Woodworking for Beginners, by Charles G. Wheeler, Part 3
Let's saw our way to sleep with more from this helpful guide for the novice woodworker. This time, we build our own work bench, improvise a vise, and discover that "measure twice, cut once" is always ...
2 Joulu 202453min
Studying Art Abroad and How to Do It Cheaply, by Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Part 2
Let's relax with more from this wonderful guide to studying art in Europe. This time, where to shop in London, the best boarding houses, and then we're off to Paris with some genteel commentary about ...
25 Marras 202450min
The Complete Herbal and English Physician Enlarged, by Nicholas Culpeper, Part 1
Let's, uh, improve our health with this compendium of questionable herbal advice from 1650. But first, the kind of sleep-inducing, self-congratulatory introduction in which only a 17th-century apothec...
18 Marras 202455min
A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 8
Let's hop in our sleepy wayback machine and relax with more from this remarkable little history of everything. This time, the Roman Empire, Hannibal, and the rise of the emperors. Quiescamus! Help u...
11 Marras 202446min
The Maine Woods, by Henry David Thoreau, Part 1
Let's journey to sleep with Henry David Thoreau as he explores the back of beyond in Maine, ponders the fate of forests, visits some barely-there towns, and…gets accosted by politicians? Talk about ti...
4 Marras 202451min
The Book of Werewolves, by Sabine Baring-Gould, Part 3
Let's celebrate the spooky season with more from this history of lycanthropy and a long chapter of wolfish folktales. Bears, hares, and dogs drinking cider are also mentioned. Honestly, the human imag...
28 Loka 202453min
Faery Lands of the South Seas, by Hall and Nordhoff, Part 3
Let's sail the seas of sleep with more from this marvelous travelogue from the South Seas. This time, we encounter a waterspout and get happily marooned on an idyllic island. Cast away your cares, fri...
21 Loka 202450min
Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Martin Lewis (Part 9)
Let's fall asleep with a new reading from this wonderful look into our universe. This time, we contemplate the phases of the moon, the life and death of the stars, and our position in this vast and wh...
14 Loka 202448min
