Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 078: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 078, 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. 078 by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Twenty short nonfiction works, chosen by the readers. "That thing up there on the stand with the American flag on top is a machine gun, and those are bullets hitting the house. And that means your country is shooting at you." These are a mother's words to her six-year old daughter, recalled by Dr. Olivia Hooker testifying about the horrific destruction of Black-owned homes and businesses in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921. Strife and good will, the complexity of human society is the theme of many vol. 078 readings: (Little Sermons in Socialism; The Altar of Freedom, Perfection According to the Saviour, Napoleon's Argument for the Divinity of Christ, Chicago Race Riots, The Diggers' Manifesto, Arguments of Celsus, Freemasonry, Twenty Unsettled Miles, Progress of Ballot Reform, James Jesse Strang, Monitorial System of Harrow School, and Wedding on Maarken). A change of pace is found in The Lake Biwa-Kioto Canal, The New Madrid Earthquake, The History of Games, Rendering Clouds and Water, and Food in Little Italy. Summary by Sue Anderson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 078
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 8:02:55

Catalogue topics

• Christianity
• Japan
• World War I
• Chicago
• socialism
• lincoln
• napoleon
• kyoto

Track guide

1. 01 - The Altar Of Freedom (1917) — 32:40
2. 02 - The Arguments of Celsus Against the Christians — 46:52
3. 03 - Chicago Race Riots of 1919, Coroner's Official Report — 42:19
4. 04 - The Diggers' Manifesto (1649) — 12:31
5. 05 - Dr. Olivia Hooker, Survivor of the 1921 Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot — 9:00
6. 06 - Food in Little Italy (1906) — 10:30
7. 07 - The History of Games — 41:20
8. 08 - In Defense of Novels, Excerpt from Life in the Clearings — 23:24
9. 09 - The Lake Biwa-Kioto Canal, Japan — 16:04
10. 10 - A Letter to the Viscount Palmerston, M.P. on the Monitorial System of Harrow School — 21:41
11. 11 - Little Sermons in Socialism — 20:04
12. 12 - Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Ch. 1 — 50:21
13. 13 - Napoleon's Argument for the Divinity of Christ and the Scriptures — 15:28
14. 14 - New Madrid Earthquake Damage Along the Mississipi River (1812) — 11:42
15. 15 - Perfection According to the Saviour — 20:57
16. 16 - Progress of Ballot Reform 1888-1889 — 8:20
17. 17 - Rendering Clouds and Water — 13:43
18. 18 - Sketch of James Jesse Strang — 34:24
19. 19 - Twenty Unsettled Miles in the Northeast Boundary — 46:52
20. 20 - A Wedding in the Island of Maarken — 4:43

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