Mount Everest, The Reconnaissance, 1921, by Lt. Col. CK Howard-Bury, Part 5
Let's climb the slopes of sleep with more from this journey to study the world's highest mountain. This time, we visit Tingri, climb glaciers, and reach the highest monastery in the world. We're less ...
27 Tammi 202549min
Robert's Rules of Order, by Major Henry Robert, Part 1
Let's relax with one of the most boring reads I've ever encountered, a minutely detailed guide to the internal workings of legislative assemblies. Why, one might wonder how anything ever gets done at ...
20 Tammi 202552min
Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to Antiquities in Egypt, by Gaston Maspero (Part 7)
Let's relax with another sleepy stroll across the sands of time to ancient Egypt. This time, we finish our overview of tombs and learn about Egyptian painting conventions, including cat-based satire. ...
13 Tammi 202552min
Our Cats and All About Them, by Harrison Weir (Part 3)
Let's kick off a new year of sleep with more from this appreciative guide to the magical cat. This time, shorthaired tortoiseshells and tabbies, plus a touch of my favorite—word etymologies! Your brai...
6 Tammi 202550min
Relaxation Rewind! Art in Needlework: Embroidery, by Lewis Day and Mary Buckle, Part 1
While your reader recovers from a Christmas cough, let's rewind back to this relaxing guide to the art and craft of embroidery from two years ago. It's the perfect way to stitch up the year with sweet...
30 Joulu 202452min
The 1942 Sears Roebuck and Co. Christmas Book, Part 1
Let's take a sleepy browse through this gift guide from the war years. Tasty candies, children's toys, decorative gourds and gifts for the discriminating housewife, and several grades of fruitcake dep...
23 Joulu 202459min
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 3
Let's continue our journey to sleep with this delightful trek through the mountains of France. This time, we visit a Trappist monastery, where our author appreciates scenery, silence, and the paradoxi...
16 Joulu 202452min
Frye's Practical Candy Maker, by G.V. Frye - Part 3, The Conclusion
Let's conclude our sweetly sleepy reading from this guidebook for the nineteenth-century maker of fancy candies. This time, creams, chocolates, and syrups for the soda fountain. Deliciously dreamy! ...
9 Joulu 202458min
