Nudie Reads

In 1611 when he was in Prague, German genius Johannes Kepler wrote a booklet for his pal Wacker von Wackenfels all about why snowflakes are six-sided. Not only was Kepler a genius of planetary motion he was a gifted writer. 🇩🇪🇨🇿✍️❄️🐝 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

2 Dec 202110min

Voltaire's "Candide" is a beloved 18th C work - a Top 💯 Books Of All Time classic. A French masterpiece of satire including mockery of the jaded rich and their pleasure in having no pleasur️e. 🇫🇷👎🍾🥂🙅‍♂️ Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

28 Nov 202119min

Did you know prisons have newspapers? The Connecticut "Monthly Journal" was a learned tome and the Arkansas "Pea Pickers' Picayune" was a riot. Both contained great writing on the topic of America's Thanksgiving. Happy Turkey Day 2021 to all. 🇺🇸🦃🙏🎉🍱 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

25 Nov 20219min

In 1469 Thomas Mallory wrote a blockbuster prose novel - the first of its kind in English - in prison. Or did he? 'Le Morte d'Arthur', or the Death of Arthur is the beloved 15th century classic of the sword in the stone and the knights of the round table. 🇬🇧🏰👸🤴🧙‍♂️ Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

21 Nov 202133min

Crufts International Dog Show was begun by Charges Cruft. Did his obituary inadvertently out him as a cat person? An anonymous newspaperman penned a perfect ambiguous reference that has kept dog lovers wondering for decades. 󠁥🇬🇧🐶🐕🐩🐾🐱👀 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

18 Nov 20217min

Chapter 1 of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' is 'Down the Rabbit-Hole'. This 1865 classic of children's fantasy literature starts as it continues - in the most wonderful and imaginative way. A 💯 book. 🇬🇧🐇🐈🂽✍️🫖🎉 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

14 Nov 202123min

World War One ended on 11 November 1918 at 11am. 103 years later we still remember the fallen of that war and all wars. The team at the Liverpool Echo newspaper put together some mighty fine words to mark the peace. 󠁥🇬🇧🇩🇪🪖🕊🥳😪 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

11 Nov 20216min

Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows' has sold 25 million copies worldwide and never been out of print. It is a beloved story of adventurous English woodland and river creatures - a perfect family tale as Christmas approaches. Everyone, young and older, can enjoy this classic. 🇬🇧✍️🐀🐸🦡🦦🌳💦 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

7 Nov 202134min