Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 068: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 068, 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. 068 by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain. "The Regulation of Time" and "Uniform Standard Time" are two of several readings which touch on social regulation, societal norms, and individual expression. Others examine dancing mania ("Choreomania"); gender conformity ("A Mormon Strategy"); race laws ("Black Code of Illinois"); etiquette and social class ("Housekeeping at the White House (1903)"; "Opportunity" (a view by Ambrose Bierce); organized religion ("The Church in Liverpool in the Early 1800s"); oratory and persuasion ("Pliny to Cerealis" and "The Martians"); legal protection for original ideas ("Copyright for a banana costume"); and an exhortation to judge men by their deeds, not their names ("First Apology of Justin Martyr"). Music and books are celebrated in "Fidelio;" "The Function of a National Library;" "Books in the Wilderness;" and Oscar Wilde's "To Read or Not to Read." Natural science is represented by "Coral and Coral Reefs" and "Making a Rock Garden." Finally, a fateful communique is examined in the "Zimmermann Telegram." Summary by Sue Anderson Pliny to Cerealis: Letter XXIV was translated by William Melmoth -+

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 068
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 6:07:08

Catalogue topics

• plato
• time
• library
• Pliny
• illinois
• coral
• white house
• supreme court

Track guide

1. 01 - Black Code of Illinois — 19:48
2. 02 - Books In The Wilderness — 18:22
3. 03 - Choreomania: An Historical Sketch — 44:23
4. 04 - The Church in Liverpool in the Early 1800's — 13:28
5. 05 - Coral and Coral Reefs (1870) — 45:34
6. 06 - Fidelio — 12:56
7. 07 - First Apology of Justin Martyr, An Excerpt — 29:32
8. 08 - The Function Of A National Library (1897) — 25:04
9. 09 - Housekeeping at the White House (1903) — 11:36
10. 10 - Making a Rock Garden — 38:56
11. 11 - The Martians — 10:24
12. 12 - A Mormon's Stratagem (1889) — 1:38
13. 13 - On the Policy of the Liberal Party (1905) — 21:46
14. 14 - On Uniform Standard Time for Railways, Telegraphs, and Civil Purposes Generally — 16:32
15. 15 - Opportunity — 5:17
16. 16 - Pliny to Cerealis: Letter XXIV — 3:52
17. 17 - To Read or Not to Read — 3:41
18. 18 - The Regulation of Time — 22:24
19. 19 - Validity of a copyright in a full-body banana costume: Silvertop Associates, Inc. v. Kangaroo Manufacturing, Inc. — 20:27
20. 20 - The Zimmermann Telegram — 1:27

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