Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 075: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 075, 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. 075 by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Is the sound of a dripping faucet music? According to Aldous Huxley, "The music of the drops is the symbol and type of the whole universe... asymptotic to sense, infinitely close to significance, but never touching it." (Water Music). Sensory and psychological exploration define several recordings in Vol. 075 (On the Pleasures of Friendship; Prohibition; The Danger of Lying in Bed; The Effects of Opium in Lowness of Spirits; How to Listen to Music; The Story of the Alphabet; Letter from William Blake; and Poets). Narrative history and biography apply a more traditional approach to questions of motivation (Jesse James; Europe in the Mid-17th Century; The History of British India; On the Federal Constitution; John Quincy Adams and the Right of Petition; Saving Mr. Lincoln; Moses Maimonides). Lastly, the importance of critical and scientific observation are highlighted in Velocities Expressed in Meters per Second; The Original Hudson Tunnel; and The Peruvian Earthquake of 1868. Summary by Sue Anderson The Subways and Tunnels of New York was co-authored by Lucius I Wightman and William Lawrence Saunders.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 075
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 7:08:28

Catalogue topics

• India
• music
• Constitution
• alphabet
• judaism
• Germany
• lincoln
• prohibition

Track guide

1. 01 - The Danger Of Lying In Bed — 9:08
2. 02 - Europe in the Middle of the 17th Century, Part 1 — 1:04:03
3. 03 - Europe in the Middle of the 17th Century, Part 2 — 1:10:37
4. 04 - Jesse James' Career in Texas — 3:53
5. 05 - John Quincy Adams and The Right of Petition — 10:22
6. 06 - The History of British India, Chapter 1 — 50:17
7. 07 - How to Listen to Music — 17:25
8. 08 - Letter from William Blake to Mr. Butts, 16th August, 1803 — 11:29
9. 09 - The Life of Moses Maimonides — 42:39
10. 10 - Of The Effects of Opium in Lowness of Spirits — 7:15
11. 11 - On the Federal Constitution — 5:26
12. 12 - The Original Hudson Tunnel — 7:08
13. 13 - The Peruvian Earthquake of 1868 — 41:18
14. 14 - The Pleasures of Friendship — 5:40
15. 15 - Poets — 7:19
16. 16 - Prohibition — 20:15
17. 17 - Saving Mr. Lincoln — 11:17
18. 18 - The Story of the Alphabet — 24:36
19. 19 - Table of Different Velocities Expressed in Meters Per Second — 10:26
20. 20 - Water Music — 7:55

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