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Coffee Break Collection 022 – Days Gone By

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Essays & Short Works, Short Stories
Chapter: 15 | Listen:

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. [chương_files]

Outdoor Girls in Army Service

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 25 | Listen: 1

This 8th book in the “Outdoor Girls” series, find the girls and boys again at Pine Island, but under very much altered conditions. America had entered the great World War and all the boys but Will Ford have volunteered. Later the boys were called to Camp Liberty, some distance from Deepdale, and the girls conceived the plan of opening a Hostess House for the benefit of the relatives and friends of the boys. While still at Pine Island the girls and boys had come upon a suspicious looking man in the woods Upon finding himself discovered the man had made his escape but in his hurry had dropped a letter which the girls found to their disgust was written in code They decided that the man must have been a German spy. (Adapted from the next book in the series) [chương_files]

Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 25 | Listen:

In this 11th book in the “Outdoor Girls” series, the girls have some very exciting experiences. An old man, Professor Dempsey, by name, who had retired to a little log cabin in the woods to recover his health, had chanced to do the girls a very great favor. Of course the girls were grateful to him and were very much interested when he told them of his two sons who were in the war. Later, when the girls read of the death of his two sons in the paper, they went to the old man’s lonely cabin in the woods, but found themselves too late. According to a friendly neighbor, the old man had become temporarily insane at the terrible news, had wrecked his cabin in an insane frenzy, and disappeared. Later, at Wild Rose Lodge, the girls were frightened several times by a strange apparition lurking in the woods around the lodge and Moonlight Falls, a beautiful fall of water not far from the cottage where the girls were staying. The boys came home from France and helped the girls solve the mystery. (Summary from the next book) [chương_files]

Coffee Break Collection 024 – Ghosts, Ghouls and Spooky Things

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Essays & Short Works, Short Stories
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 3

This is the twenty-fourth 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 Ghosts, Ghouls and Spooky Things in honor of Halloween. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, prose, essays… all chill and perplex. [chương_files]

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 068

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Essays & Short Works, Non-fiction
Chapter: 20 | Listen:

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain. “The Regulation of Time” and “Uniform Standard Time” are two of several readings which touch on social regulation, societal norms, and individual expression. Others examine dancing mania (“Choreomania”); gender conformity (“A Mormon Strategy”); race laws (“Black Code of Illinois”); etiquette and social class (“Housekeeping at the White House (1903)”; “Opportunity” (a view by Ambrose Bierce); organized religion (“The Church in Liverpool in the Early 1800s”); oratory and persuasion (“Pliny to Cerealis” and “The Martians”); legal protection for original ideas (“Copyright for a banana costume”); and an exhortation to judge men by their deeds, not their names (“First Apology of Justin Martyr”). Music and books are celebrated in “Fidelio;” “The Function of a National Library;” “Books in the Wilderness;” and Oscar Wilde’s “To Read or Not to Read.” Natural science is represented by “Coral and Coral Reefs” and “Making a Rock Garden.” Finally, a fateful communique is examined in the “Zimmermann Telegram.” Summary by Sue Anderson Pliny to Cerealis: Letter XXIV was translated by William Melmoth [chương_files]

Airplane Boys among the Clouds

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 23 | Listen: 2

Elephant and Larry arrive at Sunrise Lake, looking for the Bird boys, Frank and Andy, who are trying out a new biplane. Many adventures await these young men in their airplane! [chương_files]

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 069

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 1

“It seemed as if a total dissolution of nature was taking place” is the way 15-year old Alexander Hamilton described living through a hurricane (“The West Indian Hurricane of 1772”). Other natural and man-made disasters chronicled in vol. 069 are “The Eruption of Mt. Asama of 1783,” “The Great Chicago Fire,” and “The Siege of Nicaea (1096-1097).” Society and social reform are treated from a variety of viewpoints: “Tatlings: Epigrams (1922),” “Wooed a ‘Marjorie Daw’ for 14 Years,” Petty Management” (Florence Nightingale), “The Public Schools of Today,” “What a Colored Man Should Do to Vote,” “Patriotism and Government” (Tolstoy), the “Prison Journal of Stephen F. Austin,” and Fichte’s “My Will is Mine.” Books and reading are given their due in “Women Writers of the 17th and 18th Centuries,” “The Art of Reading,” and Benchley’s humorous “The Most Popular Book of the Month.” The tenets of Calvinism are explained in a short essay. Oliver Goldsmith presents his novel theory about the origin of marine fossils found on dry land. Listeners are introduced to the exploits of San Francisco resident Joshua Norton, who proclaimed himself “Norton I, Emperor of the United States.” And, finally, an essay on “The Art of Packing” dating from the era of steamer trunks should bring a smile to today’s backpack and roller bag travelers. Summary by Sue Anderson [chương_files]

Essays on Prohibition

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 10 | Listen: 2

A collection of essays regarding the pros and cons of prohibition of alcoholic beverages, principally in the United States. – Summary by KevinS [chương_files]

Ranch Girls’ Pot of Gold

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 24 | Listen: 4

The girls have even more unusual experiences and adventures and are brought into closer contact with the real life of the West. It isn’t possible to tell exactly what the Ranch Girls will do in this second book, but it is safe to promise that it will be something even more original and full of delightful opportunity, than running a ranch. [chương_files]

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 067

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Essays & Short Works, Non-fiction
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 1

Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Two U.S. Presidents are remembered in “A Colored Man’s Reminiscences of James Madison” and Washington’s “Address to Congress on Resigning His Commission (1783).” Other topics in history and political theory include two of George W. Ball’s memos about the Vietnam War from 1965, “Irish Marriage Rites,” “Celts and Celtophiles,” Kropotkin on “Anarchism in Socialistic Evolution,” a tragedy at sea (“The Titanic”), and a look back at “The Passing of the Sailing Ship.” Religion and philosophy are represented with two selections from Kierkegaard’s “Preparation for a Christian Life” and a sermon by Spurgeon (“Glorious Predestination”). Biographies pay homage to the mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. How-to and guidance readings include farming advice from George Washington Carver (“Help for Hard Times”), “Teaching Mathematics with Paper Folding,” “Sexual Neuroses,” and “Elementary Lessons in Cookery.” “The Common Milkweed” celebrates one of summer’s roadside flowers. Finally Richard de Bury pens a tribute to books in a selection from the Philobiblon, written in 1345. Summary by Sue Anderson Selections from Kierkegaard were translated by Lee M. Hollander That the Treasure of Wisdom is Chiefly Contained in Books was translated by E.C. Thomas [chương_files]