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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

423

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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Action & Adventure Fiction

488

Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick - Jock of the Bushveld

Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, journalist and ox-wagon transport-rider. The book tells of Fitzpatrick's...

SallyMc and 1 more 12 hours 46 minutes

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John Henry Patterson - Man-Eaters of Tsavo

In 1898, during the construction of river-crossing bridge for the Uganda Railway at the Tsavo River, as many as 135 railway workers were attacked at night, dragged into the wilderness, and devoured by two male lions....

James Christopher and 8 more 6 hours 22 minutes

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Robert Leighton - Dogs and All About Them

This comprehensive guide on dog-rearing looks at dogs as more than just pets — as people's best friends. The author describes each breed of dog in a detailed and systematic way, with complete notes on show-dogs....

Availle and 22 more 13 hours 37 minutes

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Children's Fiction

561

Cat Tales

Cat Tales is the first of a series of kid-friendly collections of animal stories and non-fiction. There'll be one or two grade-school-level texts on the animal, with eight-nine fiction works. Source for these is...

Bellona Times 1 hour 54 minutes

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Pliny the Elder - Natural History Volume 1

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...

ontheroad and 11 more 7 hours 44 minutes The Natural History by Pliny

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Arabella B. Buckley - By Pond and River

In By Pond and River , another of Arabella Buckley's wonderful science books for children, she explains the habitats of ponds and rivers, exposing children to the animals and plant life that are found there. (Summary...

Laura Caldwell 48 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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