LibriVox Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

LibriVox Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006, 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. 006 by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, medicine, nature and religion. Included in this collection are speeches by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses, several interesting or historic articles from Vanity Fair and the NY times, as well as selected writings of Eugene Debs, Alexander von Humboldt, Lena Morrow Lewis, Joseph Lister and C. M. Ellis. (summary by J. M. Smallheer) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: LibriVox Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 3:37:26

Catalogue topics

• nonfiction
• essays
• speeches
• Abraham Lincoln
• George Washington
• Martin Luther
• Eugene Debs
• Alexander von Humboldt

Track guide

1. Address to the People of Illinois on Tariff or Taxation — 3:52
2. All is not Gold that Glitters — 4:27
3. The Awful German Language — 47:54
4. The Causes for which a President can be impeached — 15:56
5. Crimes Of Carnegie — 4:28
6. Dedication and Preface to the Golden Treasury — 12:29
7. The Different Degrees of Enjoyment Presented By the Contemplation of Nature — 5:52
8. Last Honors to Emerson — 7:42
9. The Materialist Basis of Education — 3:30
10. The Ninety-five Theses — 17:35
11. On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery — 26:04
12. Progress of Medical Science — 3:41
13. Ruth Bought by New York Americans — 9:17
14. Story of An Eyewitness — 18:15
15. Winter Sunshine — 36:33

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