The Book of Life: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 36 original MP3 tracks, 18:49:57 running time and a link to listen.
The Book of Life, credited to Upton Sinclair, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair. Read by Rom Maczka. Faith and reason, love and virtue, morality and mortality! In these two short volumes the famous novelist, essayist, and playwright, Upton Sinclair, confided his most prized worldly wisdom for generations to come. His kind and witty personal advice both provokes and enlightens page by page. (Summary by Rom Maczka)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Book of Life
- Author credits: Upton Sinclair
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 36
- Listed recording duration: 18:49:57
Catalogue topics
- Advice
- essay/short nonfiction
- instruction
- philosophy
- psychology
- religion
Opening tracks: first 24 of 36
- 00 - Introductory — 11:57
- 01 - Nature of Life & Nature of Faith — 23:44
- 02 - Use of Reason & Origin of Morality — 23:56
- 03 - Nature and Man & Man the Rebel — 30:01
- 04 - Making Our Morals & Virtues of Moderation — 29:51
- 05 - The Choosing of Life & Myself and My Neighbor — 31:33
- 06 - The Mind and the Body & The Mind of the Body — 40:56
- 07 - Exploring the Subconscious & The Problem of Immortality — 40:32
- 08 - The Evidence for Survival — 28:47
- 09 - The Powers of the Mind & The Conduct of the Mind — 33:54
- 10 - The Unity of the Body — 27:13
- 11 - Experiments in Diet — 21:28
- 12 - Errors in Diet — 32:40
- 13 - Diet Standards — 31:19
- 14 - Foods and Poisons — 29:26
- 15 - More About Health & Work and Play — 35:07
- 16 - The Fasting Cure & Breaking the Fast — 33:03
- 17 - Diseases and Cures — 44:47
- 18 - The Reality of Marriage & The Development of Marriage — 32:33
- 19 - Sex and Young America & Sex and the Smart Set — 37:59
- 20 - Sex & the Poor, Sex & Nature, and Love & Economics — 29:49
- 21 - Marriage & Money, Love Versus Lust, Celibacy Versus Chastity — 40:19
- 22 - The Defense of Love, Birth Control — 32:46
- 23 - Early Marriage, The Marriage Club, Education for Marriage — 32:57
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