Cobb’s Anatomy by Irvin S. Cobb ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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01/27/23

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126m

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Cobb’s Anatomy by Irvin S. Cobb audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Cobbs Anatomy is not a medical textbook but a slyly titled collection of comic essays in which Irvin S. Cobb turns the human body into his favorite subject for satire. With the voice of a seasoned newspaper storyteller, Cobb plays both lecturer and long-suffering specimen, inviting you to examine the daily indignities of being built the way nature built you. In a series of sketches focused on tummies, teeth, hair, and finally hands and feet, he follows the anxieties and absurd rituals that grow up around ordinary body parts: the stout man trying to fit into a world designed for 'stock sizes,' the uneasy truce we make with dentists, the small tyrannies of barbers and beautifiers, and the fussing we do over grooming and appearance as if respectability depended on it. Cobb blends exaggeration, sharp observation, and self-deprecating confession to show how vanity, discomfort, and social expectations can turn simple anatomy into comedy. The result is a brisk, witty portrait of human nature disguised as an inspection of the human frame.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:30:40) Chapter 2

(01:00:13) Chapter 3

(01:32:02) Chapter 4

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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

January 26, 2023

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415m

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting audiobook.

Genre: adventure

Told through the wide-eyed narration of young Tommy Stubbins, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle follows the famous country doctor of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh as he turns his gift for speaking with animals into a passport to the wider world. After Tommy brings an injured squirrel for help, he is drawn into Dolittle's bustling household of animal friends and begins learning their languages under the sharp, patient guidance of Polynesia the parrot. Before long, Dolittle's unusual talents pull him into human trouble too: a man accused of murder can only be cleared by the testimony of the one witness who cannot speak in court, his dog. When a message arrives that a gifted naturalist named Long Arrow has vanished, Dolittle outfits a ship, gathers a small crew of people and animals, and lets fate choose their destination. Their journey tests Dolittle's principles and ingenuity through comic negotiations, dangerous weather, and strange discoveries, including a drifting island with its own mysteries and conflicts. Warm, imaginative, and quietly moral, the novel celebrates curiosity, compassion, and the idea that understanding begins with learning another creature's language.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:49) Chapter 01

(00:07:05) Chapter 02

(00:15:20) Chapter 03

(00:24:59) Chapter 04

(00:34:16) Chapter 05

(00:44:21) Chapter 06

(00:48:41) Chapter 07

(00:54:16) Chapter 08

(00:58:49) Chapter 09

(01:04:18) Chapter 10

(01:09:46) Chapter 11

(01:15:25) Chapter 12

(01:20:21) Chapter 13

(01:24:30) Chapter 14

(01:28:45) Chapter 15

(01:33:26) Chapter 16

(01:36:50) Chapter 17

(01:41:21) Chapter 18

(01:45:30) Chapter 19

(01:51:18) Chapter 20

(01:57:45) Chapter 21

(02:02:35) Chapter 22

(02:08:04) Chapter 23

(02:12:55) Chapter 24

(02:16:39) Chapter 25

(02:21:52) Chapter 26

(02:27:53) Chapter 27

(02:31:57) Chapter 28

(02:39:12) Chapter 29

(02:43:26) Chapter 30

(02:49:41) Chapter 31

(02:57:44) Chapter 32

(03:03:21) Chapter 33

(03:07:22) Chapter 34

(03:15:09) Chapter 35

(03:25:19) Chapter 36

(03:31:26) Chapter 37

(03:38:36) Chapter 38

(03:58:29) Chapter 39

(04:03:48) Chapter 40

(04:12:31) Chapter 41

(04:18:57) Chapter 42

(04:26:39) Chapter 43

(04:36:24) Chapter 44

(04:45:28) Chapter 45

(04:50:14) Chapter 46

(04:55:40) Chapter 47

(05:00:36) Chapter 48

(05:07:35) Chapter 49

(05:13:20) Chapter 50

(05:17:48) Chapter 51

(05:25:18) Chapter 52

(05:35:22) Chapter 53

(05:43:15) Chapter 54

(05:51:22) Chapter 55

(05:57:59) Chapter 56

(06:03:06) Chapter 57

(06:12:38) Chapter 58

(06:19:52) Chapter 59

(06:23:42) Chapter 60

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Eben Holden by Irving Bacheller ~ Full Audiobook [family]

January 27, 2023

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633m

Eben Holden by Irving Bacheller audiobook.

Genre: family

Eben Holden - A Tale of the North Country. Having lost both parents and his home in northern Vermont, orphan Willie Brower is taken in by Eben Holden, 'Uncle Eb' who transports him westward to save him from being sent to an orphanage. Through the Adirondacks and into the St. Lawrence valley they travel. Eben is kind, happy, and loves to tell stories to the youngster, many of which were to shape the life and ideals of Willie during his life.

This story follows Willie as a young orphan, later as a journalist, and finally as a soldier who enlists in the army at the outset of the American Civil War. The book was immensely popular when it was published in 1900 and the years to follow, as the characters were all drawn from people who the author had known himself.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:16:33) Chapter 02

(00:35:17) Chapter 03

(01:03:43) Chapter 04

(01:34:52) Chapter 05

(01:44:26) Chapter 06

(01:53:15) Chapter 07

(02:16:14) Chapter 08

(02:34:39) Chapter 09

(02:48:32) Chapter 10

(03:05:28) Chapter 11

(03:09:21) Chapter 12

(03:25:39) Chapter 13

(03:47:22) Chapter 14

(03:57:15) Chapter 15

(04:04:58) Chapter 16

(04:25:36) Chapter 17

(04:40:16) Chapter 18

(04:52:30) Chapter 19

(05:05:09) Chapter 20

(05:12:05) Chapter 21

(05:22:41) Chapter 22

(05:35:36) Chapter 23

(05:46:18) Chapter 24

(05:55:41) Chapter 25

(06:01:22) Chapter 26

(06:14:05) Chapter 27

(06:22:21) Chapter 28

(06:38:19) Chapter 29

(06:53:46) Chapter 30

(07:05:54) Chapter 31

(07:19:52) Chapter 32

(07:29:18) Chapter 33

(07:38:20) Chapter 34

(07:51:07) Chapter 35

(08:04:16) Chapter 36

(08:17:18) Chapter 37

(08:23:40) Chapter 38

(08:38:42) Chapter 39

(09:09:47) Chapter 40

(09:38:31) Chapter 41

(09:41:41) Chapter 42

(09:49:20) Chapter 43

(10:05:00) Chapter 44

(10:15:39) Chapter 45

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