Sleep Story 134 – The Rise of Universities
Tonight’s reading comes from The Rise of Universities by Charles Homer Haskins. Published in 1923, the book takes a look at the birth, development, and journey of universities throughout the centuries...
1 Nov 202037min
Sleep Story 133 – Evolution and Adaptation
Tonight’s reading comes from Evolution and Adaption. Written by Thomas Hunt Morgan and published in 1908, this book looks at the adaptive features of species across the animal kingdom. Animals are all...
25 Okt 202036min
Sleep Story 132 – Twenty Unsettled Miles in the North East Boundary
Published in 1897, the book looks at the history and conflict that occurred for nearly 300 years around the ownership of territory known as the North East Boundary. The area was primarily contested be...
18 Okt 202036min
Sleep Story 131 – Henry James at Work
Tonight’s reading comes from “Henry James at Work”, a biographical piece written by Theodora Bosanquet. Regarded as one of the great novelists in the English language, the book explores the fascinatin...
11 Okt 202037min
Sleep Story 130 - The Rural Life of England
Tonight’s reading is a throwback to a previously recorded episode, The Rural Life of England. I decided to play an older episode, especially for those new to the show. If you find that some of the mor...
4 Okt 202035min
Sleep Story 129 – The New Democracy
Tonight’s reading comes from, The New Democracy, by Walter Vrooman. Published in 1897, the book focuses on the events leading up to the U.S Presidential election in the year 1900. While I don’t have a...
27 Sep 202037min
Sleep Story 128 - Letters to a Young Housekeeper
Tonight’s reading comes from, Letters to a Young Housekeeper, by Jane Prince. Published in 1917. This book looks at the different aspects of tending to a house, written in the form of letters. My name...
20 Sep 202036min
Sleep Story 127 – A Japanese Nightingale
Tonight’s reading comes from, A Japanese Nightingale. Written by Onoto Watanna and published in 1904, a young American finds himself at a tea-house in Kyoto. Everyone knows that the tea-house provide...
13 Sep 202037min
