The bulk of the site's information is biographical and the album reviews only date back about a year. RealAudio 5.0 is required for listening to Daily Audio Reviews. The site will be most useful for students of the American political system, especially those already familiar with the workings of the House. This elegant site features an archive of transcripts of NPR stories on death, plus a listing of organizations dedicated to problems of death and dying, bibliography, readings, and a bulletin board for sharing stories of loss. The section of readings includes poetry, essays, clinical reports, excerpts from novels and short stories, spiritual and religious texts, excerpts from plays and broadcast scripts, and visual images that may help facilitate discussions of loss.
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Hundreds of stories already have been posted on the bulletin board. Index A keyword-searchable A to Z database of information relating to 1950s America, authored by Professor Al Filreis, English Department, U Penn. Varied topics, from critiques of Freud to writing on the Guatamalan Coup of 1954 and a review of Lillian Hellman's FBI file. The material is multidisciplinary, running the gamut from government and political documentation to literature and film and cultural criticism. This site is brilliantly useful both as a research and teaching tool.