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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 108

"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.

Year of Publication: Genres: *Non-fiction

Running Time: 04 hours 34 minutes 50 seconds

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