Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 110: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 110, 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. 110 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Political history figured large in volume 110 of the Short Nonfiction Collection, with reader chosen topics ranging from the Scottish Declaration of Arboarth (1320), to the battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797), early exploration of the North Pacific ocean, Thomas Jefferson's last testament, and Abraham Lincoln's character and legacy. Other readers chose scientific topics: repeating cycles in British climate, ink blot personality testing, animal suicide, cholera transmission, and theories about sleep. Summary by Sue Anderson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 110
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 3:04:02

Catalogue topics

• Peter the Great
• Siberia
• lincoln
• bering
• godoy
• st. vincent
• french directory
• vizcaíno

Track guide

1. 01 - Abraham Lincoln: 100th Anniversary of His Birth; Address by President Roosevelt (1909) — 10:07
2. 02 - Abraham Lincoln: A Man of Simple Habits (1901) — 2:31
3. 03 - Abraham Lincoln: Autobiographical Sketch (1859) — 4:58
4. 04 - Abraham Lincoln: Five Star Mother (1864) — 2:00
5. 05 - Broke His Back: Sad Accident to an Inmate of the Soldiers' Home (1893) — 4:31
6. 06 - A Cycle of 18 Years in the Seasons of Britain (1842) — 30:13
7. 07 - The Declaration of Arbroath (1320) — 9:01
8. 08 - Defeat of Cape St. Vincent, Memorial of the French to the Spanish, (1797) — 4:51
9. 09 - Defeat of Cape St. Vincent, Spanish Answer to the French (1797) — 7:03
10. 10 - Geographical Knowledge of the North Pacific Ocean at the Beginning of the 18th Century (1922) — 10:22
11. 11 - On the Mode of Communication of Cholera (1849) — 47:08
12. 12 - Sleep and the Theories of Its Cause (1898) — 17:02
13. 13 - A Study of Imaginations (1898) — 14:29
14. 14 - Suicide of Animals (1885) — 9:49
15. 15 - Thomas Jefferson's Will (1826) — 9:57

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