Nature

90 books

All Stories Novels

New TOP Discussed

*Non-fiction

720

Christiaan Huygens - Treatise on Light

Treatise on Light was published in 1690 and is probably the largest scientific volume on light published before Newton's Opticks. The book explains how light travels (i.e., that it has a certain velocity), and what...

Availle 4 hours 43 minutes

No comments

*Non-fiction

887

Sir Francis Galton - Art of Travel

The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from the very beginnings (qualifications of a traveller, how to organize an...

Availle and 16 more 13 hours 38 minutes

No comments

*Non-fiction

955

William Ruschenberger - Elements of Botany

The Elements of Botany is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. It is a succinct little textbook that presents a solid introduction to plant science....

Amy Gramour and 5 more 5 hours 5 minutes

No comments

*Non-fiction

893

J. Arthur Thomson - Outline of Science, Vol 2

The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects ranging from astronomy to biology to elementary physics in clear, concise and...

Availle and 7 more 8 hours 58 minutes The Outline of Science

No comments

*Non-fiction

905

Edwin E. Slosson - Easy Lessons in Einstein

Published in 1920, Slosson’s Easy Lessons in Einstein is one of the first popularizations of Einstein’s theory of relativity. This book is meant to convey to the general reader the ideas of relativity in...

Availle and 6 more 2 hours 52 minutes

No comments

*Non-fiction

698

Florence A. Merriam - A-Birding on a Bronco

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She started observing bird behavior at a time when most bird study was based on collections and skins. By 1885, she began to write...

J. M. Smallheer 4 hours 33 minutes

No comments

Animals

925

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

No comments

*Non-fiction

708

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

No comments

*Non-fiction

726

Mabel Osgood Wright - Flowers and Ferns in their Haunts

Pleasant non-fiction journey into the backwoods of the New England coastal countryside by the first president of the Connecticut Audubon Society, circa 1900. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Bellona Times 7 hours 18 minutes

No comments

*Non-fiction

698

Selina Gaye - World's Lumber Room

If this book were written today, it would be called «The Story of the World's Rubbish». That may not sound a promising subject for a book, but we are taken on a journey all over the world (and beyond) to...

Ruth Golding 9 hours 2 minutes

No comments

National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 2

Nature

871

National Geographic Society - National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 2

National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are: Africa, its Past and Future Reports on: Geography of the Land Geography of the Sea Geography...

MJ Franck and 4 more 3 hours 2 minutes National Geographic Magazines

No comments

*Non-fiction

709

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

No comments

New

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

Show all