LibriVox Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

LibriVox Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005, 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 Nonfiction Collection 005 by Various. Read by LbriVox Volunteers A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, philosophy, nature and religion. Included in this collection are "The Emanicpation Proclamation" and Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln, "Prinicpal Doctrines" by Epicurus, "Fox and Hound" and the preface to "The Breath of Life" both by John Burroughs, "The Wentworth Letter" by Joseph Smith, and "The Rhythm of Life" by Alice Meynell. From the New York Times, April 10, 1817 is an account of the Canadian capture of Vimy Ridge, "Haig Strikes Near Arras" and from the September 1921 issue of Vanity Fair an article on "The Flapper - A New Type." And for the those with more than a passing in the history of railways/roads, the "Report of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade" from February 1845 which impacted the 'gauge wars' of the mid-nineteenth century in England wraps up the list! (summary by J. M. Smallheer) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: LibriVox Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 2:21:31

Catalogue topics

• nonfiction
• essays
• speeches
• reports
• Abraham Lincoln
• inaugural address
• emancipation proclamation
• Wentworth Letter

Track guide

1. Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address — 6:05
2. The Emancipation Proclamation — 5:41
3. The Flapper--A New Type — 10:17
4. Fox and Hound / Birds and Bees et al — 10:42
5. Haig Stirkes Near Arras — 8:32
6. Preface to The Breath of Life — 9:40
7. Principal Doctrines — 13:51
8. Report of the Railway Department — 51:41
9. The Rhythym of Life — 7:24
10. The Wentworth Letter — 17:41

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