Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 108

About this film

LibriVox recording of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 108 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. "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. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (132MB)

Directors & creators

Various

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;scotland; socialism; Hebrew; volcano; whale; sleep; neighbor; sun; orca; sketching; stock market; porphyrios; who's who; ageism; newport; sergeant mor; highlander; bed book; nightlight; bigotry; seed drill; co2; carbonic acid gas; jethro tull; hidatsa; goodbird; calder; raskob; stocks; common stocks; tambora; sumbawa

View on archive.org ↗