Coffee Break Collection 023 - Mysteries, Riddles and Conundrums
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Length 1 h 57 min
Chapters 20
This is the twenty-third Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or less in duration -- perfect to listen to during commutes, workouts or coffee breaks. The topic for this collection is Mysteries, Riddles and Conundrums. Short mystery fiction, puzzles that have baffled generations, whether solved or unsolved and anything our forefathers have struggled to explain. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, prose, essays...who knows what you will discover?
Chapters
1
Advice From A Caterpillar, Chapter 5 of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Lewis Carroll Read by Michele Fry 14:39
2
AD 1048 And the Case of Diabolical Sorcery in Rome by Roger of Wendover Read by Craig Campbell 3:47
3
Cleopatra—How did She Die? By John Elfreth Watkins Read by Andrea Kotzer 7:05
4
The Conclave of the Universe by Stanton A. Coblentz Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez 2:42
5
Conscious by Wilfred Owen Read by ChadH94 1:14
6
The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold by John Elfreth Watkins Read by Andrea Kotzer 7:06
7
A Fable by Mark Twain Read by William Allan Jones 6:15
8
How Rome Fell to the Visigoths by Procopius Read by Craig Campbell 9:35
9
Jack the Ripper by John Elfreth Watkins Read by Andrea Kotzer 7:01
10
Madness by Rainer Maria Rilke Read by ChadH94 1:26
11
A Mad Tea-Party, Chapter VII from Alice In Wonderland By Lewis Carroll Read by Michele Fry 15:21
12
Mr. Bloke's Item by Mark Twain Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez 8:14
13
The Mysterious Origins of Fires by James Scott Read by Garth Burton 8:22
14
1619 And The Negro in Virginia by C. Braxton Bryan Read by Craig Campbell 5:55
15
On Teaching by Kalil Gibran Read by ChadH94 1:42
16
The Smart Mystery by Anonymous Read by Colleen McMahon 3:05
17
The Strange Escape of the King's Jester: The Mysterious Rope by Henry Ernest Dudeney Read by KevinS 3:48
18
Solution to The Strange Escape of the King's Jester: The Mysterious Ropebby Henry Ernest Dudeney Read by KevinS 1:37
19
The Squires Christmas Puzzle Party -- Three Teacups by Ernest Dudeney Read by KevinS 4:39
20
Solution to the Squires Christmas Puzzle Party -- Three Teacups by Ernest Dudeney Read by KevinS 3:04
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
