Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032, 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 Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032 by Various. Read in English by Craig Campbell; Larry Greene; Lucy Perry; Glenn O'Brien; Isana; Winston Tharp; Bellona Times; J. M. Smallheer; Michele Fry; Sue Anderson Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the history of aeroplanes, political speeches, travel, philosophy, Japan, the United Nations, Congressional law, rules of cricket and more. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 6:22:47

Catalogue topics

• Japan
• science
• china
• Abraham Lincoln
• United Nations
• discovery
• cricket
• congress

Track guide

1. 01 - Aphorisms - Friedrich von Schlegel — 13:22
2. 02 - The First Man-Carrying Aeroplane Capable of Sustained Free Flight — 19:32
3. 03 - First Public Speech of Abraham Lincoln, March 9, 1832 — 3:53
4. 04 - In Favor of Ratifying the Charter of the United Nations (August 23, 1945) — 24:33
5. 05 - Laws of Cricket (1857) — 33:01
6. 06 - Letter to the Emperor of Japan from President Millard Fillmore (1853) — 14:47
7. 07 - Letter to Miss Grace Norton from Henry James — 4:58
8. 08 - Life in a Chinese City — 32:01
9. 09 - The New Japan (1897) — 49:18
10. 10 - The Notion of Action And Agency Entertained By Mr. Chubb and Others — 3:10
11. 11 - The Part Played by Accident in Discovery — 34:23
12. 12 - Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln. March 4, 1865 — 3:36
13. 13 - The Unconstitutionality of the Laws of Congress, Prohibiting Private Mails — 1:04:57
14. 14 - William Tecumseh Sherman — 24:49
15. 15 - Winter Expedition Over the Rocky Mountains (1857) — 56:27

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