Faery Lands of the South Seas, by James Hall and Charles Nordhoff, Part 4
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Let’s continue our month of relaxing travels to sleep with further tales of adventure from the South Seas. This time, we head to the atoll of Ahu Ahu, learn about gossiping ghosts, and drink rather a lot of rum punch. As one occasionally does.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening, and thank you for joining me for another Boring Books for Bedtime. |
| 0:08.9 | I hope tonight's selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
| 0:19.6 | Before we begin, |
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| 1:24.3 | Now, let's read and relax. |
| 1:29.6 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:33.8 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:37.9 | Take a nice deep breath in. |
| 1:44.0 | Let it out slowly and off we go tonight let's continue our month of |
| 1:56.4 | travel related readings with more from fairy lands of the South Seas by James Norman Hall and Charles Bernard Nordiff. |
| 2:08.6 | First published in 1921 by Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York and London. |
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