Coffee Break Collection 001 - General Total running time: 2:51:14
by Various
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) stories suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Emphasis for this collection is Humor in various genres — fiction and non-fiction. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
Aspects of Game Captaincy by P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) – 00:04:19
Beyond Pandora by Robert J. Martin – 00:05:15
The Boar-Pig by Saki (1870–1916) – 00:10:53
Closing Number by Will M. Cressy (1863-1930) – 00:02:40
A Cosmopolite In A Cafe by O. Henry (1862-1910) – 00:14:51
English as She is Wrote – Chapter 2 By Advertisers and on Sign Boards by Anonymous – 00:06:44
English as She is Wrote – Chapter 3 For Epitaphs by Anonymous – 00:10:27
The Greedy Dog by Lida Brown McMurry (1853-1942) – 00:01:22
Hard Guy by H. B. Carleton (1908-1999) – 00:06:45
Journalism in Tennessee by Mark Twain (1835-1910) – 00:13:55
Life’s Eternal Query by Thomas L. Masson (1866-1934) – 00:02:00
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor by B.P. Shillaber (1814-1890) – 00:06:37
Selections from Mr. Punch Awheel edited by Sir J. A. Hammerton (1871-1949) – 00:06:58
My Watch by Mark Twain (1835–1910) – 00:07:23
The New Advertising by P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) – 00:03:01
Noting an Increase in Bigamy from Love Conquers All by Robert Benchley (1889-1945) – 00:04:43
Ode to my Clothes by William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911) – 00:02:59
On University Snobs by W. M. Thackeray (1811–1863) – 00:07:53
Poppa Needs Shorts by Walt (1922-1977) and Leigh (1911-1996) Richmond – 00:12:57
A Rash Assumption from Punch 9 Dec 1914 by Unknown – 00:04:53
Reginald In Russia by Saki (1870–1916) – 00:06:42
The Steam-Roller Man’s Story (1914) by Harry J. Rowland and George Hay – 00:04:35
The Two Doves by Lida Brown McMurry (1853-1942) – 00:04:52
Vaudeville Vs The Legitimate by Will M. Cressy (1863-1930) – 00:04:35
When Papa Swore in Hindustani by P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) – 00:13:55
Coffee Break Collection 002 – Multi-Faith Total running time: 0:54:34
by Various
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 Multi-Faith in various genres.(Summary by BellonaTimes).
Athanasian Creed by Athanasius of Alexandria – 00:05:06
The Chinese – Items by William Pond – 00:06:51
Conscience by Isabel C. Byrum – 00:03:44
How The Virtues Of Abstinence And Patience Rise In The Sensualityby Various – 00:07:05
Hymn VIII Sacrificial Post by Rig-Veda – 00:03:31
Navajo Liturgy by Unknown – 00:04:40
On the Day of Atonement by The Talmud: Treatise V Chapter VI – 00:06:08
Psalm XXIII by KJV – 00:01:26
Sadi Rebuked For His Fault-Finding by Muslih-ud-Din Mushrif ibn Abdullah – 00:02:21
Vendidad: Fargard II – Yima (gamshed), 1-2 by Zarathustra – 00:13:42
Coffee Break Collection 003 – Nature Total running time: 2:18:46
by Various
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)
Body Painting of the Orinoco Indians by Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) – 00:10:54
Etymology of the name Emu by James R. McClymont – 00:04:46
Forecasting the Weather by Henry William Gibson – 00:09:54
Journey in Brazil, Entry December 31st 1865 by Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) – 00:14:25
July Grass, The by Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) – 00:10:22
Little Wolf of the Air, The by Charles GD Roberts (1860-1943) – 00:11:06
Magnetism, Curious Facts In by Scientific American – 00:04:57
Modification of Our Climate by Joseph Wallace – 00:10:55
Onyx Caves, part 1, The - Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills chapter 13 by Luella Agnes Owen (1852-1932) – 00:07:56
Passenger Pigeon, The, from Our Vanishing Wild Life by William T. Hornaday (1854-1937) – 00:10:53
Plants Protected by Insects by Anonymous – 00:05:00
Strange Eclipse Customs by George F. Chambers (1841-1915) – 00:08:47
Wildflowers of the Farm - Chapter Three: Flowers on the Walls by Arthur Owens Cooke (1867-1930) – 00:14:32
Winter Journal, Entry February 13, 1859 by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) – 00:05:39
Wit of a Duck, The by John Burroughs (1837-1921) – 00:08:40
Coffee Break Collection 004 - Hodge Podge
by Various
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) fiction or non-fiction works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. The theme for this collection is HodgePodge: humor, romance, science, long poems, biography, inspirational -- you name it, as long as it's public domain and between 3 and 15 minutes long.(Summary by BellonaTimes)
The Rabbit and The Monkey by William Crooke – 00:07:39
The Undertaker's Chat by Mark Twain – 00:04:28
On Turning Into Forty, From Chimney-Pot Papers by Charles S. Brooks – 00:14:27
A Message From The Chief Scout by Ernest Thompson Seton – 00:08:00
A Horsey Name, by Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov – 00:09:45
The Feast of the Monkeys by John Philip Sousa – 00:04:01
Words of Wisdom by Bahá'u'lláh – 00:02:37
Moonbeams by Margery Verner Reed – 00:02:05
Zoos by H L Mencken – 00:08:05
Extraordinary Effects of an Earthquake by Various Authors – 00:05:54
Jazz Band Impressions by Ben Hecht – 00:07:59
Freda's Adopted Grave by L.M. Montgomery – 00:10:06
Falling in Love by Grant Allen – 00:03:39
The Detective by Georgia L. Oakes – 00:03:16
Selected Recipes from Things Mother Used to Make by Lydia Maria Gurney – 00:10:54
Coffee Break Collection 005 - Love and Relationships Total running time: 2:58:32
by Various
This is a collection of 20 short works (between 3 and 15 minutes long) that are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to hear a whole story and only have a few minutes to devote to listening. The theme for Collection 005 is "Love and Relationships", and may include romance, marriage, family relationships, friendships, working relationships, or even human-animal connections! [Summary by Rosie]
Angela, an Inverted Love Story by W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911) – 00:10:41
The Brouge by Saki (1870-1916) – 00:11:16
The Cactus by O. Henry (1862-1910) – 00:12:51
Captain Veneno's Proposal of Marriage by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza (1833-1891) – 00:08:39
The Cat's Elopement by David Brauns (?-?) – 00:08:02
The Fable Of Why Sweetie Flew The Track by George Ade (1866-1944) – 00:11:18
The Four Kinds of Love by Abas (1844-1921) – 00:06:37
A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) – 00:05:29
Haven't the Change by T.S. Arthur (1809-1885) – 00:06:54
Hearts and Hands by O. Henry (1862-1910) – 00:05:49
The Husband by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), translated byConstance Garnett (1861-1946) – 00:14:54
Indiscretion by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) – 00:10:00
Jimmy Hayes And Muriel by O. Henry (1862-1910) – 00:14:56
Letter V by Anonymous – 00:03:46
The Light On The Hills by Lucy Clifford, a.k.a. Mrs. W.K. Clifford(1846-1929) – 00:04:56
The Merchant And The Book-Agent by Anonymous – 00:03:43
The Omnibus by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) – 00:06:21
On Girls by Arnold Haultain (1857-1941) – 00:12:03
The Shirt Collar by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) – 00:06:23
The Wind Blows by Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) – 00:13:54
Coffee Break Collection 006 - Food and Drink Total running time: 2:49:53
by Various
This is the sixth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to hear a whole story and only have a few minutes to devote to listening. The theme for Collection 006 is "Food and Drink"! (Summary by Rosie)
Artistic Japan by Clarence Edgar Edwords – 00:07:12
The Wonderful Meal Of Vittles by George Ade – 00:05:12
Canapes by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer – 00:14:17
Twopenny Dinners by John Strange Winter – 00:12:28
Theodore Roosevelt An Autobiography [excerpt] by Theodore Roosevelt – 00:03:42
Filboid Studge, The Story of a Mouse that Helped by Saki – 00:07:09
Robinson Crusoe by Charles Edward Carryl – 00:02:46
Excerpt from Summer in a Garden by Charles Dudley Warner – 00:08:17
Witches' Loaves by O. Henry – 00:11:21
Foods That Will Win the War by C Houston Goudiss – 00:04:15
Food for Your Children by US Dept of Agriculture & US Food Administration – 00:06:08
The Eating-houses by George G. Foster – 00:14:45
Feeding the Mind by Lewis Carroll – 00:11:31
A Dissertation on Roast Pig by Charles Lamb – 00:08:06
The Mouse And The Christmas Cake by Anonymous – 00:03:50
The Women's Petition Against Coffee by Anonymous – 00:11:32
The Men's Answer to the Women's Petition Against Coffee by Anonymous (London, 1674) – 00:08:31
The Vertues of Chocolate / The Properties of Cavee by Anonymous advertising pamphlet (1660) – 00:02:54
The Magic BonBons by L. Frank Baum – 00:13:37
The Lumber Room by Saki – 00:12:20
1912 Short Works by various Total running time: 5:42:41
This is a collection of public domain works either published in 1912, or written in 1912 and published before 1923. The accent is on non-fiction but a few short stories are included. (Summary by Bellona Times)
Wild Plants Needing Protectionby Elizabeth G. Britton (1858-1934) – 00:19:49
Flying Machines of the Future from Practical Aeronautics by Charles Brian Hayward (1876-?) – 00:10:08
Woman Suffrage by Bertha Rembaugh (?-?), from ‘Birth of the New Party, or Progressive Democracy’ by George Henry Payne (1876-1945) – 00:12:35
Chapter 1 – Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) – 00:27:16
A Museum of Oriental Art by Lionel Gust (?-?), from The Burlington magazine, volume 20 – 00:11:07
An Analogy by Jane Addams (1860-1935) from A New Conscience and An Ancient Evil – 00:15:47
The Awakening of Spring by Sarah Barnwell Elliott (1848-1928), from The Drama magazine by the Drama League of America, 1912 – 00:07:52
The Birth of Tecumseh by Norman S. Gurd (1870-?) – 00:13:12
Appearance and Reality from The Problems of Philosophy byBertrand Russell (1872-1970) – 00:21:44
The Workers and The Church by Charles Summer (?-?), from The Busy man’s magazine, Volume 2-3 – 00:06:33
Chapter 1 of Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) – 00:47:52
Four Classes That Constitute A Menace from Anti-Suffrage: 10 Good Reasons by Grace Duffield Goodwin (?-?) – 00:07:24
A Quartet of Potters from All Manner of Folk by Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) – 00:16:24
Peace and War in the Balkans from Peace Theories and the Balkan War by Norman Angell (1872-1967) – 00:17:50
How To Mix The Mother Tongue by Anonymous, from The Siren, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – 00:08:55
A Woman’s Wrath by Isaac Lob Perez (1851-1915), translated by Helena Frank (?-?) from Yiddish Tales – 00:12:55
The Religious Difficulty Under Home Rule – The Noncomformist View by Rev. Samuel Prenter (?-?), from Against Home Rule (1912): The Case for the Union – 00:26:47
The Art of Denmark, An Epistolary Preface by Karl Madsen (1855-1938), director of the Royal Gallery, Copenhagen, from Exhibition of Contemporary Scandinavian Art – 10:10:10
A Railway Journey from The Day Before Yesterday, byRichard Middleton (1882-1911) – 00:10:10
The Sinking of the Titanic Seen From A Lifeboat from The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons, by Lawrence Beesley (1877-1967) – 00:38:11