Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era, credited to John Lord, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era by John Lord. Read in English by KHand Volume 14 is a compilation of essays regarding accomplishments over the 50 years preceding the author's death in 1894. The editorial staff chose the people that they felt best exemplified Lord's criteria of being a historical force to represent the worlds of music, art, science and invention. Though not personally written by Lord, the book is attributed to him. (Summary by KHand)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era
• Author credits: John Lord
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 10:24:06

Catalogue topics

• economics
• music
• Darwin
• Wagner
• archaeology

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

1. 00 - Publisher's Preface — 4:26
2. 01 - Richard Wagner, Part 1 — 20:40
3. 02 - Richard Wagner, Part 2 — 21:47
4. 03 - Richard Wagner, Part 3 — 20:48
5. 04 - John Ruskin, Part 1 — 20:07
6. 05 - John Ruskin, Part 2 — 23:54
7. 06 - John Ruskin, Part 3 — 15:14
8. 07 - Herbert Spencer, Part 1 — 27:09
9. 08 - Herbert Spencer, Part 2 — 28:02
10. 09 - Charles Robert Darwin, Part 1 — 28:21
11. 10 - Charles Robert Darwin, Part 2 — 25:15
12. 11 - John Ericsson, Part 1 — 25:21
13. 12 - John Ericsson, Part 2 — 24:04
14. 13 - John Ericsson, Part 3 — 25:55
15. 14 - Li Huang Chang, Part 1 — 21:51
16. 15 - Li Huang Chang, Part 2 — 19:42
17. 16 - Li Huang Chang, Part 3 — 20:32
18. 17 - David Livingstone, Part 1 — 21:12
19. 18 - David Livingstone, Part 2 — 21:08
20. 19 - David Livingstone, Part 3 — 21:26
21. 20 - Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 1 — 20:38
22. 21 - Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 2 — 19:35
23. 22 - Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 3 — 18:52
24. 23 - Michael Faraday, Part 1 — 23:05

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