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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - This Country of Ours, Part 6

Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall's book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow...

Kara Shallenberg 2 hours 27 minutes This Country of Ours - All Seven Volumes

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Eva March Tappan - Makers of Many Things

How are friction matches made? How do rags and trees become paper? Who makes the dishes on our tables? Published in 1916, this children's book explains the origins of everyday items in an entertaining and informative...

Kara Shallenberg 2 hours 27 minutes

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - This Country of Ours, Part 4

Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow...

Kara Shallenberg 1 hour 39 minutes This Country of Ours - All Seven Volumes

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Animals

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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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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - This Country of Ours, Part 3

Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow...

Kara Shallenberg 2 hours 3 minutes This Country of Ours - All Seven Volumes

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - This Country of Ours, Part 2

Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow...

Kara Shallenberg 2 hours 18 minutes This Country of Ours - All Seven Volumes

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Hendrik van Loon - Story of Mankind

Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose...

Michelle Crandall and 1 more 13 hours 30 minutes

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - This Country of Ours, Part 1

Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow...

Kara Shallenberg 2 hours 59 minutes This Country of Ours - All Seven Volumes

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Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language

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Samuel Johnson - Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language

The published dictionary was a huge book: with pages nearly 1½ feet tall and 20 inches wide, it contained 42,773 words; it also sold for the huge price of £4/10s. ($400?). It would be years before «Johnson's...

Denny Sayers 2 hours 22 minutes

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Samuel B. Harding - Story of the Middle Ages

Intended for a youthful audience, The Story of the Middle Ages , published in 1906, tells the history of the Middle Ages in simple and entertaining fashion, and helps to explain the influence of the Middle Ages on...

Kara Shallenberg 5 hours 31 minutes

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Grenville Kleiser - Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

A Practical Handbook of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, and Oratorical Terms, for the Embellishment of Speech and Literature, and The Improvement of the Vocabulary of...

Betsie Bush and 45 more 16 hours

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