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Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature
by Various
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)
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Total running time: 2:18:46
In addition to the readers, this audio
book was produced by:
Book Coordinator: Bellona Times
Dedicated Proof-Listener: Hazel Pethig
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Anna Simon
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- Body Painting of the Orinoco Indians by Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) – 00:10:54
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Read by Mark F. Smith - Etymology of the name Emu by James R. McClymont – 00:04:46
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Read by Chris Caron - Forecasting the Weather by Henry William Gibson – 00:09:54
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Read by Tricia G - Journey in Brazil, Entry December 31st 1865 by Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) – 00:14:25
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Read by Leni - July Grass, The by Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) – 00:10:22
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Read by Ruth Golding - Little Wolf of the Air, The by Charles GD Roberts (1860-1943) – 00:11:06
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Read by Bellona Times - Magnetism, Curious Facts In by Scientific American – 00:04:57
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Read by trviscelli - Modification of Our Climate by Joseph Wallace – 00:10:55
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Read by Michael Wolf - Onyx Caves, part 1, The - Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills chapter 13 by Luella Agnes Owen (1852-1932) – 00:07:56
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Read by Tricia G - Passenger Pigeon, The, from Our Vanishing Wild Life by William T. Hornaday (1854-1937) – 00:10:53
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Read by Bellona Times - Plants Protected by Insects by Anonymous – 00:05:00
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Read by Bellona Times - Strange Eclipse Customs by George F. Chambers (1841-1915) – 00:08:47
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Read by Tricia G - Wildflowers of the Farm - Chapter Three: Flowers on the Walls by Arthur Owens Cooke (1867-1930) – 00:14:32
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Read by Amy Benton - Winter Journal, Entry February 13, 1859 by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) – 00:05:39
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Read by Sue Anderson - Wit of a Duck, The by John Burroughs (1837-1921) – 00:08:40
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Read by Alan Davis Drake
Cataloged on January 17, 2010
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