Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms, credited to Heywood Broun, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms by Heywood Broun. This book is a collection of humorous short stories about ordinary instances in daily life. We learn many interesting things about life, such as how to court women successfully, what it feels like to be a god, and why sometimes it would be a good idea to exchange one's own newborn baby for a better one at the hospital. (Summary by Carolin)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms
• Author credits: Heywood Broun
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 43
• Listed recording duration: 6:04:43

Catalogue topics

• humor
• humour
• short stories
• daily life
• satire
• caricature

Opening tracks: first 24 of 43

1. 00 - Preface — 5:23
2. 01 - The Not Impossible Sheik — 9:38
3. 02 - John Roach Straton — 5:10
4. 03 - Private Ownership of Offspring — 6:05
5. 04 - G. K. C. — 8:11
6. 05 - On Being a God — 7:20
7. 06 - Chivalry is Born — 8:22
8. 07 - Ruth vs. Roth — 6:35
9. 08 - The Bigger the Year — 9:23
10. 09 - For Old Nassau — 7:36
11. 10 - Mr. Dempsey's Five-Foot Shelf — 11:12
12. 11 - Sport for Art's Sake — 11:44
13. 12 - Jack the Giant Killer — 10:46
14. 13 - Judge Krink — 3:54
15. 14 - Frankincense and Myrrh — 4:25
16. 15 - The Excelsior Movement — 6:53
17. 16 - The Dog Star — 7:18
18. 17 - Altruistic Poker — 3:40
19. 18 - The Well Made Review — 8:20
20. 19 - An Adjective a Day — 6:05
21. 20 - The Unknown Soldier — 2:43
22. 21 - A Tortoise Shell Home — 7:26
23. 22 - I'd Die for Dear Old Rutgers — 7:19
24. 23 - Are Editors People? — 8:11

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