Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051, 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. 051 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spinoza, and Epictetus; science and invention--the Wright brothers, Leibniz, artic explorer Sir John Franklin, spider webs, and cylindrical silos; plays and cinema--Lillian Gish and Friedrich Schiller; satire--selections from Ambrose Bierce, Robert Benchley, and Seneca; biographies--Aaron Burr, and Sophia Packard of Spellman College; the murder of Archbishop Charles Seghers in Alaska in 1886; and a history of Torrey Abbey in England. Summary by Sue Anderson Against the Epicurean and Academics was translated by T. W. Rolleston.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 3:35:39

Catalogue topics

• satire
• Alaska
• education
• cinema
• Seneca
• spider
• masque
• claudius

Track guide

1. 01 - Against the Epicureans and Academics — 9:52
2. 02 - Apocolocyntosis (or: The Pumpkinification of Claudius) — 35:49
3. 03 - The Circular Snare — 10:55
4. 04 - The Community Masque as a Substitute for War — 11:14
5. 05 - The Cylindrical Silo — 7:51
6. 06 - Did We Eat One Another? — 3:07
7. 07 - Excerpt from Theodicy — 12:00
8. 08 - The Fate of Sir John Franklin — 5:45
9. 09 - The Nature of the Human Mind — 5:40
10. 10 - A Noble Life-Work After Fifty-Seven: Sophia B. Packard — 9:36
11. 11 - The Official Account of the Death of Archbishop Seghers — 9:00
12. 12 - The Place of Science in a Liberal Education — 25:51
13. 13 - Preface to The Robbers (1781) — 11:35
14. 14 - The Story of a Daughter's Love — 18:12
15. 15 - Torre Abbey — 12:53
16. 16 - Way Down East — 18:14
17. 17 - The Wright Brothers and Their Problem — 8:05

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