Nature & Outdoors
Secret of Everyday Things
Jean-Henri Fabre · narrated by LibriVox volunteers
8h 54m$1.99
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Bread, thread, coal, and a glass of water: miracles, all of them. In these charming fireside talks, the great naturalist Fabre explains the hidden stories of ordinary household things to a circle of curious children, and grown listeners lean in too. You will discover how wool becomes cloth, where bread's strength comes from, and why the everyday world rewards a second look. Wonder, domesticated. Pull up a chair with the sample.
Inside this audiobook
23 chapters
- 1Thread, Pins, Needles24m
- 2Silk, Wool, Flax and Hemp22m
- 3Weaving, Woolen Cloth, Mo21m
- 4Napery, Calico, Dyeing an38m
- 5Heat-Conduction, Human Ha20m
- 6Ashes--Potash, Soap18m
- 7Fire, Matches, Wood and C20m
- 8Coal and Coal-Gas, Combus26m
- 9Lighting, Kerosene Oil, G27m
- 10Iron, Rust, Tin-Plating,23m
- 11Coffee, Sugar22m
- 12Tea, Chocolate, Spices19m
- 13Salt, Olive Oil, Double B19m
- 14Little Pests, Flies17m
- 15The Three States of Matte17m
- 16Water, Vinegar21m
- 17The Grist Mill, Bread, Ot25m
- 18Rice, Chestnuts, Codfish20m
- 19Air, Impure Air32m
- 20Germs, The Atmosphere, Ev34m
- 21Humidity in the Atmospher22m
- 22Ice, Pebbles, The Force o22m
- 23Sound, Light25m
