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ID: 207983

Title: Repairman

Author: Harry Harrison

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:35:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-11

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

This is a collection of 3 of Harry Harrison marvelous early stories that were published in Galaxy, Analog and Fantastic Universe. The Repairman (1958) is a straight fun SF story of a man getting a job done. It is most typical of his later style in series like the Stainless Steel Rat; Toy Shop (1962), a short piece exploring bureaucratic blindness and one ingenious way around it and The Velvet Glove (1956), my favorite for its writing style, fun perspective, sly social commentary on the scene in 1956 and just plain delightful imagination. And he manages to pack excitement and mystery in at the same time.

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ID: 779872

Title: De Wetenschappelijke Revolutie: Hoorcollege over Grote Denkers En Thema's Uit De Wetenschapsgeschiedenis

Author: Floris Cohen

Narrator: Floris Cohen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:45:34

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-11

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Non-Fiction, Education

Summary:

In de 17de eeuw vond de Wetenschappelijke Revolutie plaats die aan de basis ligt van onze moderne natuurwetenschap. Centraal in deze collegereeks staan zes revolutionaire transformaties door pioniers als Galilei, Kepler, Descartes, Bacon, Huygens en Newton. Met aandacht voor de echte en de schijnontdekkingen, de grote en de minder grote denkers, de klassieke en de 17de eeuwse bronnen en de verwevenheid van het nieuwe met het oude.

Floris Cohen sluit zijn colleges af met drie overkoepelende themas. de wereldbeschouwelijke consequenties van de Wetenschappelijke Revolutie, de opkomst van nieuwe wetenschappelijke methoden en hoe de Revolutie de wereld veroverde.

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College 1. Wiskundige wetenschap. van abstract naar realistisch

Hoofdstuk 1. Een voorgeschiedenis in Alexandrië

Hoofdstuk 2. Kepler

Hoofdstuk 3. Galilei

College 2. Een filosofie van deeltjes in beweging

Hoofdstuk 4. Een voorgeschiedenis in Athene

Hoofdstuk 5. Beeckman

Hoofdstuk 6. Descartes

College 3. Van ongedwongen waarneming naar opsporend experiment

Hoofdstuk 7. Een voorgeschiedenis in Europas praktijkgericht empirisme

Hoofdstuk 8. Bacon

Hoofdstuk 9. Gilbert, Harvey, Van Helmont

College 4. Barrières gesloopt

Hoofdstuk 10. Voortgezette vernieuwing

Hoofdstuk 11. Huygens

Hoofdstuk 12. Boyle en Hooke

College 5. De grote synthese

Hoofdstuk 13. De jonge Newton

Hoofdstuk 14. Principia

Hoofdstuk 15. Opticks

College 6. Wereldbeschouwelijke consequenties van de revolutie

Hoofdstuk 16. Galilei in conflict

Hoofdstuk 17. Van conflict tot crisis

Hoofdstuk 18. De crisis overwonnen

College 7. Wetenschappelijke methoden: procedures, toetsing, geldigheid

Hoofdstuk 19. Tussen dogma en scepsis

Hoofdstuk 20. Nieuwe onderzoeksmethoden

Hoofdstuk 21. Terugkoppeling

College 8. Natuuronderzoek in 1600 en in 1700. een revolutie die de wereld veroverde

Hoofdstuk 22. Een echte revolutie

Hoofdstuk 23. De verwetenschappelijking van het ambacht

Hoofdstuk 24. Natuurwetenschap verovert de wereld. terugblik en vooruitblik

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ID: 208436

Title: Grey Woman

Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Narrator: Jane Greensmith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:13:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-11

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

A "Bluebeard" story in which a young woman marries a man whom she discovers has killed his previous wives and is trying to kill her as well. (Summary by Jane Greensmith)

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ID: 208647

Title: De Profundis

Author: Oscar Wilde

Narrator: Aaron Elliott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:51:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-11

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Biography & Memoir, History & Culture

Summary:

This short work of Wilde's was written during his two year incarceration for "gross indecency". This work is a letter which sorts out his life, and his love toward Lord Alfred Douglas. Wilde wrote this as a farewell letter to Douglas. (summary by Aaron Elliott)

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ID: 208619

Title: In the Closed Room

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Narrator: Linda Andrus

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:16:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-11

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories

Summary:

This is a short story about a shy, quiet little girl living in a big city. When her parents are offered the opportunity to take care of a house in the suburbs for the summer she meets another little girl in the house and they become playmates. (Introduction by Linda Andrus)

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ID: 207982

Title: Arm of the Law

Author: Harry Harrison

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:42:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-11

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

A quiet backwater outpost on Mars gets a surprise in the form of a new police recruit - in a box! Yep, it's a prototype robot cop sent to the backwater station for testing. And Harrison tells the strange, funny and scary things that begin to happen after that, as only he can.

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ID: 203063

Title: Poems of William Blake

Author: William Blake

Narrator: Sam Stinson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:56:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-11

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:

Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul are two books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. Although Songs of Innocence was first published by itself in 1789, it is believed that Songs of Experience has always been published in conjunction with Innocence since its completion in 1794.

Songs of Innocence mainly consists of poems describing the innocence and joy of the natural world, advocating free love and a closer relationship with God, and most famously including Blakes poem The Lamb. Its poems have a generally light, upbeat and pastoral feel and are typically written from the perspective of children or written about them.

Directly contrasting this, Songs of Experience instead deals with the loss of innocence after exposure to the material world and all of its mortal sin during adult life, including works such as The Tyger. Poems here are darker, concentrating on more political and serious themes. Throughout both books, many poems fall into pairs, so that a similar situation or theme can be seen in both Innocence and Experience. Many of the poems appearing in Songs of Innocence have a counterpart in Songs of Experience with opposing perspectives of the world. The disastrous end of the French Revolution caused Blake to lose faith in the goodness of mankind, explaining much of the volumes sense of despair. Blake also believed that children lost their innocence through exploitation and from a religious community which put dogma before mercy. He did not, however, believe that children should be kept from becoming experienced entirely. In truth, he believed that children should indeed become experienced but through their own discoveries, which is reflected in a number of these poems. Blake believed that innocence and experience were the two contrary states of the human soul, and that true innocence was impossible without experience.

The Book of Thel is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably worked on in the period 1788 to 1790. It is illustrated by his own plates, and is relatively short and easy to understand, compared to his later prophetic books. The metre is a fourteen-syllable line. It was preceded by Tiriel, which Blake left in manuscript. A few lines from Tiriel were incorporated into The Book of Thel. This book consists of eight plates executed in illuminated printing. 15 copies of original print of 1789-1793 are known. Two copies have watermark of 1815, which are more elaborately colored than the others.

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ID: 206825

Title: Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrator: Roger Melin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:24:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-11

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories

Summary:

A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the common theme of which is New Hampshire's White Mountains. Consists of: The Great Stone Face, written in 1850 and revolves around the 'Old Man of the Mountain (Cannon Mtn.) in New Hampshire which sadly collapsed on May 3, 2003; The Ambitious Guest, written in 1835; The Great Carbuncle, written in 1837; and Sketches From Memory, written sometime prior to The Great Carbuncle as will become obvious. (Summary by Roger Melin)

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ID: 208375

Title: Evangeline

Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Narrator: Leonard Wilson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:03:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-11

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:

Evangeline is one of Longfellows most popular poems and was once a great favorite with the American people. For many years almost every school child studied this poem during the middle school years. Although the decline of the reputation of the once-idolized poet has also brought neglect to this classic, it is still a very touching and expertly written work of art. It is based upon the tragic expulsion of the French settlers from Acadia (located in the Canadian maritime provinces) during the French & Indian War (1754-1763). Many Acadians died as a result of their exile, and many families were separated, including the heroine of this poem and her betrothed. Although she is a fictional character, statues of her and other memorials exist in Nova Scotia and other places now inhabited by descendants of the Acadians, later frequently known as Cajuns. (Introduction by Leonard Wilson)

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ID: 200988

Title: Typee

Author: Herman Melville

Narrator: Michael Scherer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:45:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-11

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure

Summary:

Typee is Herman Melville's first book, recounting his experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands in 1842, and becoming a captive of a cannibal island tribe. It was an immediate success in America and England, and was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime. It was not until the end of the 1930's that it was surpassed in popularity by Moby Dick, more than thirty years after his death. The story provoked harsh criticism for its condemnation of missionary efforts in the Pacific Islands. Many sought to discredit the book, claiming that it was a work of fiction, but this criticism ended when the events it described were corroborated by Melville's fellow castaway, Richard T. Greene, who appears in the story as the character Toby (Summary by Michael)

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