Sailing Alone Around the World, by Captain Joshua Slocum, Part 3
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 31 March 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Let’s sail to sleep with more from this remarkable journey around the world. This time, our author is chased by pirates! Also, we cross the doldrums, accidentally ground the ship on the coast of Brazil, and receive kind offers of assistance, which is very nice indeed.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening, and thank you for joining me for another Boring Books for Bedtime. |
| 0:09.7 | I hope tonight's selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
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| 1:40.0 | Now, let's read and relax. |
| 1:46.3 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:50.0 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:54.0 | Take a nice deep breath in. |
| 1:59.0 | Let it out slowly. |
| 2:03.9 | And off we go. |
| 2:08.3 | Tonight, let's journey to sleep with more from sailing alone around the world by Captain |
| 2:17.1 | Joshua Slocum, first published in the year 1900. |
| 2:24.0 | Let's pick up right where we left off at Chapter 5 as the spray departs from Gibraltar. |
| 2:33.1 | Let's begin. |
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