Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014, 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. 014 by Various Authors. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. A collection of 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, military history, humor, philosophy, nature and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 4:30:48

Catalogue topics

• nonfiction
• essays
• politics
• religion
• nature
• philosophy
• humor
• history

Track guide

1. Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress — 5:51
2. The Black Woman of the South: Her Neglects and Her Needs — 26:41
3. The Sentence of the Inquisition on Galileo Galilei — 11:55
4. The Abjuration of Galileo Galilei — 3:50
5. The Knowledge of Self — 19:08
6. Let's Collect Rocks & Shells — 39:47
7. HR 1913 - Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Act 2009 — 18:41
8. Meditation XVII — 5:27
9. A Message to Garcia — 13:29
10. Preface to God and my Neighbour — 8:09
11. A Refutation of the Charges Made against the Confederate States of America of Having Authorized the Use of Explosive and Poisoned Musket and Rifle Balls during the Late Civil War of 1861-65 — 27:49
12. Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Colonel Bigelow — 39:23
13. Taking Diplomatic Action Against Piracy — 3:17
14. To Atticus (At Athens) Rome, July — 8:10
15. To the Royal Academy: Of Farting — 8:06
16. When A Man Comes To Himself — 31:15

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