Hand Loom Weaving: A Manual for School & Home, Reading 1
In this episode, be lulled by "Hand Loom Weaving: A Manual for School and Home", and more early 20th century educational and moral philosophy than one might expect from a hand loom. All Boring Books r...
3 Dec 201851min
Plato's Republic: Introduction & Analysis, Reading 1
In this episode, we relax to the musings of the great Victorian classicist Benjamin Jowett, and his thoughts on Plato's "Republic". It's as perfectly ponderous as you imagine. All Boring Books reading...
26 Nov 201850min
Transatlantic Eastbound Passenger Sailings, 1925
This episode is specially dedicated to those who find lists and repetition relaxing. Instead of a book, we're reading the Joint List of Eastbound Transatlantic Passenger Sailings for December through ...
19 Nov 20181h 5min
1872 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalog, Drugs Department
In this episode, we venture through some of the 700+ pages of the 1872 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalog, and discover everything there is to know about freight shipping. We also trip into the Drugs Departm...
12 Nov 201857min
The Principles of Geology, Reading 1
In this episode, we read the first two chapters of "The Principles of Geology," by famed-but-mildly-ponderous geologist Sir Charles Lyell. Honestly, it was kind of interesting, but try not to notice. ...
12 Nov 201857min
Loyalists of America and Their Times, Reading I
In this episode, we'll ramble through a chapter of "The Loyalists of America and Their Times," written by a Canadian, so that's fun. And really rather boring. All Boring Books readings are taken from ...
12 Nov 201826min
The Problems of Philosophy, Reading 1
In this episode, we read the first two chapters of "The Problems of Philosophy," by Bertrand Russell. There's a lot of talk of tables, and more instances of the word "thus" than there really should be...
12 Nov 201843min
The Book of Household Management, Reading 1
In this episode, we'll be bored by some housekeeping basics from "The Book of Household Management," a classic, and spectacularly detailed, guide from the pen of Mrs. Isabella Beeton. All Boring Books...
5 Nov 201838min
