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Nature & Animal Fiction

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Coffee Break Collection 008 - Animals

This is the eighth collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like...

Rosie and 14 more 2 hours 44 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Animals

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R. Cadwallader Smith - On The Seashore

This gifted nature writer who is so good at describing animals and their habitat and habits here gives us a look at many of the fascinating creatures that can be found on the seashore. Starfish, the many types of...

amaskill and 6 more 1 hour 48 minutes

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Animals

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Pliny the Elder - Natural History Volume 2

Naturalis Historia (Latin for «Natural History») is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and...

Chris Danes and 17 more 4 hours 43 minutes The Natural History by Pliny

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Cleveland Moffett - Careers of Danger and Daring

In this volume of adventure the author depicts the lives of certain humble modern heroes whose unconscious courage ordinarily goes unnoticed. Mr. Moffett has chosen unusual and picturesque careers, and has offered...

klbonds and 9 more 10 hours 25 minutes

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Richard Jefferies - Gamekeeper at Home

Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was born and spent his childhood on a farm at Coate,Wiltshire. He joined the ‘Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Standard’ in 1868 and also started to write articles and pamphlets on various...

Andy Minter 4 hours 46 minutes

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William Ruschenberger - Elements of Ornithology

The Elements of Ornithology is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1845 presents an introduction to ornithology....

April Gonzales and 6 more 5 hours 6 minutes

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C. W. Wolf - Apis Mellifica

Wolf's essay considers the homeopathic medicine Apis Mellifica, or the poison of the honey bee, as a therapeutic agent based on his experience as a practicing physician. (Summary by Marie Daum)

Marie Daum 2 hours 12 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Sarah E. Trueblood - Cats by the Way

Between these pages you will find only the good, old-fashioned, every-day cat. No Angora or thoroughbred has been entered here, unless it be «Hansie,» who is little more than mentioned. These are true incidents and...

Jessica Louise 1 hour 46 minutes

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Alfred Russel Wallace - Malay Archipelago, Vol. 2

A fascinating and classic Victorian ethnology of SE Asia, first published in 1869. The author was co-discoverer of evolution, together with Darwin. (Summary by Nicholas Longhurst)

nlonghu and 1 more 9 hours 39 minutes

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Edward Jesse - Anecdotes of Dogs

«Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.» The character, sensibilities, and intellectual faculties of animals have always been a favourite study, and they are, perhaps,...

Stephanie Lee and 16 more 13 hours 30 minutes

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Oliver Hartley - Hunting Dogs

The title of this book quotes its object. To tell something of night hunting, and especially to suggest how the ever necessary dog can best be selected, trained, maintained and utilized, is the consideration of first...

jedopi and 6 more 4 hours 21 minutes

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Harrison Weir - Our Cats and All About Them

The Englishman Harrison Weir organized the first cat show in England in 1871. In 1887 he founded the National Cat Club and was its first President and Show Manager until his resignation in 1890. Our Cats and all...

Availle and 15 more 8 hours 34 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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