Book of Life
Upton Sinclair
Play
Length 18 h 50 min
Chapters 35
First published 1922
Faith and reason, love and virtue, morality and mortality! In these two short volumes the famous novelist, essayist, and playwright, Upton Sinclair, confided his most prized worldly wisdom for generations to come. His kind and witty personal advice both provokes and enlightens page by page. (Summary by Rom Maczka)
Chapters
1
00 - Introductory Read by Rom Maczka 11:56
2
02 - Use of Reason & Origin of Morality Read by Rom Maczka 23:56
3
03 - Nature and Man & Man the Rebel Read by Rom Maczka 30:01
4
04 - Making Our Morals & Virtues of Moderation Read by Rom Maczka 29:51
5
05 - The Choosing of Life & Myself and My Neighbor Read by Rom Maczka 31:33
6
06 - The Mind and the Body & The Mind of the Body Read by Rom Maczka 40:55
7
07 - Exploring the Subconscious & The Problem of Immortality Read by Rom Maczka 40:32
8
08 - The Evidence for Survival Read by Rom Maczka 28:47
9
09 - The Powers of the Mind & The Conduct of the Mind Read by Rom Maczka 33:54
10
10 - The Unity of the Body Read by Rom Maczka 27:12
11
11 - Experiments in Diet Read by Rom Maczka 21:28
12
12 - Errors in Diet Read by Rom Maczka 32:39
13
13 - Diet Standards Read by Rom Maczka 31:18
14
14 - Foods and Poisons Read by Rom Maczka 29:25
15
15 - More About Health & Work and Play Read by Rom Maczka 35:07
16
16 - The Fasting Cure & Breaking the Fast Read by Rom Maczka 33:03
17
17 - Diseases and Cures Read by Rom Maczka 44:47
18
18 - The Reality of Marriage & The Development of Marriage Read by Rom Maczka 32:32
19
19 - Sex and Young America & Sex and the Smart Set Read by Rom Maczka 37:59
20
20 - Sex & the Poor, Sex & Nature, and Love & Economics Read by Rom Maczka 29:49
21
21 - Marriage & Money, Love Versus Lust, Celibacy Versus Chastity Read by Rom Maczka 40:19
22
22 - The Defense of Love, Birth Control Read by Rom Maczka 32:46
23
23 - Early Marriage, The Marriage Club, Education for Marriage Read by Rom Maczka 32:57
24
24 - The Money Side of Marriage, The Defense of Monogamy, The Problem of Jealousy Read by Rom Maczka 35:41
25
25 - The Problem of Divorce, The Restriction of Divorce Read by Rom Maczka 20:20
26
26 - The Ego and the World, Competition and Co-operation Read by Rom Maczka 33:27
27
27 - Aristocracy & Democracy, Ruling Classes, The Process of Social Evolution Read by Rom Maczka 31:27
28
28 - Industrial Evolution, The Class Struggle, The Capitalist System Read by Rom Maczka 39:48
29
29 - The Capitalist Process, Hard Times, The Iron Ring Read by Rom Maczka 24:08
30
30 - Foreign Markets, Capitalist War, The Possibilities of Production Read by Rom Maczka 29:41
31
31 - The Cost of Competition, Socialism and Syndicalism, Communism and Anarchism Read by Rom Maczka 35:19
32
32 - Social Revolution, Confiscation or Compensation, Expropriating the Expropriators Read by Rom Maczka 33:01
33
33 - The Problem of the Land, The Control of Credit Read by Rom Maczka 28:33
34
34 - The Control of Industry, The New World, Agricultural Production Read by Rom Maczka 31:05
35
35 - Intellectual Production, Mankind Remade Read by Rom Maczka 30:58
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