Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature

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) (2 hr 18 min)

Chapters

Body Painting of the Orinoco Indians	10:54	Read by Mark F. Smith
Etymology of the name Emu	4:46	Read by Chris Caron
Forecasting the Weather	9:54	Read by TriciaG
Journey in Brazil, Entry December 31st 1865	14:25	Read by Leni
The July Grass	10:22	Read by Ruth Golding
The Little Wolf of the Air	11:06	Read by Bellona Times
Curious Facts in Magnetism	4:57	Read by trviscelli
Modification of Our Climate	10:55	Read by Michael Wolf
The Onyx Caves, part 1 - Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills chapter 13	7:56	Read by TriciaG
The Passenger Pigeon - from Our Vanishing Wild Life	10:53	Read by Bellona Times
Plants Protected by Insects	5:00	Read by Bellona Times
Strange Eclipse Customs	8:47	Read by TriciaG
Wildflowers of the Farm - Chapter Three: Flowers on the Walls	14:32	Read by Amy Benton
Winter Journal, Entry February 13, 1859	5:39	Read by Sue Anderson
The Wit of a Duck	8:40	Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)

Reviews

Nice little breaks indeed

(5 stars)

Jocelyn1180

Some funny, some fascinating, all good. I want to search if there are other Coffee Break selections here.

Very enlightening book.

(4 stars)

Karen Bromberg

Enjoyed the book. However, I wish there was only one reader.

Librivox Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature