Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 105: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 105, 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. 105 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. In May 1919, three U.S. Navy sea-planes made the first successful trans-Atlantic crossing to Europe. Lieutenant Walter Hinton was a pilot. His first hand account of this historic flight is one of 20 reader chosen selections in volume 105. Other exciting recountings include: My Toughest Trip, America's Cup Triumph, The Last Camping Match, and Up a Shot Tower. Several scientific topics are included in vol. 105: Remarkable Weather of 1911, The Scientific Presentation of History, Design of Airports, How Many Feathers Has a Bird?, Fruit Growing in the Far North, Flowering and Fruiting as Controlled by the Length of Day, Wild Flowers We Should Know, and Phantom Butterflies. An eclectic mix of subjects rounds out the volume: Surrealism in 1942, Nirvana, the Will of Thomas Paine, How a Young Man Should Study Poetry, Beer Good for Baseball Players, Of Persons One Would Wish to Have Seen, and U.S. Tariff Policy Overview. Summary by Sue Anderson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 105
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Combined MP3 track duration: 6:10:22

Catalogue topics

• Japan
• Eskimo
• buddhism
• beer
• butterfly
• temperance
• Plutarch
• surrealism

Track guide

1. 01 - America's Cup Triumph of 1851 as Told in News of Her Day — 27:04
2. 02 - Beer Good For Baseball Players (1909) — 7:46
3. 03 - The First Trans-Atlantic Flight (1919) — 24:58
4. 04 - Flowering and Fruiting of Plants as Controlled by the Length of Day (1920) — 46:37
5. 05 - Fruit Growing in the Far North — 2:39
6. 06 - How many feathers has a bird? — 4:06
7. 07 - How Shall We Design Our Airports? "Landing Fields" No Longer Suffice (1929) — 18:22
8. 08 - How a Young Man Should Study Poetry — 26:09
9. 09 - The Last Camping Match — 20:31
10. 10 - My Toughest Trip — 11:08
11. 11 - Nirvana — 10:11
12. 12 - Of Persons One Would Wish to Have Seen — 30:32
13. 13 - Phantom Butterflies — 4:08
14. 14 - Remarkable Weather of 1911 — 12:44
15. 15 - Scientific Presentation of History (1910) — 36:17
16. 16 - Surrealism in 1942, A Lecture by André Breton — 15:13
17. 17 - Up A Shot Tower (1891) — 20:18
18. 18 - U.S. Tariff Policy: Overview (2025) — 14:10
19. 19 - Wild Flowers We Know — 28:15
20. 20 - The Will of Thomas Paine — 9:16

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