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The Homes of Egypt - Manual of Egyptian Archaeology 01

Tonight, drift back in time to the golden sands of Ancient Egypt, where the Nile’s gentle currents shaped lives and homes for both commoners and nobl…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Fallout of the South Sea Bubble - Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions

This week’s boring non fiction is the ideal sleep aid as we learn about the many people who were fined for their part in the South Sea Bubble. Peers,…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett – Colin’s Day Out

It’s all happening in this week’s bedtime story as the children prepare to take Colin out to the Secret Garden for the first time.

There’s a lot of ex…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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Glaciers and Wind - The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton

We return to some sleepy non-fiction for this week’s bedtime reading. Learning about the erosion caused by various types of glacier gets you off to a…

1 year ago

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The Blazing World – Episode 09 – Building Worlds and Spirit Travels

In this strange story we pick up with the Duchess and the Empress building worlds with their minds. They then move on to traveling as spirits to our …

1 year ago

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On the Origin of Species - 09

This week we continue learning about he actual mechanism of evolution by natural selection.

It’s pretty boring, I can barely remember what I just read…

1 year ago

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Beth Gets Sick, But All Ends Well – Little Women

We pick up this classic bedtime story as things take a bit of a dark turn. Beth is sick with scarlet fever, and it’s touch and go for a while, but do…

1 year ago

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Raphael, Michaelangelo, Rome and Florence - A History of Art for Beginners and Students 05

Find yourself drifting to sleep learning the history of the Italian renaissance in Rome, from Raphael to Titian. Raphael’s great rivalry with Michael…

1 year, 1 month ago

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In the House of the Lady - The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris

For this week’s sleepy story we return to this mysterious classic to help you sleep.

Walther our protagonist feels out of place in the house of the…

1 year, 1 month ago

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REPOST - Halloween and Christianity - The Book of Hallowe'en by Ruth Edna Kelley

Episode 311

Hi friends. Unfortunately my chest and voice are still wrecked from having the flu so I can’t record anything that people would want to listen to. So…

1 year, 1 month ago

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