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LibriVox Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001

A collection of ten short essays or other short nonfiction works in the public domain read by Librivox volunteers.

• LibriVox’s LibriVox Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001 Internet Archive page
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Total running time: 3:02:35

mp3 and ogg files

• An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment? by Immanuel Kant – 00:18:36
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 8.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 17.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 10.1MB]
  Read by: Leon Mire
• Deity and Design by Chapman Cohen – 00:27:07
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 13.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 26.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 14.9MB]
  Read by: Leon Mire
• Escape by Christopher Benson – 00:21:18
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 10.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 20.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 15.7MB]
  Read by: Bryan Ness
• The Future of Astronomy by Edward C. Pickering – 00:33:14
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 16.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 31.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 20.3MB]
  Read by: Meredith Hughes
• Hints Towards An Essay on Conversation by Jonathan Swift – 00:19:47
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 9.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 18.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 10.5MB]
  Read by: Anna Simon
• The Hypocrisy of Puritanism by Emma Goldman – 00:15:54
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 15.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 7.8MB]
  Read by: J. M. Smallheer
• On English Composition and Other Matters by Samuel Butler – 00:09:17
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 5.1MB]
  Read by: Bryan Ness
• The Somnambulists by Jack London – 00:15:21
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 14.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 7.8MB]
  Read by: Bryan Ness
• Taxation – Appendix / An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Lysander Spooner – 00:13:20
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 7.0MB]
  Read by: Robert Scott
• Why are All Men Gamblers? by Arthur Brisbane – 00:03:49
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis – 2.1MB]
  Read by: Bryan Ness

Cataloged on August 23, 2007