Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep Podcast
1) 1872 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalog, Drugs Department
In this episode, we venture through some of the 700+ pages of the 1872 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalog, and discover everything there is to know about freight shipping. We also trip into the Drugs Departm...Show More
2) Over Fen and Wold, by John James Hissey, Part 1
Let’s relax with a lovely listener recommendation that takes us, and our authors, on a tour of little-regarded Lincolnshire. This time, the lure of new places, the charm of old maps, the evolution of ...Show More
3) On Molecular and Microscopic Science, by Mary Somerville, Part 3
Let’s sleep scientifically this week, with more from a woman of such deep and broad accomplishment that the word "scientist" had to be coined to describe her. This time, colors, molecular heat conduct...Show More
4) The Book of the Ocean, by Ernest Ingersoll, Part 5
Let’s sail the seas of sleep with more from this volume about the history of our oceans. This time, the Age of Exploration south and north, the mythical Isles of the Blessed, Magellan’s remarkable voy...Show More
5) The Ethics of Aristotle, Part 3
Let’s philosophize our way to sleep with more from this 2,300-year-old work on the art of being. This time, what is happiness? How is it related to good character and, more importantly, acting in a go...Show More
6) The History of Bread, by John Ashton, Part 6 - Conclusion
Let relaxation rise with this conclusion to one of our most (understandably) popular books. This time in we learn of gingerbread, penny loaf scrambles, riots, and bread-related superstitions like sin-...Show More
7) Old Country Inns of England, by Maskell and Gregory, Part 2
Let’s relax with more about the evolution of that useful place to sleep, the inn. This time, we travel from pilgrimage hostels to lodging for wool guilds and secret meeting places for the first trade ...Show More
8) The Book of the Hamburgs, by L. Frank Baum, Part 1
Let’s roost into relaxation with this rather charming guide to the Hamburg chicken from an author better known for wizards and wicked witches. This time, speculations on the origins of the Hamburg bre...Show More
9) The Story of a Boulder, by Archibald Geikie, Part 1
Let’s chip away at sleeplessness with some 19th century naturalist writing, more specifically the “gleanings from the notebook of a field geologist.” This time, we spot an odd boulder in a Scottish ra...Show More
10) The North Pole - Its Discovery in 1909, by Robert Peary (Part 3)
Let’s conclude our month of relaxing travels to sleep with a journey to the farthest reaches of the Arctic and the search for the North Pole. This time, we meet the region’s people, learn about variou...Show More