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The Human Machine
by Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
Bennett asks us to consider our brains as the most wonderful machine, a machine which is the only thing in this world that we can control. As he writes: "I am simply bent on calling your attention to a fact which has perhaps wholly or partially escaped you -- namely, that you are the most fascinating bit of machinery that ever was."
As ever, his prose is honeyed, his thoughts inspired, and his advice as relevant today as when it was written. (Introduction by Ruth Golding)
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Total running time: 2:48:29
Read by Ruth Golding
In addition to the reader, this audio book was produced by:
Dedicated Proof-Listener: Brenda Price
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Ruth Golding
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- 01 Taking Oneself for Granted – 00:12:31
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[ogg vorbis - 6.8MB] - 02 Amateurs in the Art of Living – 00:10:02
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[ogg vorbis - 5.5MB] - 03 The Brain as a Gentleman-at-Large – 00:10:32
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[ogg vorbis - 5.8MB] - 04 The First Practical Step – 00:10:03
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[ogg vorbis - 5.5MB] - 05 Habit-forming by Concentration – 00:10:40
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[ogg vorbis - 5.9MB] - 06 Lord over the Noddle – 00:10:05
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[ogg vorbis - 5.5MB] - 07 What 'Living' Chiefly Is – 00:11:01
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[ogg vorbis - 6.0MB] - 08 The Daily Friction – 00:10:54
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[ogg vorbis - 5.9MB] - 09 'Fire!' – 00:10:42
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[ogg vorbis - 5.8MB] - 10 Mischievously Overworking It – 00:10:14
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[ogg vorbis - 5.6MB] - 11 An Interlude – 00:10:59
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[ogg vorbis - 6.0MB] - 12 An Interest in Life – 00:09:18
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[ogg vorbis - 5.1MB] - 13 Success and Failure – 00:09:12
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[ogg vorbis - 5.0MB] - 14 A Man and His Environment – 00:10:33
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[ogg vorbis - 5.8MB] - 15 L. S. D. – 00:11:18
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[ogg vorbis - 6.3MB] - 16 Reason! Reason! – 00:10:25
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Cataloged on September 23, 2012
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