Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature
Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. The theme for this collection is Nature in various genres -- fiction and non-fiction. Botany, geology, biology, astronomy; flowers, (meteor) showers, bugs, slugs, frogs, dogs, cats, bats -- you name it, as long as it's public domain and between 3 and 15 minutes long.(Summary by BellonaTimes) (2 hr 18 min)
Chapters
Body Painting of the Orinoco Indians | 10:54 | Read by Mark F. Smith |
Etymology of the name Emu | 4:46 | Read by Chris Caron |
Forecasting the Weather | 9:54 | Read by TriciaG |
Journey in Brazil, Entry December 31st 1865 | 14:25 | Read by Leni |
The July Grass | 10:22 | Read by Ruth Golding |
The Little Wolf of the Air | 11:06 | Read by Bellona Times |
Curious Facts in Magnetism | 4:57 | Read by trviscelli |
Modification of Our Climate | 10:55 | Read by Michael Wolf |
The Onyx Caves, part 1 - Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills chapter 13 | 7:56 | Read by TriciaG |
The Passenger Pigeon - from Our Vanishing Wild Life | 10:53 | Read by Bellona Times |
Plants Protected by Insects | 5:00 | Read by Bellona Times |
Strange Eclipse Customs | 8:47 | Read by TriciaG |
Wildflowers of the Farm - Chapter Three: Flowers on the Walls | 14:32 | Read by Amy Benton |
Winter Journal, Entry February 13, 1859 | 5:39 | Read by Sue Anderson |
The Wit of a Duck | 8:40 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
Reviews
Nice little breaks indeed
Jocelyn1180
Some funny, some fascinating, all good. I want to search if there are other Coffee Break selections here.
Very enlightening book.
Karen Bromberg
Enjoyed the book. However, I wish there was only one reader.
Librivox Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature
BenjaminS.T.
I give the four stars.