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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep Sharon Handy
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4.6 • 969 Ratings
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Boring Books for Bedtime is a weekly sleep podcast in which we calmly, quietly read something rather boring to silence the brain chatter keeping you awake. Think Aristotle, Thoreau, and whoever wrote the 1897 Sears Catalog—mostly nonfiction, mostly old, a perfect blend of vaguely-but-not-too interesting.
If you're on Team Sleepless, lie back, take a deep breath, and let us read you to rest.
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The Book of the Ocean, by Ernest Ingersoll, Part 4
Let’s sail to sleep with more about the history of maritime exploration, including Vikings in North America, the Chinese invention of the compass, Arabic navigation tools, and the rise of the Portuguese. Dreams ahoy!
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Read “The Book of the Ocean” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56311
Music: "Ocean Tapping,” by PC III, licensed under CC BY
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Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 6
Let’s return to this relaxing classic and learn more sleepy advice about paying visits, leaving cards, proper wedding invitations, and how to sit in a chair. Dear listeners, it seems your reader had no idea.
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Read “Etiquette” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14314
Music: "Boring Books for Bedtime,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com
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On Horsemanship, by Xenophon, Part 2, and Project Gutenberg License
This week, we conclude a relaxing Greek classic about getting the best from your cavalry horse, including what to wear, and then fall asleep to the riveting legalese of Project Gutenberg’s usage license for all these free eBooks I share with you. The horse stuff is more fun, to be honest.
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Read “On Horsemanship” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1176
Music: "earth 2 earth,” by PC III, licensed under CC BY
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The Principles of Chemistry, by Dmitri Mendeleev, Part 5
Let's continue to wend our relaxing way through a fundamental text of science and explore how elements combine and de-combine with that wonderful substance, water. Truly the solution for sleep!
Giveaway! All Patreon supporters in May will have a chance at one of four slots to determine our readings for August. By joining Patreon, you get exclusive episodes, keep us ad-free AND get a chance to hear your personal fave. Win-win!
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod
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Read “The Principles of Chemistry” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51326
Music: "Exit Exit,” by PCIII, licensed under CC BY
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The Railway Traveller's Handy Book, Part 2
Let’s return to this sleepily detailed guide to rail journeys in 1860, and learn what to wear, the importance of travel insurance, and how to steal a horse to get to the station on time. Handy indeed!
Giveaway! All Patreon supporters in May will have a chance at one of four slots to determine our readings for August. By joining Patreon, you get exclusive episodes, keep us ad-free AND get a chance to hear your personal fave. Win-win!
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Read “The Railway Traveller’s Handy Book” at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/railwaytraveller00unse
Music: "Healing,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com
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1890 Gardiner and Co. Seed Annual 1: Flower Novelties
Tonight, let’s celebrate the sleepy splendors of spring and go shopping for the latest in floral novelties offered by Gardiner & Co. in their seed annual. Apparently, in 1890, Japanese delights were all the rage.
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Music: "Changing Colours,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com
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Customer Reviews
top sleep pod for me
every now and the voice tonality & pacing can throw me off… but overall it’s my go-to sleep podcast. the book choices are great! i cue up the nature, history, and geography ones and i’m smooth sleeping most of the time :) i usually fall asleep quickly, and on the occasion that i don’t it’s still a soothing journey
Love it
It helps me fall asleep every night.
Never fails to bore me to sleep.
Discovered this podcast about a year ago. Occasionally, my brain rush won’t let be sleep. When listening to this podcast, I rarely , if ever, make it to the end of one! Great tool in my non-pharmaceutical arsenal of nighty-night toolbox.
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