Notes on Nursing by Florence Nightingale ~ Full Audiobook [history]

Classic Audiobook Collection

06/14/23

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236m

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Notes on Nursing by Florence Nightingale audiobook.

Genre: history

First published in 1859, Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing is a foundational guide to the everyday work of caring for the sick - written not as a medical textbook, but as a practical manual for anyone responsible for a patient's comfort and recovery. With crisp, unsentimental clarity, Nightingale argues that nursing is an art of observing: noticing small changes in a person's condition, habits, mood, and environment, and responding with thoughtful, disciplined care. She examines the overlooked forces that shape health - clean air, light, warmth, quiet, nutrition, cleanliness, and the careful management of a sickroom - and shows how well-meaning mistakes can do real harm. Along the way, she challenges conventional assumptions about illness, household management, and women's work, insisting on accountability, hygiene, and patient dignity. Whether addressing a mother caring for a child, a family member tending to a loved one, or a nurse in training, Nightingale's voice remains direct and urgent. Notes on Nursing is both a portrait of nineteenth-century life and a timeless call to combine compassion with competence, replacing guesswork with evidence, and turning daily care into a deliberate practice that can save lives.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:10:48) Chapter 01

(00:30:05) Chapter 02

(00:48:33) Chapter 03

(01:01:28) Chapter 04

(01:27:11) Chapter 05

(01:36:19) Chapter 06

(01:48:09) Chapter 07

(02:05:09) Chapter 08

(02:15:31) Chapter 09

(02:22:15) Chapter 10

(02:32:25) Chapter 11

(02:37:59) Chapter 12

(02:55:45) Chapter 13

(03:30:02) Chapter 14

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The Semi-Detached House by Emily Eden ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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337m

The Semi-Detached House by Emily Eden audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In a quiet bend of the Thames, the villa called Pleasance promises peace and privacy - except for one flaw: it is semi-detached. When delicate, high-born Blanche and her level-headed sister Aileen settle in while Blanche's husband, Arthur, is sent abroad, they find themselves unavoidably joined to the Hopkinsons, a bluff, warmhearted middle-class family whose manners alarm Blanche nearly as much as they rescue her. As rain-soaked mishaps and forced introductions pile up, the wall between the two households proves far less solid than anyone expected, and the sisters are drawn into a tangle of visits, confidences, and carefully managed respectability. With Aunt Sarah's unshakable common sense as ballast and London society's watchful eyes never far away, friendships form across class lines - and the question becomes which connections are truly suitable, and which are simply true. Witty, observant, and gently sharp about money, breeding, and the performance of propriety, Emily Eden's novel turns a single shared wall into a lively test of character, loyalty, and love.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:10:37) Chapter 02

(00:23:29) Chapter 03

(00:36:12) Chapter 04

(00:47:28) Chapter 05

(01:00:32) Chapter 06

(01:07:56) Chapter 07

(01:23:29) Chapter 08

(01:47:50) Chapter 09

(01:59:03) Chapter 10

(02:14:55) Chapter 11

(02:22:05) Chapter 12

(02:36:11) Chapter 13

(02:51:33) Chapter 14

(03:07:53) Chapter 15

(03:21:01) Chapter 16

(03:37:24) Chapter 17

(03:57:44) Chapter 18

(04:12:51) Chapter 19

(04:27:46) Chapter 20

(04:40:44) Chapter 21

(04:54:27) Chapter 22

(05:10:22) Chapter 23

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Mozart - The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

June 14, 2023

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245m

Mozart - The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart audiobook.

Genre: biography

Mozart - The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words invites listeners to meet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart not as a marble bust or a mythic genius, but as a living, breathing, fiercely opinionated man speaking directly from the page. Drawn from his letters and personal writings, this portrait follows Mozart through the everyday pressures behind the extraordinary music: demanding patrons, exhausting travel, fragile finances, shifting public taste, and the constant need to prove himself in courts, salons, and theaters. Alongside the practical details of lessons, commissions, and rehearsals, Mozart reveals a sharp wit, a quick temper, a tender loyalty to family, and an unshakable conviction about what music should be. His own voice illuminates how he thought about composing, performance, and the role of an artist in society, while also exposing the private doubts and exhilarations that accompanied public success. Intimate, candid, and often startlingly modern, this collection becomes both a creative handbook and a human document, offering an unfiltered encounter with the mind and heart behind the masterpieces.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:04:52) Chapter 02

(00:07:09) Chapter 03

(00:14:11) Chapter 04

(00:32:34) Chapter 05

(01:06:20) Chapter 06

(01:17:29) Chapter 07

(01:28:38) Chapter 08

(01:38:56) Chapter 09

(02:03:03) Chapter 10