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Bicycling for Ladies, by Maria E. Ward, Part 2
Let's continue our relaxing ride through a dream of sleep-inducing detail about handling the newfangled bicycle. The word "knickerbockers" is also u…
5 years, 6 months ago
How to Listen to Music, by Henry E. Krehbiel, Part 1
Tonight, we fall into the rhythm of sleep with a book that works hard to put meaning into music but mostly just makes it boring. So...kind of perfec…
5 years, 7 months ago
Mars and Its Canals, by Percival Lowell, Part 1
Tonight we journey to our neighbor in the heavens, and begin a sleepy exploration of the "canals" of Mars, proving that even a great scientist can't…
5 years, 7 months ago
Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to Antiquities, Part 3
Tonight, let's rejoin our caravan from sand to sandman and explore the ancient Egyptian temples of Karnak and Luxor. It's a dusty dream of a journey…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Book of Tea, by Kakuzo Okakura, Part 2
Tonight, let's consider the connection of Teaism and Taoism, relax into the refinement of the tea house, and let go of all our worries in something c…
5 years, 7 months ago
A Winter Walk, by Henry David Thoreau
Let's take a walk through wintry woods and skate down a frozen stream in this relaxing mix of prose and poetry. Thoreau captures all the beauty of a…
5 years, 8 months ago
1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalog, Musical Goods Department
Let's relax with this browse through the voluminous Musical Goods Department, and discover all the wonders of mandolins, music boxes and banjorines.…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran, Part 2
Tonight, we get sleepy with this second half of a philosophy classic, and discuss pleasure, pain and the power of friendship. It's like a cozy set of…
5 years, 8 months ago
Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Martin Lewis, Part 3
Tonight, let's complete our sleepy voyage through the constellations as we learn about the stars seen from August through December, the ever-precess…
5 years, 8 months ago
Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, Part 1
Let's fall asleep with this classic of political philosophy from an executed saint, because what's more relaxing than that. Utopia details socio-eco…
5 years, 8 months ago