Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 108


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"There are few books which go with midnight, solitude, and a candle." H. M. Tomlinson's charming essay Bed-Books and Night-Lights is one of 15 reader-chosen recordings in vol. 108. Other easy listening pieces are My Neighbor and Myself and Animal Sketching. Social concerns are central to Composite Nation; A Study of Twentieth Century Success; Age and Eminence; The Case Against Socialism; and Speech to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island. Science is highlighted in Jethro Tull (Dry Farming); Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's Rays; and Volcanic Eruption of Mount Tambora. History and memoir feature in Goodbird the Indian; Sergeant Mor; and Porphyrios the Whale. Summary by Sue Anderson.

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Age and Eminence (1905) 17:15 Read by Leon Harvey
Animal Sketching 16:48 Read by Sue Anderson
Bed-books and Night-Lights 17:33 Read by wschmidt
The Case Against Socialism (1913) 48:49 Read by TriciaG
Composite Nation (1867) 51:38 Read by T.Y.Lee
Everybody Ought to be Rich: Interview with John J. Raskob (1929) 22:45 Read by Alister
The Gods, from Goodbird the Indian: His Story (1914) 12:25 Read by Public Domain Scholar
Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's Rays (1856) 6:44 Read by Availle
Hebrew Congregation Speech - George Washington, Newport, Rhode Island (1790) 3:13 Read by T.Y.Lee
Jethro Tull (1674-1741) : Founder Of The Principles Of Dry-Farming 19:45 Read by Steve C
My Neighbor and Myself 10:15 Read by TriciaG
Porphyrios, the Whale (6th Century AD) 3:42 Read by Phil Schempf
Sergeant Mor, from Character and Manners of the Highlanders 4:49 Read by Phil Schempf
A Study of Twentieth Century Success (1902) 26:40 Read by Leon Harvey
Description of the 1815 Volcanic Eruption of Mount Tambora in the Island of Sumbawa 12:29 Read by Alister