Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085
Various
Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers
"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on fame, a quote from the preface to his autobiography A Personal Record (1912). Other lives chosen by readers to examine in vol. 085 include the Borgias; the Cynocephali; Hermann von Helmholtz; Edgar Allan Poe; John Burroughs; a pre-Revolutionary War magnate named Browne, who built a mansion on the ridge of a hill; women as a social class; and an 1821 rabies victim named Thomas, who exhibited hydrophobia. Political history receives scrutiny in Some Materials and a Possibility; The House Famine; Cracow; The Dutch East India Company; and Across Africa by Air and Rail. The art of Japanning illuminates an ancient craft. Literature, by Irvin Cobb, is welcome humor. And for hungry souls, there are recipes for ice cream and for Army chow! Summary by Sue Anderson. (6 hr 17 min)
Kapitel
| Across Africa by Air and Rail (1923) | 12:38 | Gelesen von BettyB |
| The Borgias | 4:35 | Gelesen von Dale Grothmann |
| John Burroughs' Memories of His Boyhood | 1:13:16 | Gelesen von Sue Anderson |
| Browne's Folly | 7:10 | Gelesen von Veronica Maresh Mead |
| Cracow (Pol. Kraków) | 10:09 | Gelesen von Piotr Nater |
| The Cynocephali (From The Library of Photius) | 6:01 | Gelesen von Craig Campbell |
| Dutch East India Company | 9:47 | Gelesen von Piotr Nater |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Part 1, An Appreciation | 20:15 | Gelesen von George Emerson |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Part 2, Life | 25:25 | Gelesen von George Emerson |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Part 3, Death | 23:38 | Gelesen von George Emerson |
| A Familiar Preface | 22:25 | Gelesen von Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022) |
| Hermann Von Helmholtz, an Autobiographical Sketch | 39:37 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
| The House Famine | 2:55 | Gelesen von Dale Grothmann |
| Hydrophobia | 2:24 | Gelesen von Mary in Arkansas |
| Ice Cream and Ices | 14:22 | Gelesen von BettyB |
| Japanning | 3:20 | Gelesen von Availle |
| Literature | 24:02 | Gelesen von Mary in Arkansas |
| Of Women | 5:07 | Gelesen von Craig Campbell |
| Recipes Used in the Cooking Schools, U. S. Army | 49:47 | Gelesen von James R. Hedrick |
| Some Materials and a Possibility | 20:38 | Gelesen von Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022) |