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129 – Spending some time seeking the Secret Garden

Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

Release Date: 08/09/2021

Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney show art Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney

Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney This week’s episode picks up learning about the town of Oxford and its various colleges. Learn the histories and traditions of the many education institutions and you may be asleep before we climb back on the train and move off to other industrial cities along the railway line. Story (02:54) (01:33)  Find Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney   Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. ...

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Birds and Their Nests by Mary Howitt show art Birds and Their Nests by Mary Howitt

Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

This week we continue our bedtime exploration of the domestic lives of various birds. While you drift off to sleep you will be regaled with stories about swallow migrations, goldfinches and many other delightful birds. Be waned that there is some slightly sad stuff here as nature can be rough.  Story (02:43)   Find Birds and Their Nests by Mary Howitt   Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. ...

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – The ‘Truth’ about Gatsby show art The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – The ‘Truth’ about Gatsby

Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – The ‘Truth’ about Gatsby For this week’s bedtime storyu we pick up at the end of one of Gatsby’s legendary parties which finishes off with a (minor) car accident. We learn more about Nick Carraway’s life as you drift off to sleep and Gatsby tells Nick about his life, although is any of it true? We may learn this one day.  Story (02:46)  Find The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald    Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are...

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On Greeks and Persians - The Book of the Ancient Greeks show art On Greeks and Persians - The Book of the Ancient Greeks

Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

In this week’s sleep time non-fiction, we learn about the activities of the Persian emperor Darius with the Greek States of Asia Minor.  And as you drift off on your restful night he will turn his eyes to the European Greek states and Athens. Learn about he battle of Marathon, to which the Spartans showed up nearly a week late, Darius’ failure and the Persian return under Xerxes.  Story (02:49)   Find The Book of the Ancient Greeks by Dorothy Mills   Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for...

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An Interesting Gathering - Night and Day by Virginia Woolf show art An Interesting Gathering - Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

We pick up in the middle of a conversation between Ralph Denham and Mary Datchet as they await the evening’s entertainment. A presentation and discussion of English literature! But if you stay awake through that you will find some prickly interpersonal relationships and uncomfortable conversations. Is romance in the air? Or something unhealthier? You will be asleep before you find out! Story (03:08)   Find Night and Day by Virginia Woolf   Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are...

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Finding the Fakes - Old Glass and How to Collect it by J. Sydney Lewis show art Finding the Fakes - Old Glass and How to Collect it by J. Sydney Lewis

Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

Finding the Fakes - Old Glass and How to Collect it by J. Sydney Lewis In the final reading from this popular guide we are going to explore what to look for when looking to collect old glass, and the philosophy of building a quality collection. This will truly help you sleep as there’s nothing exciting, yet it is strangely compelling. Story (02:59)   Find Old Glass and How to Collect it by J. Sydney Lewis  Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. ...

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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne – Pt 3 – All at sea! show art Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne – Pt 3 – All at sea!

Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne – Pt 3 – All at sea! We pick up part way through the hunt for the mysterious ‘whale’ and things get serious. I try not to let it get too exciting at he Abraham Lincoln gives chase, to end with the protagonist getting washed off the ship! All works out so far though as he drifts on the ocean as you will drift to sleep in company with his loyal manservant. They eventually find their way to Ned Land who is floating on the back of their quarry which they find is made of metal! Will you still be awake when they find themselves...

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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Fallout of the South Sea Bubble show art Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Fallout of the South Sea Bubble

Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Fallout of the South Sea Bubble This week we return to the bizarre economic bubble that rose up around the opening of the South Sea trade, based on fraudulent claims of treaties and access it was ultimately a method for some people to get very rich, then very poor. And while it reflects modern society in many was as people still fall for scams, it’s not so infuriating that it will keep you awake as you try drift off to sleep. Story (02:47)   Find Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Mackay   ...

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett – Colin learns the Truth show art The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett – Colin learns the Truth

Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

 For this week’s bedtime story we pick up after Colin’s tantrum and Mary gets him to settle down and fall asleep. The staff in the Manor are mystified at Colin’s relatively good health and humour and Mary and Dickon decide that they can tell Colin about the garden and prepare to take him there. Story (02:47)    Find The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett   Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. ...

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The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton Pt 07 show art The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton Pt 07

Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton 07 This geological work is popular with the listeners as the life of rivers and rocks is the idea background for a sleepy night. Listen in as the role of rivers in erosion and geology gets expanded on, we learn more than we ever need to know about glaciers, and find ourselves drifting to the sea, fast asleep. Story (02:49)    Find The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton   Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you...

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Sleep comes in tonight’s podcast as Mary starts to find herself more at home in the old mansion on the Yorkshire moors. Her new found curiosity starts to get the better of her as she explores the mystery of house and grounds while making friends with a friendly robin

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