LIbrivox Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

LIbrivox Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004, credited to Various, 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 Librivox Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004 by Various Authors Selected and Read by Librivox volunteers. A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, conservation, philosophy, politics, religion and cooking. Included in this collection are Thomas Jefferson's first Inaugural Address, "Secession" by Alexander H. Stephens, "Of Truth" and the preface to "The New Organon, or True Directions Concerning the Interpretation of Nature" by Francis Bacon, John Donne's last sermon delivered in March 1631, "On Old Age" by Cicero, a chapter from "The Fight for Conservation" by Gifford Pinchot, The Sacredness of Work" by Thomas Carlyle and an essay "On the Unjust Causes of War" by Hugo Grotius. On the lighter side, try selections from "Cocoa and Chocolate Recipes" by Miss Parloa and a 1912 article from Scientific American on the amazing escapes of Harry Houdini. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Recording facts

• Recording title: LIbrivox Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 11
• Listed recording duration: 3:54:48

Catalogue topics

• nonfiction
• essays
• inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson
• Alexander Stephens
• Francis Bacon
• John Donne
• Cicero
• Gifford Pinchot

Track guide

1. Author's Preface to The New Organon, or True Directions Concerning the Interpretation of Nature — 11:40
2. Death's Duel — 57:59
3. Handcuff Releases Under Difficulties: The Remarkable Feats of Harry Houdini — 5:46
4. The Moral Issue from The Fight for Conservation — 16:43
5. Of Truth — 5:20
6. On Old Age — 1:13:00
7. On the Unjust Causes of War — 16:32
8. The Sacredness of Work — 3:52
9. Secession — 12:28
10. Selections from Chocolate and Cocoa Recipies — 19:37
11. First Inaugural Address — 12:12

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