Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083, 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. 083 by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers “Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” According to children's book author James Baldwin (1841-1925), book reading was the key to success in life (Read and You Shall Know). Several vol. 083 selections tackle the thorny questions of how to foster open-mindedness, creativity, and compassion in the child and adult: (The Road to Success; Young People and Insurance; William Paley on Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy; Letter from Françoise d'Aubigné; Looking Ahead for Democracy (1919): How Five Notable Women Were Educated; Winter Talk; and the Fantastic Imagination). Even Rural Free Mail delivery, new in 1900, is seen as effecting a “social revolution.” Invention and science are celebrated in Eratosthenes; Who is Browning?; and Light House Illumination. Heroism in wartime is honored in The Death of the Lusitania and Murder at Sea; while the evils of warfare are made plain in Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt; Bull Run; and Comanche of Custer’s Command. Rounding off the collection are the Decline of Drama; and Brendan, the search for a mythical island. Summary by Sue Anderson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 5:39:44

Catalogue topics

• WWI
• education
• lighthouse
• browning
• insurance
• lusitania
• fort duquesne
• fort pitt

Track guide

1. 01 - Brendan — 3:31
2. 02 - Bull Run — 10:23
3. 03 - Comanche of Custer's Command — 3:19
4. 04 - The Death of the Lusitania — 30:47
5. 05 - Decline of Drama — 14:48
6. 06 - Eratosthenes (c.176-c.194 B.C.) — 3:58
7. 07 - The Fantastic Imagination — 17:35
8. 08 - Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt: Early Names of Pittsburgh Streets — 1:03:50
9. 09 - How Five Notable Women Were Educated — 17:23
10. 10 - Letter from Françoise d'Aubigné To Mme. de Fontaine April 20, 1713 — 3:56
11. 11 - Light House Illumination - The Electric Light — 24:57
12. 12 - Looking Ahead For Democracy (1919) — 2:44
13. 13 - Murder at Sea — 51:24
14. 14 - The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy 1785, Excerpt — 46:14
15. 15 - Read, And You Will Know — 2:39
16. 16 - The Road to Success — 4:19
17. 17 - Rural Free Delivery of Mail (1900) — 23:56
18. 18 - Who Is Browning? — 3:38
19. 19 - Winter Talk (1859) — 5:54
20. 20 - Young People and Life Insurance — 4:30

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