarence Birdseye chronicles how his innovative fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture. http://www.markkurlansky.com/ #americanlitaudio #markkurlansky #audiobooks ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1tNrkZmjAM