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John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works

This biography is actually a series of essays by prominent personalities of the time that shed light on John Stuart Mill's life and areas of endeavor. Those areas include his experiences in India House, his moral...

Bill Boerst 2 hours 33 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

410

Stewart Edward White - Blazed Trail

Stewart Edward White wrote fiction and non-fiction about adventure and travel, with an emphasis on natural history and outdoor living. White's books were popular at a time when America was losing its vanishing...

Tom Weiss 11 hours 27 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

461

Reuben Gold Thwaites - Historic Waterways

Historic Waterways, Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing down the Rock, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. This volume is the record of six hundred miles of canoeing experiences on historic waterways in Wisconsin and Illinois...

Linda Fredericks and 8 more 6 hours 9 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

445

Aristotle - On Generation and Corruption

On Generation and Corruption (Ancient Greek: Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς, Latin: De Generatione et Corruptione, also known as On Coming to Be and Passing Away) is a treatise by Aristotle. Like many of his texts, it is...

Geoffrey Edwards 3 hours 30 minutes

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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 1

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National Geographic Society - National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 1

National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are: Announcement by the National Geographic Society Introductory Address by the President Geographic...

A. J. Carroll and 4 more 3 hours 40 minutes National Geographic Magazines

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Action & Adventure Fiction

474

Hiram Bingham - Inca Lands

Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale Makes the Greatest Archaeological Discovery of the Age by Locating and Excavating Ruins of Machu Picchu on a Peak in the Andes of Peru. There is nothing new under the sun, they say....

elmay and 4 more 9 hours 55 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

440

John Watson - Confessions of a Poacher

The poacher of these «Confessions» was no imaginary being. Following in his father's and forefather's footsteps, he learnt from an early age the practical skills of poaching and woodcraft. It was, however, Mother...

TND 3 hours 25 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Aristotle - On the Heavens

On the Heavens (Greek: Περί ουρανού, Latin: De Caelo or De Caelo et Mundo) is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise. In it Aristotle argues that the Earth is a sphere by pointing to the evidence of lunar eclipses....

Geoffrey Edwards 5 hours

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Sonnets

474

William Wordsworth - River Duddon: A Series of Sonnets

Located in a part of Cumbria that was once part of Lancashire, the River Duddon rises in the high fells of the Lake District and flows for 25 miles through varied scenery before disappearing into the sands between...

Phil Benson 1 hour 15 minutes

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Desert, Further Studies in Natural Appearances

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432

John Charles van Dyke - Desert, Further Studies in Natural Appearances

The Desert by John Charles Van Dyke, published in 1901, is a lush, poetic description of the natural beauty of the American Southwest. «What land can equal the desert with its wide plains, its grim mountains, and...

Sue Anderson 5 hours 56 minutes

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Nature

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Mary Hunter Austin - Land of Little Rain

The Land of Little Rain is a book of sketches which portray the high desert country of southern California, where the Sierras descend into the Mojave Desert. Mary Austin finds beauty in the harsh landscape: «This is...

Sue Anderson 4 hours 19 minutes

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Through Glacier Park, Seeing America First with Howard Eaton

Action & Adventure Fiction

478

Mary Roberts Rinehart - Through Glacier Park, Seeing America First with Howard Eaton

This is about a three-hundred mile trip across the Rocky Mountains on horseback with Howard Eaton. It is about fishing, and cool nights around a camp-fire, and long days on the trail. It is about a party of all sorts,...

Laura Victoria 1 hour 28 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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