Bore You To Sleep - Sleep Stories for Adults

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Sleep Story 167 - Home Life...

07.28.2021

Tonight’s reading comes from Home Life in Tokyo, as it was in the early 1900’s and also during its earlier years. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so ...

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07.28.2021 Sleep Story 167 - Home Life in Tokyo Tonight’s reading comes from Home Life in Tokyo, as it was in the early 1900’s and also during its earlier years. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so ...
07.21.2021 Sleep Story 166 - The Bee Hunter Tonight’s reading comes from A Bee Hunter, by George Harold Edgell. It is told by an experienced beekeeper and looks at all the fascinating things you need to consider when keeping bees. My name is Teddy and I aim to ...
07.14.2021 Sleep Story 165 - The Mayor of Casterbridge Tonight’s reading comes from The Mayor of Casterbridge. The book was published in 1886 and written by English Author, Thomas Hardy. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so ...
07.07.2021 Sleep Story 164 – A Traveler at Forty Tonight’s reading comes from A Traveler at Forty. It’s a lovely story about an American gentleman’s journey around Europe, during the time where you needed to take a boat, instead of a plan. The book was published in 1913 and ...
06.23.2021 Sleep Story 163 - Dubliners Tonight’s readings comes from Dubliners. Published in 1914 and written by James Joyce, Dubliners is a series of short stories that depicts Irish middle class life at around the turn of the 20th Century. My name is Teddy and I ...
06.16.2021 Sleep Story 162 – Adventures in Journalism Tonight’s reading comes from Adventures in Journalism. Written by Philip Gibbs, this story looks at the life of a journalist living in the early 1900’s in England. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a ...
06.09.2021 Sleep Story 161 - The Youth of Washington Tonight’s reading comes from The Youth of Washington. Told in the form of an autobiography, the book is written by S Weir Mitchell and looks at the early life of George Washington My name is Teddy and I aim to ...
06.02.2021 Sleep Story 160 - A Second Letter on The Late Post Office Agitation Tonight’s reading comes from A Second Letter on The Late Post Office Agitation. It was written in 1850 by Charles Vaughan, a priest and a scholar who is concerned about changes at the post office that look to have postal ...
05.26.2021 Sleep Story 159 - The Personal Relation in Industry Originally published in 1917, John D Rockefeller Jnr discusses the importance of Personal Relation and cooperation in industry, during and around the turn of the 20th century. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a ...
05.19.2021 Sleep Story 158 - A Century's Progress in Astronomy Tonight’s reading comes from A Century’s Progress in Astronomy. Written by Hector MacPherson and published in 1906, this book looks at the life of William Herschel, a pioneer in the field of Astronomy. It’s amazing to think how far we’ve ...
05.11.2021 Sleep Story 157 - The Ethics of Cooperation Tonight’s readings comes from the Ethics of Cooperation by James Hayden Tufts. Published in 1918, the principles in this book still ring true today. It’s amazing how far we have come and how much we can accomplish through cooperation with ...
05.04.2021 Sleep Story 156 - The Republic by Plato Tonight’s readings come from The Republic, by Plato. Written in approximately 375 BC and translated many years later by Benjamin Jowett, the story looks at society in Ancient Greece. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere ...
04.26.2021 Sleep Story 155 – The Wonders of Optics Tonight’s readings come from The Wonders of Optics by Fulgence Marion. Originally published in 1867, this book explores the different parts of the eye, and how we see the world through it. My name is Teddy and I aim to ...
04.19.2021 Sleep Story 154 - Old Greek Education Tonight’s readings come from Old Greek Education, by John Petland Mahaffy. Published in 1882, this book looks at the education taught by the Ancient Greeks My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s ...
04.12.2021 Sleep Story 153 - Representative Men Tonight’s reading comes from Representative Men. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. Each episode ...
04.05.2021 Sleep Story 152 – What is Art? (Chapter One) Tonight’s readings come from, What Is Art?, by Leo Tolstoy. Published in 1904 this book looks at what art is from the perspective of Leo Tolstoy. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good ...
03.29.2021 Sleep Story 151 – What is Art? Tonight’s readings come from, What Is Art?, by Leo Tolstoy. Published in 1904 this book looks at what art is from the perspective of Leo Tolstoy. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good ...
03.22.2021 Sleep Story 150 – The Origins of Thought and Speech Tonight’s readings come from, the Origins of Thought and Speech. Published in 1905, this book is written by M Moncalm. It looks at how thought and speech originated in terms of human evolution. My name is Teddy and I aim ...
03.15.2021 Sleep Story 149 – An Adventure Tonight’s reading comes from “An Adventure”, written by Elizabeth Morison and published in 1911, the book explores a tourist's visit to the Versailles Palace in 1901. It’s brought back memories of my own visit there and I really enjoyed reading ...
03.01.2021 Sleep Story 148 – Sticks and Stones Tonight’s reading comes from Sticks and Stones – A Study of American Architecture and Civilization. Published in 1924, this book was authored by Lewis Mumford. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s ...
02.22.2021 Sleep Story 147 - Sir George Etienne Cartier Tonight’s reading comes from Sir George Etienne Cartier - His Work for Canada and His Services to Montreal. Written by John Boyd, this book looks at the father of the Canadian Confederation My name is Teddy and I aim to ...
02.14.2021 Sleep Story 146 – The Greatest Heiress in England Tonight’s reading comes from The Greatest Heiress in England. The opening chapter looks at the boring life of Mr Trevor in his wealthy English home. Written by Mrs Oliphant, the book was published in 1880. My name is Teddy and ...
02.08.2021 Sleep Story 145 – The Woodlanders Tonight’s reading comes from The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy. Published in 1886, it tells the story of the small village of Little Hintock. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep ...
02.01.2021 Sleep Story 144 - Sweet Hampstead and its Associations Tonight’s reading comes from Sweet Hampstead and its Associations. Published in 1900 and written by Caroline A White, it looks at the town of Hampstead in its earlier days, as well as the surrounding townships. My name is Teddy and ...
01.24.2021 Sleep Story 143 - Fields, Factories and Workshops Tonight’s reading comes Fields, Factories and Workshops. It is a story of globalisation and industry in the early 1900’s. It was written by Peter Kropotkin and published in 1913. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere ...
01.17.2021 Sleep Story 142 - The Book of The Sword Tonight’s readings comes from The Book of the Sword. Published in 1884 and written by Richard Francis Burton, this book really helped me appreciate the importance of the sword and its place in the history of the world. While the ...
01.10.2021 Sleep Story 141 – Into the Frozen South Happy New Year to everyone and hopefully you’ve been getting some deserved rest during this period. Tonight’s reading comes from Ïnto the Frozen South, a sea exploration story written by James Marr. The story looks at two young English boys ...
12.13.2020 Sleep Story 140 – Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Tonight’s readings comes from the Mansfield Park. Written by Jane Austen, the book tells the story of Fanny Price, a young girl who is sent from an impoverished family to reside with a family that offers a different kind of ...
12.06.2020 Sleep Story 139 – Beyond Rope and Fence Sleep Story 139 – Beyond Rope and Fence Tonight’s reading comes from Beyond Rope and Fence. Written by David Grew and published in 1922, the book tells the story from the perspective of a seasoned mare and her daughter. Set ...
11.29.2020 Sleep Story 138 – Milly: At Loves Extremes Tonight’s reading comes Milly: At Loves Extremes. The story talks of a romance that begins in the mountains between a mountaineer and a young woman called Milly. The book was written by Maurice Thompson and published in 1901. My name ...
11.22.2020 Episode 137 - The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Tonight’s readings comes from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe has become in time, one of America’s greatest Poets. During his life however, his talent was known but his success was not as evident. A remarkable character ...
11.15.2020 Sleep Story 136 – A Second Letter on The Late Post Office Agitation Tonight’s reading comes from A Second Letter on The Late Post Office Agitation. It was written in 1850 by Charles Vaughan, a priest and a scholar who is concerned about changes at the post office that look to have postal ...
11.08.2020 Sleep Story 135 - A Century's Progress in Astronomy Tonight’s reading comes from A Century’s Progress in Astronomy. Written by Hector MacPherson and published in 1906, this book looks at the life of William Herschel, a pioneer in the field of Astronomy. It’s amazing to think how far we’ve ...
11.01.2020 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. It’s quite easy for us to take universities for ...
10.25.2020 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 designed to do different things and this book ...
10.18.2020 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 between the British and the Americans and ...
10.11.2020 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 fascinating life and mind of Henry James. My name is ...
10.04.2020 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 more recent episodes have ...
09.27.2020 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 personal allegiance to any political ...
09.20.2020 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 is Teddy and I aim ...
09.13.2020 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 provides the best cultural performances but he was not quite ...
09.06.2020 Sleep Story 126 – True Love Tonight’s reading comes from , True Love – A story of English Domestic Life. Written by Sarah E Farro and published in 1891, the story looks at life in an English household that is not immune to the fever that ...
08.30.2020 Sleep Story 125 – The Art of Building a Home Tonight’s readings come from the Art of Building a Home. The book was published in 1901 and written by Reginald Unwin. It is a collection of lectures and illustrations of different styles of homes at the turn of the 20th ...
08.21.2020 Sleep Story 124 – The Peacock Feather Tonight’s readings come from The Peacock Feather. Written by Leslie Moore, the Peacock Feather is a pleasant book that follows a particular period in the life of Peter, a walking journeyman with a story of his own. My name is ...
08.15.2020 Sleep Story 123 – The 13th District Tonight’s readings come from the 13th District written by Brand Whitlock. Published in 1902, it takes a look at life in Washington DC at the start of the 20th Century. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people ...
08.06.2020 Sleep Story 122 – The Polar World Tonight’s readings come from The Polar World. Published in 1869. It is a popular description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get ...
07.30.2020 Sleep Story 121 Sweet Clover: Utilization Tonight’s readings come from Sweet Clover: Utilization. It’s the story of the Agricultutral use of Sweet Clover in the early 1900’s in the U.S.A My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. ...
07.23.2020 Sleep Story 120 - The Boy Whaleman Tonight’s readings come from The Boy Whaleman. It’s the story of a young boy who is so very keen to travel the seas. He decided to leave home at 15 with the blessing of his parents and quickly finds out ...
07.17.2020 Sleep Story 119 - The Little Dauphin Tonight’s readings come from The Little Dauphin. Translated from the German of Franz Hoffman by George P Upton. Published in 1905, the book looks back on the early childhood of Louis Charles, the second son of Louis XVI. I wasn’t ...
07.09.2020 Sleep Story 118 - The Mayor of Casterbridge Tonight’s reading comes from The Mayor of Casterbridge. The book was published in 1886 and written by English Author, Thomas Hardy. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so ...

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Bore You To Sleep - Sleep Stories for Adults episodes:

Sleep Story 167 - Home Life in Tokyo

Sleep Story 166 - The Bee Hunter

Sleep Story 165 - The Mayor of Casterbridge

Sleep Story 164 – A Traveler at Forty

Sleep Story 163 - Dubliners

Sleep Story 162 – Adventures in Journalism

Sleep Story 161 - The Youth of Washington

Sleep Story 160 - A Second Letter on The Late Post Office Agitation

Sleep Story 159 - The Personal Relation in Industry

Sleep Story 158 - A Century's Progress in Astronomy

Sleep Story 157 - The Ethics of Cooperation

Sleep Story 156 - The Republic by Plato

Sleep Story 155 – The Wonders of Optics

Sleep Story 154 - Old Greek Education

Sleep Story 153 - Representative Men

Sleep Story 152 – What is Art? (Chapter One)

Sleep Story 151 – What is Art?

Sleep Story 150 – The Origins of Thought and Speech

Sleep Story 149 – An Adventure

Sleep Story 148 – Sticks and Stones

Sleep Story 147 - Sir George Etienne Cartier

Sleep Story 146 – The Greatest Heiress in England

Sleep Story 145 – The Woodlanders

Sleep Story 144 - Sweet Hampstead and its Associations

Sleep Story 143 - Fields, Factories and Workshops

Sleep Story 142 - The Book of The Sword

Sleep Story 141 – Into the Frozen South

Sleep Story 140 – Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Sleep Story 139 – Beyond Rope and Fence

Sleep Story 138 – Milly: At Loves Extremes

Episode 137 - The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Sleep Story 136 – A Second Letter on The Late Post Office Agitation

Sleep Story 135 - A Century's Progress in Astronomy

Sleep Story 134 – The Rise of Universities

Sleep Story 133 – Evolution and Adaptation

Sleep Story 132 – Twenty Unsettled Miles in the North East Boundary

Sleep Story 131 – Henry James at Work

Sleep Story 130 - The Rural Life of England

Sleep Story 129 – The New Democracy

Sleep Story 128 - Letters to a Young Housekeeper

Sleep Story 127 – A Japanese Nightingale

Sleep Story 126 – True Love

Sleep Story 125 – The Art of Building a Home

Sleep Story 124 – The Peacock Feather

Sleep Story 123 – The 13th District

Sleep Story 122 – The Polar World

Sleep Story 121 Sweet Clover: Utilization

Sleep Story 120 - The Boy Whaleman

Sleep Story 119 - The Little Dauphin

Sleep Story 118 - The Mayor of Casterbridge

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