Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038, 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. 038 by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include bedside books, South African cookery, Bryce canyon, Wilhelm Stekel's psychology, the Theologia Germanica, Paracelsus, John Donne, Cotton Mather, Julia Smith's translation of the Bible, Zen Buddhism, American immigrants, slavery, Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Oscar Wilde, Albert Einstein, and cats. "Cats and Their Care" was edited by Liberty Hyde Bailey. "Looking Backward" was translated by Samuel Aaron Tannenbaum. "The Collector" was translated by Rosalie Gabler. "Thelogia Germanica" was translated by Susanna Winkworth. (summary by Sue Anderson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 4:21:52

Catalogue topics

• psychology
• slavery
• oscar wilde
• George Washington
• bible translation
• John Donne
• Albert Einstein
• devils

Track guide

1. 01 - Apple Hedgehog, or Iced Apples — 2:03
2. 02 - Bed-Books And Night-Lights — 16:53
3. 03 - Bryce Canyon National Monument — 5:29
4. 04 - Cats and Their Care — 15:31
5. 05 - The Collector -1922 — 12:05
6. 06 - Confession of a Hyphenated American, Part 1 — 28:29
7. 07 - Confession of a Hyphenated American, Part 2 — 32:45
8. 08 - The Devil In New England — 7:05
9. 09 - Expostulatory Letter to George Washington, of Mount Vernon, in Virginia, on His Continuing to be a Proprietor of Slaves — 17:41
10. 10 - Joseph Crosby Lincoln: An Appreciation (1921) — 19:05
11. 11 - The Life of Paracelsus — 7:26
12. 12 - Looking Backward - 1921 — 17:15
13. 13 - Meditation 17 — 4:54
14. 14 - Oscar Wilde: An Idler's Impression — 15:48
15. 15 - Preface to Julia E. Smith's 1876 Translation of the Holy Bible — 5:46
16. 16 - Time, Space, and Gravitation — 12:04
17. 17 - Theologia Germanica, Chapter 7 — 3:47
18. 18 - Zen Buddhism and its Relation to Art — 37:46

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