Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037 by Various. Read in English by Garth Burton; Chris Pyle; Winston Tharp; MaryAnn; Bellona Times; Kangaroo692; Will Levine; Rob Marland; Glenn O'Brien; TriciaG; Sue Anderson; progressingamerica Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, blow-pipe weapons, Oriental china; impressions of America by Enrico Caruso, Oscar Wilde, and Charles W. Eliot; Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass; film directors Ernst Lubitsch and King Vidor; architect Louis Sullivan; Roe vs. Wade, women's rights; microphobia, the Boy Scouts, Kentucky's blue-grass region, and wintry weather.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 7:07:45

Catalogue topics

• oscar wilde
• Abraham Lincoln
• women's rights
• motion pictures
• Kentucky
• San Francisco earthquake
• architecture
• Boy Scouts

Track guide

1. 01 - Blow-pipe Weapons — 11:17
2. 02 - The Blue-grass Region — 45:42
3. 03 - Caruso and the Earthquake — 6:51
4. 04 - Chats on Oriental China - Selections — 1:10:34
5. 05 - Christ Going Up to Heaven — 8:59
6. 06 - Educational Work of the Boy Scouts — 25:57
7. 07 - Ernst Lubitsch, German Movie Director (1922) — 13:41
8. 08 - Five American Contributions to Civilization — 58:58
9. 09 - He Made His Own Luck- A Profile of King Vidor — 3:35
10. 10 - Impressions of America — 17:12
11. 11 - Second Inaugural Address — 5:52
12. 12 - Should the Housewife Receive a Salary? — 8:19
13. 13 - Statement on the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade — 1:49
14. 14 - The Story of a Microbophobiac — 25:00
15. 15 - The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered — 29:21
16. 16 - What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? — 1:07:18
17. 17 - Wintry Weather — 13:19
18. 18 - A Woman's Rights Debate — 14:01

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