Insomnia Collection Vol. 005


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

(4.4 stars; 11 reviews)

Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented will lull the busy mind to a state of sweet sleep.
Introduction by Cori Samuel. (19 hr 46 min)

Chapters

Questions 1-500 of "One Thousand Literary Questions and Answers" 1:12:27 Read by Devorah Allen
Excerpt from "The Best Moving Pictures of 1922-1923" 57:31 Read by Chuck Williamson
Excerpt from "The Candy Maker’s Guide: A Collection of Choice Recipes for Sugar Boiling" 55:01 Read by Cordelia Glende
Items 1 to 100 from the Catalogue of the Collection of Pottery, Porcelaine and Faience from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Far East. China 43:19 Read by Sonia
Comparative Cataloguing Rules, Part 1 53:21 Read by Maria Kasper
Comparative Cataloguing Rules, Part 2 49:04 Read by Maria Kasper
Manufacture and Maintenance of Steam Engines, from "A Catechism of the Steam Engine" 49:36 Read by Son of the Exiles
Cat Show Department, from the Catalog Program of the Connecticut 1909 Fair 37:07 Read by MaryAnn
Chapter 7 (excerpt) from "The Churchwardens’ Accounts – Book No: 1 From 1573 to 1699" 1:09:35 Read by Steve C
Excerpt from "Description of the Process of Manufacturing Coal Gas, for the Lighting of Streets, Houses, and Public Buildings" 1:06:34 Read by TriciaG
"Historical Sketch of the Dynamical Theory of Heat" (portion) 1:11:34 Read by TriciaG
Federal Register, Vol. 28 Numbers 137-139 (7243-7339) 36:50 Read by Verla Viera
Fires and Firemen 1:07:50 Read by Anita Hibbard
Excerpt from "A Genealogical-Historical Visitation of Andover, Mass., in the Year 1863" 47:23 Read by Colleen McMahon
Part 4 of "Our Homes and Their Adornments" 58:38 Read by Devorah Allen
"Knots" from Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition 49:29 Read by Freddy Phan
Events of 1801 and 1802, from Norfolk Annals 1800-1850 Volume 1 55:31 Read by Colleen McMahon
Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed., 1917) 50:53 Read by Verla Viera
Extract from "The Privy Purse Expences of King Henry the Eighth, from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII" 1:03:32 Read by elibishop
Selections from "Sewing; handicraft for girls; a graded course for city and rural schools" 1:05:27 Read by Tindra
Extract from Chapter 4 'Sleep' from "Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death" 1:05:40 Read by Rachel May Ferriman

Reviews

This book helps me go to sleep.


(5 stars)

I enjoy listening this book to get some sleep.