Pyrotechnics - The History and Art of Firework Making, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Sharon Handy

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🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Let’s relax and sleep with quiet thoughts on a loud art, including speculation on Eastern origins, deadly Greek fire, and every mention of fireworks in Europe for a thousand years (no, really).

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0:00.0	Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime.
0:08.0	I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you
0:17.2	get some sleep.
0:19.8	Before we begin, I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to some new members of our Patreon
0:26.2	family, Kathy, Kate, Hillary, and Tony.
0:34.0	Thank you all so much for supporting this podcast.
0:37.0	By becoming members of Patreon,
0:40.0	you help us remain 100% listener supported and add free for everyone and it's very much appreciated.
0:49.0	And because you joined Patreon in the month of July, you and everyone else who supports us, either by joining Patreon or dropping us a one-time tip via buy
0:57.2	by by me a coffee.com will be entered into a special raffle at the end of the month, the prize for
1:07.6	which is an exclusive episode made just for you, and because it's just for you, you, you can choose any book you like.
1:17.0	Copyright restrictions do not apply.
1:20.0	If you're interested in supporting us and having a chance in that giveaway, you'll find links to
1:26.8	Patreon and buy me a coffee in the show description.
1:32.0	Good luck and thank you to everyone.
1:35.0	Now let's read and relax.
1:40.0	Find a comfortable spot.
1:45.0	Adjust your volume.
1:50.0	Take a nice deep breath in.
1:56.0	Let it out slowly.
2:01.0	And off we go.
2:05.0	Tonight we're reading a book with some relevance to a holiday in the United States this week.
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