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Insomnia Collection Vol. 005

Insomnia Collection Vol. 005

by Various

Short stories

About this book

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.

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  1. 1Questions 1-500 of "One Thousand Literary Questions and Answers"1:12:27 · read by Devorah Allen
  2. 2Excerpt from "The Best Moving Pictures of 1922-1923"57:31 · read by Chuck Williamson
  3. 3Excerpt from "The Candy Maker’s Guide: A Collection of Choice Recipes for Sugar Boiling"55:01 · read by Cordelia Glende
  4. 4Items 1 to 100 from the Catalogue of the Collection of Pottery, Porcelaine and Faience from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Far East. China43:19 · read by Sonia
  5. 5Comparative Cataloguing Rules, Part 153:21 · read by Maria Kasper
  6. 6Comparative Cataloguing Rules, Part 249:04 · read by Maria Kasper
  7. 7Manufacture and Maintenance of Steam Engines, from "A Catechism of the Steam Engine"49:36 · read by Son of the Exiles
  8. 8Cat Show Department, from the Catalog Program of the Connecticut 1909 Fair37:07 · read by MaryAnn
  9. 9Chapter 7 (excerpt) from "The Churchwardens’ Accounts – Book No: 1 From 1573 to 1699"1:09:35 · read by Steve C
  10. 10Excerpt from "Description of the Process of Manufacturing Coal Gas, for the Lighting of Streets, Houses, and Public Buildings"1:06:34 · read by TriciaG
  11. 11"Historical Sketch of the Dynamical Theory of Heat" (portion)1:11:34 · read by TriciaG
  12. 12Federal Register, Vol. 28 Numbers 137-139 (7243-7339)36:50 · read by Verla Viera
  13. 13Fires and Firemen1:07:50 · read by Anita Hibbard
  14. 14Excerpt from "A Genealogical-Historical Visitation of Andover, Mass., in the Year 1863"47:23 · read by Colleen McMahon
  15. 15Part 4 of "Our Homes and Their Adornments"58:38 · read by Devorah Allen
  16. 16"Knots" from Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition49:29 · read by Freddy Phan
  17. 17Events of 1801 and 1802, from Norfolk Annals 1800-1850 Volume 155:31 · read by Colleen McMahon
  18. 18Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed., 1917)50:53 · read by Verla Viera
  19. 19Extract from "The Privy Purse Expences of King Henry the Eighth, from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII"1:03:32 · read by elibishop
  20. 20Selections from "Sewing; handicraft for girls; a graded course for city and rural schools"1:05:27 · read by Tindra
  21. 21Extract from Chapter 4 'Sleep' from "Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death"1:05:40 · read by Rachel May Ferriman

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