Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055, 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. 055 by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Philosophy and Psychology: selections from Kierkegaard's "Preparation for a Christian Life" and Jung's "The Hymn of Creation," and an exploration of Hegel's psychology; Arts and the Avant-garde: critiques of Kreymborg by Lola Ridge and of Pablo Picasso by Marius de Zayas, the rationale behind "1001 Afternoons in Chicago" by Ben Hecht, and notes on the 15th century inventors of moveable type; Science: "Voyager I Encounters Saturn" by NASA and microscopic investigation of protozoa; Equal Rights: comments by Charles Sumner and Lucy Parsons; Evocations of the Seasons: January days in New England and Monarch butterflies overwintering in Bolinas, California; as well as praise for American cheese, and an essay by Henry Ford, expounding "What I Learned About Business." (summary by Sue Anderson) Georg Hegel's Psychology was translated by Granville Stanley Hall Gustav Jung's The Hymn of Creation was translated by Beatrice M Hinkle

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 4:08:07

Catalogue topics

• Chicago
• saturn
• cheese
• butterfly
• tramp
• protozoa
• plueromonas jaculans
• typesetting

Track guide

1. 01 - Capturing the Smallest Animal in the World — 5:48
2. 02 - Discovery of Printing — 7:59
3. 03 - Equal Rights in the Lecture-Room — 5:08
4. 04 - Georg Hegel's Psychology — 28:09
5. 05 - Hymn of Creation — 18:34
6. 06 - Preparation for a Christian Life I — 16:54
7. 07 - January Days — 7:17
8. 08 - Kreymborg's Marionettes — 13:45
9. 09 - Letter to Tramps — 6:28
10. 10 - Native American Cheeses — 25:59
11. 11 - Pablo Picasso — 13:20
12. 12 - Voyager 1 Encounters Saturn — 54:34
13. 13 - Waterfront Fancies, from A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago — 7:52
14. 14 - What I Learned About Business — 26:54
15. 15 - Winter Butterflies in Bolinas — 9:26

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