The Librivox Coffee Break Collections are themed anthologies, selected and read by Librivox readers. Each short piece is fifteen minutes long, or less -- perfect for coffee breaks, commutes and work outs. Essays, prose, fiction, non-fiction, poetry -- who knows what gems will be uncovered? In this collection, we explore old age -- grandparents, retirement, wisdom, decline. It is an opportunity to reflect on mortality and depth of experience. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Latest episodes
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8 min
Stimulants, Narcotics and Old Age 1883 by George Miller Beard
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3 min
The Raft-Builders by Lord Dunsany
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8 min
Onset of Old Age from Some Medical Aspects of Old Age by Sir Humphrey Rolleston
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3 min
Old Timers by Carl Sandburg
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2 min
The Old Lovers by Kenneth Rand
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10 min
Our Oldest Two Inhabitants by Josh Billings
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14 min
The Olde, Olde, Very Olde Man by Ralph Bergengren
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3 min
Old Age Insurance in Russia by Abraham Epstein
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8 min
Old Age Insurance in Germany by Abraham Epstein
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4 min
Old Age, author unknown
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5 min
Of Youth and Age by Francis Bacon
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7 min
To Madame Brilliant: The Ephemera an Emblem of Human Life by Benjamin Franklin
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4 min
How to be Seventy by Mark Twain
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4 min
Growing Old Gracefully by Robert Ingersoll
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14 min
The Decline of the Drama by Stephen Leacock
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11 min
Autumn Leaves Ch 16 by Anne Wales Abbott