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The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Claudius, by Suetonius
This evening, let's relax to the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius, immortalized as both a genius and an unstable imbecile unfit for any duty whatso…
6 years, 6 months ago
Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu, Reading 2
Tonight, let's relax with the second half of one of the world's most influential philosophical texts, the Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu. The journey of a …
6 years, 6 months ago
On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, Reading 1
Tonight let's overcome sleeplessness with Darwin's revolutionary classic of evolutionary theory, which sounds a lot more riveting than this text actu…
6 years, 6 months ago
A Study of Shakespeare, by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Let's relax to the metrical musings of a great Victorian poet about a great Elizabethan playwright, in a wordy work that is mostly about how other Sh…
6 years, 6 months ago
The World Crisis, by Winston Churchill, Reading 1
Tonight let's fall asleep to this complex recounting of the road to World War I, as told by Sir Winston Churchill. If this book proves anything, it's…
6 years, 6 months ago
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, by Samuel Johnson
Let Samuel Johnson take you on a relaxing 18th century tour of the beauties of Scotland, where we breakfast on whisky and consider the wonders of...s…
6 years, 7 months ago
Bad Drains and How to Test Them
Let's relax with practical advice about modern plumbing systems. And by modern, I mean 19th century, which was stinkier than you think. Indoor plumbi…
6 years, 7 months ago
The Ethics of Aristotle, Reading 1
Let's kick off a relaxing 2020 with the snooze-inducing wonders of Aristotelian philosophy. To be fair, we never actually finish the ponderous introd…
6 years, 7 months ago
Time and Free Will, by Henri Bergson, Reading 1
As the year draws to a close, let's relax with heady thoughts about time and free will. This reading won't help you understand either, but it will de…
6 years, 7 months ago
Old Christmas, by Washington Irving, Reading 2
Let's return to this holiday-themed book we started last year, and sink into the calming, if laughably classist, vision of a traditional Christmas in…
6 years, 8 months ago