Nature
90 books
*Non-fiction
489
Elisha Gray - Nature's Miracles Volume 1: World Building and Life
Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in...
5 hours 46 minutes
Nature
544
Charles Morris - San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fire. Various eyewitnesses and victims give their account on the tragedy....
13 hours 45 minutes
*Non-fiction
507
Steve Solomon - Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway
Gardening expert Steve Solomon has written extensively on gardening techniques for the home gardener. Water conservation is the focus of this work, along with more information on how to have the healthiest plants in...
3 hours 5 minutes
*Non-fiction
574
L. L. Langstroth - Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual
Langstroth revolutionized the beekeeping industry by using bee space in his top opened hive. In the summer of 1851 he found that, by leaving an even, approximately bee-sized space between the top of the frames...
15 hours 14 minutes
*Non-fiction
440
Robert Sterling Yard - Book of the National Parks
Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeton University and spent the first twenty years of his career in the editing...
10 hours 15 minutes
