The Hive and the Honey-Bee, by Rev. L.L. Langstroth, Part 4
Let's kick off a new theme month I'm calling The Wayback Machine, in which we relax with works that have slipped out of rotation for a few years. First, it's back to the beehive, with the rearing of q...
3 Elo 46min
Robert's Rules of Order, by Major Henry M. Robert, Part 2
Let's relax and sleep with one of the most spectacularly dull books ever written on the art of running meetings. This time, amendments, appeals, laying things on the table, and forming committees. It'...
27 Heinä 57min
Life on a Medieval Barony, by William Stearns Davis, Part 2
Let's ride the sands of time to sleep as we learn more about manor life in the year 1300. This time, the construction of St. Aliquis, its "modernized" defensive fortifications, and how status is measu...
20 Heinä 58min
The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 5
Let's journey to sleep with science as we learn more about Einstein's radical new theory of relativity, why geometry is physics when it comes to space-time, and how light spectrums reveal directions o...
13 Heinä 44min
Pyrotechnics: The History and Art of Firework Making, Part 4
Let's celebrate the sparkliest time of the year with more from this detailed guide to fireworks. This time, rules about their manufacture, the lackadaisical habits and accidents that led to those rule...
6 Heinä 53min
The Railway Traveller's Handy Book, Part 4
Let's conclude our month of travels with more from this helpful yet somewhat snarky guide to riding that newfangled device, the steam train. This time, advice for the journey itself, including how to ...
29 Kesä 50min
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 5
Let's continue our pleasant plod to sleep with more from Mr. Stevenson and Modestine as they make their way through the mountains of France. This time, quite a lot of philosophizing about the lasting ...
22 Kesä 49min
Faery Lands of the South Seas, by James Hall and Charles Nordhoff, Part 5
Let's continue our sail to sleep through a month of travel readings with more from this wonderful wander through the South Seas. This time, another interesting fellow passenger, notes on linguistics, ...
15 Kesä 51min
