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THE VERY SHORT HISTORY OF NUNAVUT

It may be cold, it may be impossibly vast and empty, but in its first hours of existence, Canada's newborn Inuit territory proves that there's nothing so liberating as home rule.

Topic

History and Biography

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Author

William T. Vollmann

Publication

1999 Outside

Read by

Vi Benner

Length

43 minutes

TERMINAL VELOCITY

Call it inevitable that Dan Osman found the fatal edge of his signature sport, a thing known as "free-falling." But were his leaps of faith—and thus his sad death—as profound as he imagined? Or just stunt taken to foolish extremes?

Topic

Arts and Humanities

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Author

Craig Vetter

Publication

2000 Outside

Read by

Linda Wilkins

Length

23 minutes