Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 081: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 081, 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. 081 by Various. Read in English by altrin; InTheDesert; BettyB; PS Ahdi; Tatiana Chichilla; Sue Anderson; Scott McKinley; Piotr Nater; David Wales; Ryan Lohner; Nick Vlahakis; Jay Randolph; J. M. Smallheer; Amy Dunkleberger "There has always been a tendency on the part of men of brains to look with contempt on women's work in the arts." Screenwriter and novelist Anita Loos' acerbic opinion is part of "Women in Film Speak Their Minds (1925).” Ida Tarbell's "Women as Inventors" showcases female accomplishment. Vol. 081 contains commentary on a variety of human concerns: fame (The Approaching Epidemic); scandal (The Reynolds Pamphlet); religion (Infant Baptism; Christianity and Culture; John Huss; Hussites); education (Flourishing Mediocrity); entrepreneurship (The Telephone: Building the Business and Patent Disputes); patriotism (Our Union and Its Defenders); and books (Melville's Whale; Old-Time Librarians). Technical ingenuity is highlighted in "Pompeian Surgical Instruments" and "Submarines." Local history is the subject of "The French and British at Three Rivers." Two readings about seagulls focus on the natural world. Finally, "Coffee, Tea & Cocoa Recipes" brings quiet comfort to the weary. Summary by Sue Anderson Women in Film Speak Their Minds (1925) is a compilation of remarks on "the feminine mind in picture making" by nine 1920's female screenwriters, script builders, and title writers: Mary Pickford, Jane Murfin, Marion Fairfax, Anita Loos, Clara Beranger, Josephine Lovett Robertson, Eve Unsell, June Mathis, and Leah Baird.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 081
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 8:51:15

Catalogue topics

• civil war
• film
• Copyright
• inventor
• whale
• telephone
• bohemia
• Baptism

Track guide

1. 01 - The Approaching Epidemic — 4:25
2. 02 - Christianity and Culture — 27:59
3. 03 - Coffee, Tea & Cocoa Recipes — 10:38
4. 04 - The Curse of Education: Flourishing Mediocrity — 10:39
5. 05 - The French and British at Three Rivers — 15:36
6. 06 - Gulls, Human Wildlife Conflicts & Overview of the Species — 17:58
7. 07 - Herman Melville's Whale — 15:02
8. 08 - Hussites — 18:59
9. 09 - Hussites: John Huss, Bohemian Reformer and Martyr — 22:15
10. 10 - Of Infant Baptism and Dipping — 21:45
11. 11 - Our Union And Its Defenders: An Oration, July 4th, 1862, Burlington, New Jersey — 45:41
12. 12 - Pompeian Surgery and Surgical Instruments — 38:32
13. 13 - The Reynolds Pamphlet — 53:17
14. 14 - The Seagull, from Birds in the Calendar, August — 11:57
15. 15 - Some Old-Time Old-World Librarians (1914) — 44:06
16. 16 - Submarines in War and Peace — 36:19
17. 17 - The Telephone: Building the Business — 43:09
18. 18 - The Telephone: Patent Disputes — 38:18
19. 19 - Women as Inventors — 21:56
20. 20 - Women in Film Speak Their Minds (1925) — 32:44

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