Coffee Break Collection 020 - Old Age


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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

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Autumn Leaves Ch 16 by Anne Wales Abbott 10:47 Read by ChadH94
The Decline of the Drama by Stephen Leacock 14:18 Read by MaryWindishar
Growing Old Gracefully by Robert Ingersoll 4:00 Read by Colleen McMahon
How to be Seventy by Mark Twain 3:41 Read by KevinS
To Madame Brilliant: The Ephemera an Emblem of Human Life by Benjamin Franklin 6:54 Read by Utek
Of Youth and Age by Francis Bacon 5:22 Read by Michele Fry
Old Age, author unknown 4:27 Read by KevinS
Old Age Insurance in Germany by Abraham Epstein 7:36 Read by Craig Campbell
Old Age Insurance in Russia by Abraham Epstein 3:23 Read by Craig Campbell
The Olde, Olde, Very Olde Man by Ralph Bergengren 14:13 Read by ChadH94
Our Oldest Two Inhabitants by Josh Billings 9:46 Read by KevinS
The Old Lovers by Kenneth Rand 2:10 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Old Timers by Carl Sandburg 2:47 Read by Cornel Nemes
Onset of Old Age from Some Medical Aspects of Old Age by Sir Humphrey Rolleston 7:46 Read by BettyB
The Raft-Builders by Lord Dunsany 2:36 Read by Michele Fry
Stimulants, Narcotics and Old Age 1883 by George Miller Beard 7:44 Read by Craig Campbell