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Title: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Subtitle: Reading by Annie Coleman, Kara Shallenberg, Hugh McGuire, David Barnes,
          Rainer, Guntar, Chip, Gesine, Kurt Wong, Anita Roy Dobbs, Julian Jamison,
          Denny Sayers, Peter Yearsley, Nikolle Doolin, Betsie Bush

Author: Charles Darwin

Release Date: April 2007 [Ebook #21153]

Language: English



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This audio reading of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural 
Selection is read by

Annie Coleman, 
Kara Shallenberg, 
Hugh McGuire, 
David Barnes,
Rainer, 
Guntar, 
Chip, 
Gesine, 
Kurt Wong, 
Anita Roy Dobbs, 
Julian Jamison,
Denny Sayers, 
Peter Yearsley, 
Nikolle Doolin, 
Betsie Bush




Contents

# 01A: Variation Under Domestication - Part 1 - 00:49:23
Read by: Annie Coleman

# 01B: Variation Under Domestication - Part 2 - 00:57:46
Read by: Annie Coleman

# 02: Variation Under Nature - 00:53:49
Read by: Kara Shallenberg

# 03: Struggle for Existence - 00:38:57
Read by: Hugh McGuire

# 04A: Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest - Part 1 - 00:56:30
Read by: David Barnes

# 04B: Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest - Part 2 - 00:55:15
Read by: David Barnes

# 04C: Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest - Part 3 - 00:58:29
Read by: David Barnes

# 05: Laws of Variation - 01:39:59
Read by: Rainer

# 06A: Difficulties of the Theory - Part 1 - 00:47:29
Read by: Guntar

# 06B: Difficulties of the Theory - Part 2 - 00:53:51
Read by: Guntar

# 07A: Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection - Part 1 - 00:59:42
Read by: Chip

# 07B: Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection - Part 2 - 01:00:40
Read by: Chip

# 08A: Instinct - Part 1 - 00:40:06
Read by: Gesine

# 08B: Instinct - Part 2 - 00:33:09
Read by: Kurt Wong

# 08C: Instinct - Part 3 - 00:20:34
Read by: Anita Roy Dobbs

# 09A: Hybridism - Part 1 - 00:42:44
Read by: David Barnes

# 09B: Hybridism - Part 2 - 00:57:10
Read by: David Barnes

# 10A: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record - Part 1 - 00:31:48
Read by: Julian Jamison

# 10B: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record - Part 2 - 00:41:32
Read by: Julian Jamison

# 11A: On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings - Part 1 - 00:43:58
Read by: Denny Sayers

# 11B: On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings - Part 2 - 00:51:13
Read by: Denny Sayers

# 12A: Geographical Distribution - Part 1 - 00:47:40
Read by: Chip

# 12B: Geographical Distribution - Part 2 - 00:40:30
Read by: Chip

# 13: Geographical Distribution - Continued - 01:01:16
Read by: Chip

# 14A: Mutual Affinities of Organic beings - Part 1 - 00:50:02
Read by: Peter Yearsley

# 14B: Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings - Part 2 - 01:19:33
Read by: Peter Yearsley

# 15: Recapitulation and Conclusion - 01:24:29
Read by: Nikolle Doolin

# 16: Glossary of Terms - 00:45:03
Read by: Betsie Bush



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