Coffee Break Collection 028 - Hobbies by VARIOUS ( - ) Genre(s): Anthologies Read by: Larry Wilson, Rita Boutros, William Allan Jones, Colleen McMahon, ashten999, BettyB, Michele Fry, Garth Burton, Lynne T, Nan Dodge, Patrick Wallace, Anita Sloma-Martinez in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Amateur Radio Handbook: Introduction by A. Frederick Collins 00:11:36 - 02 - excerpt from The Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New by Walter Crane 00:27:17 - 03 - Birdie by Elizabeth Brightwen 00:36:05 - 04 - A-Birding Among the New Jersey Pines by Creswell J. Hunt 00:42:00 - 05 - Casey At The Bat, by Earnest Lawrence Thayer 00:45:58 - 06 - The Choice of a Boat by A.J. Kenealy 00:54:33 - 07 - Collecting Playing Cards by Charles William Taussig 01:02:30 - 08 - Coursing the Prongbuck by Theodore Roosevelt 01:15:54 - 09 - Feeding Birds in Summer and Winter by Elizabeth Brightwen 01:24:10 - 10 - Flying Kites by Anonymous, from 'The Mastery of Air' 01:30:19 - 11 - The Gentle Art of Quilting by Clara B. Miller, article from Good Housekeeping magazine, August, 1896 01:35:52 - 12 - Home Dressmaking from Armour's Monthly Cook Book October 1913 edited by Mary Jane McClure 01:38:35 - 13 - Mrs. Washington's Eternal Knitting by Fanny Fern 01:43:03 - 14 - Old English Embroidery by Emily Leigh Lowes 01:50:08 - 15 - Poultry for Beginners by Eric Wood 02:03:41 - 16 - The Hobby Rider by Jerome K. Jerome 02:20:40 - 17 - The Romance of Stamp Collecting by Edward J. Nankivell 02:26:39 - 18 - Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Edward J. Nankivell (1848 - 1909) 02:31:57 - 19 - Tame Butterflies by Elizabeth Brightwen 02:38:14 - 20 - A Word about Golf by Charles William Taussig This is the 28th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes' duration or less, suitable for short commutes and coffee breaks. The subject for this collection is 'HOBBIES'... and the collection is full after 20 pieces have been submitted. More information: https://librivox.org/coffee-break-collection-028-hobbies-by-various/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Goddess of Atvatabar by William Richard BRADSHAW (1851 - 1927) Genre(s): Science Fiction Read by: Nigel Fisher in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 47 - The Council of War in Kioram 00:09:01 - 48 - The Report of Astronomer Starbottle 00:17:17 - 49 - Preparation for War 00:23:03 - 50 - I Visit Lyone in Calnogor 00:31:35 - 51 - The Death of Lyone 00:42:58 - 52 - The Battle of Calnogor 00:51:06 - 53 - Victory 00:57:55 - 54 - Reincarnation 01:07:35 - 55 - Lexington and Lyone Hailed King and Queen of Atvatabar 01:17:16 - 56 - Our Reception in Calnogor 01:30:54 - 57 - The Combined Ceremony of Marriage and Coronatio 01:38:15 - 58 - The Death of Bhoolmakar 01:45:11 - 59 - The History Concluded An accident during a polar expedition leads the crew of the Polar King to the discovery of an entire world within the earth. Within the interior realm lies a vast ocean with continents and civilisations unknown to the outside world. The societies within possess new technologies and magics unknown to the outside world and these are lovingly described in great detail by the author. The crew proceed to explore and in true Victorian fashion then conquer the new world. An extraordinary feat of imagination and inventiveness by this obscure author. - Summary by Nigel Fisher More information: https://librivox.org/the-goddess-of-atvatabar-by-william-richard-bradshaw/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)