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William Ruschenberger - Elements of Mammalogy
The Elements of Mammalogy 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 mammalogy. The...
5 hours 53 minutes
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Eben Eugene Rexford - ABC of Vegetable Gardening
This how-to book includes chapters on getting ready, mapping the garden, planting, seeds, early work, house plants, fruits, hot beds and cold frames, and small gardens. There is even a chapter «expressly for women.» —...
2 hours 8 minutes
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Francis Bond Head - Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the Andes
“Galloped on with no stopping, but merely to change horses until five o’clock in the evening—very tired indeed, but... saw fresh horses in the corral, and resolved to push on. At half-past seven, after having...
7 hours 55 minutes
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James Berry - My Experiences as an Executioner
From 1884 until 1891, James Berry was an executioner. In this time he carried out 131 hangings. In this memoir he writes about the methods he used, and the final moments of some of those he executed. — Summary by...
4 hours 5 minutes
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Anonymous - Criminal Manchester: Experiences of a Special Correspondent
Follow the Manchester Evening News 'special correspondent' and his guide — recently back from a 'seven stretch' — as they take you on a tour through the dimly lit quarters of late 19th-century criminal Manchester.-...
2 hours 7 minutes
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W. N. P. Barbellion - Journal of a Disappointed Man
The journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from his early childhood through to his early death from complications stemming from multiple sclerosis. The diary combines beautiful, lyrical...
11 hours 48 minutes
