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Coffee Break Collection 022 - Days Gone By

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This is the twenty-second Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or less in duration -- perfect to listen to during commutes, workouts or coffee breaks. The topic for this collection is Days Gone By. All pieces were of a historical nature at the time written (i.e. not enough that they are historical now!). Ancient Rome, Greece or Egypt, medieval Europe, the early days of the American colonies. (1 hr 42 min)

Chapters

The Birth Time of the Gods Chapter 1 of Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of…

10:41

Read by Availle

The Sad Story of a Boy King by George Cary Eggleston

8:12

Read by Garth Burton

A Day at Strawberry Hill by Austin Dobson

11:43

Read by Colleen McMahon

The Earliest Egyptian Remains by Charles Francis Horne

4:31

Read by BettyB

The First Americans by Cotton Mather

2:38

Read by Craig Campbell

The First Saxon Settlement by Walter Besant

5:08

Read by Colleen McMahon

The First Thanksgiving by Cotton Mather

2:29

Read by Craig Campbell

The Foundation of Rome by John Frost

5:15

Read by BettyB

Fourteenth Century Prayers by Various

3:52

Read by ChadH94

Intellectual Life by William B. Forwood

4:08

Read by ChadH94

Marrying a God by Saxo Grammaticus

4:32

Read by Craig Campbell

Old Salem Shops by Eleanor Putnam

17:37

Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez

The Poem in the Tomb of Antuf by Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge

4:55

Read by ChadH94

The Wandering Nations, (Chapter 2 of A Short History of Wales) by Owen M. Edwar…

7:00

Read by Michele Fry

Chapter 1 - The Wild West from The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Ketcham

10:17

Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez