Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083
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 (5 hr 39 min)
Chapters
Brendan | 3:31 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Bull Run | 10:23 | Read by Tatiana Chichilla |
Comanche of Custer's Command | 3:19 | Read by Dale Grothmann |
The Death of the Lusitania | 30:47 | Read by Availle |
Decline of Drama | 14:48 | Read by Penny Witt |
Eratosthenes (c.176-c.194 B.C.) | 3:58 | Read by Piotr Nater |
The Fantastic Imagination | 17:35 | Read by Devorah Allen |
Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt: Early Names of Pittsburgh Streets | 1:03:49 | Read by Tatiana Chichilla |
How Five Notable Women Were Educated | 17:23 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
Letter from Françoise d'Aubigné To Mme. de Fontaine April 20, 1713 | 3:56 | Read by Craig Campbell |
Light House Illumination - The Electric Light | 24:57 | Read by Michele Fry |
Looking Ahead For Democracy (1919) | 2:44 | Read by Dale Grothmann |
Murder at Sea | 51:24 | Read by KevinS |
The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy 1785, Excerpt | 46:14 | Read by Craig Campbell |
Read, And You Will Know | 2:39 | Read by Jacqueline Burrell Walton |
The Road to Success | 4:19 | Read by Jacqueline Burrell Walton |
Rural Free Delivery of Mail (1900) | 23:56 | Read by Mary in Arkansas |
Who Is Browning? | 3:38 | Read by Dale Grothmann |
Winter Talk (1859) | 5:54 | Read by Sue Anderson |
Young People and Life Insurance | 4:30 | Read by Jacqueline Burrell Walton |
Reviews
crazy cool and interesting
Bill Cosby
Unfortunately it is also raycyst due to the fact it depicts events and peoples existing before 1992. That is the year Bill Clinton freed Black people. If you don't mind listening to history and experiencing phalogocentric oppression firsthand, you might enjoy this. But if you do, you racist homophobe.