Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 103: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 103, 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. 103 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers "When money gives out, sense ensues." This pithy saying is from Yugoslav Proverbs, one of the twenty reader-chosen selections in volume 103. This collection ranges from the IRS budget, to the Fire Alarm Telegraph, to Curing Herring. Current events are discussed in Baltimore Bridge Collapse; ATT Network Outage of 2024; and Cuba: U.S. Policy Overview. Supreme Court judgments figure in Tomatoes, Fruit or Vegetable? Talent and training receive attention in Civil Service Tests of Policemen and Firemen; Measurement of Musical Talent; Unknowns in Mathematics; and Common Sense in Chess. Social action receives due in Lincoln's Lost Speech; Federation of the World; Guide to Epping Forest; and the Meaning of Masonry. A tribute to London leads to the arts: Ibsen's play Ghosts; Outdoor Sketching; and Life of the Painter John Opie. Summary by Sue Anderson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 103
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 7:24:18

Catalogue topics

• slavery
• London
• opie
• music
• police
• Cuba
• lincoln
• masonry

Track guide

1. 01 - The American Fire-Alarm Telegraph (1855) — 28:33
2. 02 - AT&T Network Outage of February 22, 2024: Impact on Public Safety Services — 13:45
3. 03 - Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Frequently Asked Questions (March, 2024) — 13:10
4. 04 - Common Sense in Chess (extract) — 3:59
5. 05 - Cuba: U.S. Policy Overview (April, 2024) — 15:56
6. 06 - Federation of the World (1910) — 10:26
7. 07 - A Few Classic Unknowns in Mathematics — 16:05
8. 08 - Fruit or Vegetable? Supreme Court Rules on Tomatoes (1893) — 4:44
9. 09 - Ghosts, a Message from the Illuminati (1906) — 21:19
10. 10 - Guide To Epping Forest (1896) — 24:02
11. 11 - Herring Curing (1883) — 16:12
12. 12 - Internal Revenue Service Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2024 — 15:42
13. 13 - Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856 — 50:01
14. 14 - London (1914) — 11:58
15. 15 - The Meaning of Masonry — 39:40
16. 16 - The Measurement of Musical Talent (1915) — 44:34
17. 17 - Outdoor Sketching (Excerpt), 1914 — 26:19
18. 18 - Sketch of the Life of John Opie, A.R. — 16:16
19. 19 - A Trial of Mental and Pedagogical Tests in a Civil Service Examination for Policemen and Firemen (1917) — 31:11
20. 20 - Yugoslav Proverbs — 40:26

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